The day we've been waiting for and waiting for finally came! As of Friday, September 6, 2013, Ada was officially finished with her STARband. I guess it's a little bittersweet for a few reasons. First, because her head is still a little bit wonky. Second, because she's always full steam ahead and figures if something is in her way, she'll just run straight through it (and that can hurt an Ada sans-helmet). Mostly, however, I'm happy to get to see her sweet little head. I'm sure she is already tired of us sucking on her forehead, but she'll get used to it. The good (or bad?) news is that her hair is already full of curl and body, so the likelihood that the flat spot still remaining will be visible for much longer is very slim. It's actually pretty hard to see already. I realized this when I was trying to take some pictures of it a while back. I was taking the pics while she was in the tub with her hair wet so that it would show, but it still doesn't really. So I thought, "huh, if I have to try this hard to see it, maybe we just shouldn't worry about it anymore?" Of course, I did still worry about it, and still do worry about it because I don't want her to be faced with anything down the road that I could have prevented. It all goes back to the loads of guilt associated with being a parent, right?
Maddie is probably actually sad that we won't be going to Active Ortho once a month anymore (or she would be if she realized it), because she always loved going there! They had toys and peppermints, and it wasn't her head they were messing with :) So, it wasn't all bad, we had some fun times.
