<p>Hello parents! My sister just had her wisdom teeth removed yesterday and is (obviously) quite sore. She said it was a struggle to even eat mashed potatoes today.</p>
<p>We want to make something that she can eat for dinner…any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
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<p>I’m in a mousse mood…just made a blackberry one!</p>
<p>scrambled eggs (make sure they’re cooled down as I think you’re supposed to avoid really hot foods for a certain period after wisdom teeth removal)</p>
<p>cottage cheese</p>
<p>macaroni and cheese where you almost overcook the macaroni</p>
<p>smoothies</p>
<p>applesauce</p>
<p>oatmeal</p>
<p>Unfortunately, there won’t be much she can eat in the way of typical cooked meals for a few days yet. Be sure she takes her pain meds about a half hour or so before she’s going to eat.</p>
<p>Oh, D1 had a real craving for fried rice from the Chinese take-out restaurant near us, didn’t require too much chewing.</p>
<p>Rice isn’t good because it can get stuck.
Last year my D liked eggs, mashed potatoes with gravy. Fruit smoothies from a Jamba juice sort of place (you want to avoid the one’s with strawberries)
When my son had his out he loved the shakes from Carls Jr.</p>
<p>I made pureed soups when my friend had oral surgery. One was a bean-based soup and the other was a clear broth with potatoes and veg. He sipped them out of big cups with no problem (straw was forbidden).</p>
<p>Our son liked soups…some chicken potato corn chowder with small vegetables that were overcooked to a rather mushy state tasted good to him. Also chicken noodle soup with noodles that were small enough to just swallow. His recovery was slow… we went through quite a bit of soup. You could use an immersion blender to get the right consistency of any favorite soups – carrot, cauliflower, etc.</p>
<p>Do you have a Smoothie King? That’s what my son had the first couple days after his teeth were out, with the protein and other stuff added. NO STRAWS though!</p>
<p>Just what I was thinking - no straws. Sucking through a straw can cause dry socket which apparently is very painful.</p>
<p>My daughter ate mashed potatoes (she loves mashed potatoes) and cream of wheat (which she does not normally eat, but liked while she was recovering).</p>
<p>Mashed sweet potatoes, Greek yogurt and those little frozen Italian ice cups.</p>
<p>Is there a Sonic Drive-in near you? Get a milkshake and a long spoon. NO STRAW! spoon little bits of milkshake into her mouth and let them melt, savor the flavor and then swallow. I discovered this when chemo left me with lots of oral sores.
If mashed pototoes hurt, then she probably needs another day on just Gator-aid and sleeping.</p>
<p>Just make sure to avoid anything with tiny seeds like blackberries or strawberries. Our dentist said that these seeds can work down into the incision and cause secondary infections. We went with ice cream, yogurt, jello and ramen. Not necessarily my choices… They were what sounded good to my son at the time.</p>
<p>My D had hers out this summer. I bought a box of those freeze pops (the kind in the long plastic tube that you buy unrefrigerated and put in the freezer). We hadn’t had those for many years. I had a hard time keeping everyone else out of them. I don’t know if they’re available off-season? They’re also really inexpensive.</p>
<p>My D also ate yogurt, jello and applesauce.</p>
<p>I had mine out last year and was mildly disappointed that it was a non-event. I had prepared myself by loading books on my kindle and was ready to enjoy the ministrations of my DH. </p>
<p>I was able to milk the attention for about 24 hours then I could no longer fake it. Honestly, I felt fine. </p>
<p>I would be careful with food. No straws as someone mentioned and cold stuff was so appealing.</p>
<p>I did the aforementioned soft foods and my favorite soup was a butternut squash.</p>