Need help with braces.

I have worn braces myself and I have been an ortho dental nurse. You can cut the apples up and just chew them via your back teeth. You will get used to them. Drink plenty of fluids as a dry mouth will rub more and make sure you use protective dental wax at the first signs of soreness. And clean clean clean x. Good luck you will be very pleased with the results

I had to wear mine as an adult for 18 months. I did not eat carrots, raw broccoli, croutons, hard rolls, pop corn, corn on the cob, . . .
I could eat apples when they were cut up into little slices. More often I would buy unsweetened applesauce. Buy a good blender/food processor/Nutribullet. Almost anything can be added to a nutribullet with some water, including a slice of pizza. Meats can be made soft in a crock pot.
For times when I was uncomfortable, I was eating scrambled eggs, beans, cooked veggies and fruits, hummus, cottage cheese and yogurt, tofu, fish, pasta, soups, bananas, avocados, meatballs, meat loaf, rice, quinoa, soft cooked chicken and other meats.

When I had braces I would always have frozen smoothies for dinner the day they were tightened. I used chia seeds, plain Greek yogurt, and frozen fruit