Katrina, I empathise with you. I have these kind of days now and then. Sometimes more often than not. It just seems that so much of their toddlerhood is...
Lexi is 15 months old and was just starting to get up on all fours and sitting on her own when she went in the spica at one year (she had torticollis and...
Lexi is 15 months old and was just starting to get up on all fours and sitting on her own when she went in the spica at one year (she had torticollis and...
I agree that adding anything like foam or blankets can be dangerous but some parents have no choice. The car seat specialist felt that is was safer to add a...
Hello everyone Thursday is when Katie is due to be out of her spica, I simply can not wait. It seems like she knows the time is coming too, lately she has...
Jennifer, I knew Poppy wouldn't walk out of the hospital ( although I wished it liked you) but I was surprised at how floppy she was. Even to carry her, it was...
kylie, thanks soo much for the response, how long has poppy been in the rhino? is it hard to deal with? is it possible to put it on wrong? can poppy sit in the...
I have pictures of some panties I put on over Chloe diaper in the cast. She worn them with her dress's my mom made them. I was trying to send the pants to...
Hi, I'm the grandmother doing research, which calms my anxiety! My son just told me tonight over the phone about his daughter's diagnosis and contraption...
Chloe is 2 and has been in the brace for 5 weeks now. She still is not walking but she is still nervous about putting weight on her bad leg/hip. She stands...
Jennifer, I agree with Kylie with the Velcro. Chloe always use to undo her own diaper but does not bother with undoing the brace. I think she likes it. She...
I'm kinda new to this myself. In fact, my daughter is 6 months old and hasn't been diagnosed with this yet...we go on Tuesday for a second opinin just to make...
Thank you Mindy... it really helps to feel less alone :o) Kathy ... From: "love2bmom2kaylee" <love2bmom2kaylee@...> [Non-text portions of this message...
Poppy has been in the rhino for 3 weeks now. After 4 weeks she'll be allowed out of it for 4 hours a day. Then after another 4 weeks hopefully she'll get the...
My daughter Joy was put into the Pavlik hours after birth, and they told me to try the "football" hold to breastfeed. My sweet, stubborn little girl refused...
Does anyone have any info on how long the spica wear should last and why? Dd just got hers on Dec. 8. The dr. told us to plan on her being in it for 4-6...
Marcia 6 weeks casting is normal after an osteotomy rather than a closed/open reduction. My daughter was casted for 7 months after her bi-lateral open...
Kathy, Welcome to the group. Tell your daughter in law to go ahead and breastfeed like normal. She doesn't need to express her milk. My daughter was also in...
Hi Kathy, I'm new to this too. But I do know that hopefully the harness will be all that your grandbaby has to worry about and she'll be perfect in a matter...
Oh, o.k. I thought the purpose of the osteotomy was to be able to perform the reduction (get the ball of the femur in the hip socket). If so, why the shorter...
Hi Marcia You are right in that the reduction is done to put the femur in the correct place, the longer casting time for closed/open reduction is so that the...
http://www.mustelausa.com/phisiobebe.html Just got some of this (at Bath and Body Works) and you can use it on a cotton ball, washcloth or whatever and you...
Oh, got it. So the shorter cast time would be for a pelvic osteotomy. I guess a femural osteotomy might take longer too, just like a typical open or closed...
Marcia, We were initially told that our son, Ethan, would be in the spica for 4-6 months as well. This is when the surgeon thought he would be able to correct ...
Hi Marcia I think a lot of it depends on the individual child’s hips too. Abby had a closed reduction and was in her cast for a total of about 12 weeks. We...
Hi there, my daughter wasw in the harness since Day 9 till 4 months then a Rhino cruiser brace till 7ish months....we breastfed with no problems...I was even...
Marcia, I hate to confuse things even more but my daughter had an open reduction on November 23 and is due to be cast free Thursday (only six weeks). The...
Wow...sounds like many different doctors have different schools of thought on this sort of thing. Makes it confusing as a parent to know whether the best is...
I would not put her forward facing until her adjusted age is 12 months. The car seat experts were very clear about that. If you feel it is unsafe keeping her...
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