Baby Pear has a new outfit

We saw the specialist this morning, and the end result is that Baby is in a harness for a while, likely three months.

The appointment went well, we like the doctor and he talks in a way we can understand, so that helps. He said that her hip was "completely unstable" but that the harness should work. (roughly 80% of cases like this it is successful). So we have three weekly appointments scheduled, and after that we should know if the harness is working or if we need to switch to a cast.

While the harness is indeed no picnic and must not be removed (it is straps and velcro that go from the tops of her shoulders to the bottoms of her feet), it is better than a cast.

God was so good to us through this - besides the doctors. There was a mom with her 9 month old there for a check up who had gone through this, and she was able to encourage us so much through understanding our feelings and the enormity of it all and being able to speak from a compassionate "been there done that" perspective to the practical of how to cloth Baby now.

Basically Baby just got launched right out of 6 month clothing to likely 9 month, we are trying to figure it out.

So even though a lot of stuff is going to be hard - no more swaddling, no more holding her in her favorite across our body position, both of which were her favorite way to fall asleep - God is in this with us, and it is by His strength and wisdom alone that we are going to get through this.

So now I have to get back to sorting clothing to wash in larger sizes while Miss Pear is sleeping and Baby might be sleeping.

Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments and emails of encouragement and prayer. Even though I was not able to respond to all of them please know that they were of enormous comfort! Prayer is the very best gift, and truly our biggest need right now.