Baby's Doctor Appointment

We had another check up for Baby this morning as the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon checked her out and checked out the harness positioning. He did make some minor adjustments to accommodate growth and allow more kicking!

He was really, really pleased with what he saw! Baby's knees lay much flatter, and her hip was in the socket! (It is common in these first couple weeks for the hip to pop in and out of place) but her hip stayed in place all week!

He was even more pleased to hear that there was no clicking of the hip all week and that she was beginning to kick her left leg more, moving her left foot on its own for the first time! (A classic sign of hip dysplasia is that on the side of the hip with dysplasia the children move that leg a lot less, and this was very true of Baby, when she did kick on the left it was more of a motion carrying over thing than a deliberate kick. Yet last night when I was nursing her she suddenly started tapping her left foot - she has NEVER done that!)

So while it is still too early to say the harness is working for Baby, there is lots of very good news, lots of positive things to make us hopeful, and nothing negative to indicate it is not working. Which is the best case scenario at this point!

We go back next Monday.