Yesterday's Dr Appointments both went very well!! The first appointment was with the orthopedic doctor for her hips. The Dr agrees she sees enough abnormality that she recommended the brace for 6 weeks. This is a developmental disorder so she could out grow it on her own. However, if she wouldn't, it could get more serious and cause her pain in her hips when she starts to walk or even when she is in grade school trying to play sports and at that time it would be surgery for sure. The Dr has been doing this for 30 years and she has never had a child that was successful with the brace regress later in life so it seems this really will be a memory for Maci! Also, I was very happy to hear that Maci has what she would consider a mild case and her hips are not dislocated like some babies so she feels the brace has a 95% chance of being successful by week 6!! I was also happy that we were able to get the brace on right then and there so that the 6 week window could start - YAY! The last part of the good news is that because her case is mild, this Dr asks that we keep it on approx 22-23 hours a day but we are able to take it off to bath her, change clothes etc which was much more lenient than I had read in some places. Maci LOVES her baths so we were quite thankful she can still enjoy tub time. Once we had the brace on, I laughed because it really isn't that bad and Maci really doesn't seem to mind it. We now go back at 2 weeks and 4 weeks for the Dr to adjust the brace with her growth and then at week 6 we have an ultrasound and an appt to review the results immediately afterward. That 6 week appointment is on the Friday before I head back to work and I will say lots of prayers it is all resolved so I don't have to think about this once back at work or to have daycare deal with it!!I took some pictures of our cutie in the brace this morning. She will always have a onesie on under it just to help with any chaffing of her skin. Then I can put any clothes on over it but tighter pants will be tough. Looks like lots of dresses, skirts and leggings in this lil ladies immediate future :-) We will be back in her regular 0-3 month clothes in no time =) Also, as you can see, I finally catch a big toothless grin on our lil lady!! She has started to smile when we talk to her and of course she does it in the brace!!! I think this was her way of telling me it is all ok and that she doesn't mind it!!!! Love this cutie =)
The 2nd Dr Appointment was just as great as Maci is up 1lb from her check 2 weeks ago! So we are finally off the weight concerns. While our lil Maci is still a peanut, she is trending appropriately with weight gain. Therefore, we don't have another Dr appointment now until her 2 month check up with shots =( I wont think about that for now since that isn't until the end of the month!!
Maci is very excited for her next set of visitors today! My friends from work Megan and Lisa are coming over late this afternoon. Lisa sits on the other side of me at work and had her own first baby Brody end of December. I like asking Lisa all sorts of mommy questions since Brody goes through things about 4 weeks before Maci =) Lisa is also bringing me a book I plan to read that gives you ideas on how to set a baby on a schedule. This has worked great for Brody so I hope Maci adjusts to a schedule as well!!
Tomorrow we have a lunch date with the mommy and me class group and we are super excited for another weekend with Daddy!!!
Lots of Love,
C, K & M
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