This morning, we spent a great deal of time at Children's Mercy in Radiology and at the Orthopedic Clinic. We received the news we were hoping for! The Pavlik Harness Lilly has been wearing 24/7 for the last 6 weeks has served it's purpose. She will continue wearing the brace for 7 weeks for 18 hours a day, and then we will return and her harness will be adjusted if need be and we will discuss Lilly only wearing it at night. It was amazing to see her out of the harness....she is a BIG girl! I have a feeling she will be a bit big for my lap earlier in her life than many but I will still hold my girl! We went and got her 6 month pictures taken and she has had her first bath (other than sponge) in 6 weeks....she used to love bath, today it was awful....it scared her and she screamed. We are hoping she will remember her old love for bath time and start to enjoy herself soon! She has played on her tummy without crying, thank goodness!! She is able to push up as she should be by this time! We have been concerned from the get-go with the brace and harness that she would be behind in developmental milestones. The good news is she remembers how to roll over! She can almost sit up again, she was almost there before the harness was put on. We have hope that she will pick up on skills and milestones quickly now that she is able to play and move more freely a few hours a day.
So as I said, we got pictures taken. Lilly was uncomfortable and getting used to life without the harness and was a bit crabby. We got a few good ones in though before the major meltdown and calling it quits. Here are a few:
I hope you are all proud of what a great blogger I am being and it isn't even the New Year!
Speaking of the New Year....I hope you all have the opportunity to be with loved ones as your ring in the New Year!! Cherish that time, it is so very precious!
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