Hip Diplaysia Support Group #3

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Hey Kylie congrats at Azaliah only having to wear the brace at night. It is so nice to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Olivia is 6 weeks into her second lot of 8 weeks of night wearing. I cant believe how quickly she has caught up in development. She still has frog legs but is slowly coming in. She rolls both ways and commando crawls and crawls backward. The flat spot on the back of her head is coming good too. And she can sit on her own for about a minute at a time.
Welcome Nicole and becky, and good luck. Its tough initially, but you do get used to it. And its a great forum in here...ask as many questions and I am sure you will find the answer.
bye for now
Melissa

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Welcome Nicole. You're so not alone in how you're feeling at the moment. I think we've all shared how upset we all were at first and the tears just kept flowing. But as you can see - we're all doing pretty good now and like Bridee said - once you see how well your little baby adjusts it really does make it all so much easier to deal with. My Sophie went into the brace at 8mths and it totally upset me more - cause I knew that was the age where she'd learn to crawl, walk etc. and that she was robbed of that opportunity! But now at almost 15mths she's adjusted really well and learnt to get around in her own little way. She can't walk or crawl but she bum shuffles everywhere! It's super cute! Big hugs to you and I'll be thinking of you on Monday.

Becky you asked how long Sophie had to wear the brace. Each time we go for our Orthopaedic Surgeon visit I hope that it's the end but each time I'm disappointed - another 4 months is usually what he says. But fingers crossed this time he'll have good news. She's been in a rhino brace for 7 months now. She's in it 20 hours a day - so the broken 4 hours she's out of it is totally party time - she's off and scooting around the house like crazy!

Kylie fantastic news! Celebrating with you!

Anyway, must get to bed.
love and hugs to everyone,
Susan