Laura - we all know exactly how you feel and even though you can't believe it right now - things will get better really quickly. My daughter Scarlett has been in a pavlic harness for almost 7 weeks now and at first I thought we would never survive it. She was 3 months old at the time so she had already become used to kicking around and had started to roll over. Putting her in the harness was heatbreaking as she was so distressed for the first few days. People now can't believe what a happy little thing she is smiling away at everyone. We have at least another 5 weeks (but maybe longer) in the harness and I look forward to getting her out of her dirty stinky harness! We put a jumpsuit undernieth the harness so it doesn't rub on her skin too much and it also absorbs sweat. After 5 weeks we were allowed to take the harness off every second day for a bath. I know you feel like things will never get better but they will.

An update on Scarlett - we are going to see Dr Little at Westmead Children's Hospital on January 8 so we will hopefully find out more about her progress and have a better indication of how long she will be in the harness for. I'll keep you all posted.

Nicole