Well, Taylor has been doing well in her cast but developed a case of the stomach flu yesterday morning. The diarrhea leaked into her cast. I tried to clean it as best I could with Vinegar and Water and then dried it with a hair dryer but it still smells horribly and we have one more week until her cast change.

Becky-The orthopedic surgeon that we saw told us that since babies are born with hip dysplasia, that they don't have any pain with it. As far as some of the symptoms besides clicky hips, uneven skin folds around the buttocks, uneven leg lengths and when you put their knees together (with feet flat) then one knee may look higher than the other. Hope that helps and that your x-ray goes well.

Karen-Thanks for all the spica advice. I have found an almost foolproof way too, to keep Taylor from leaking. I use slightly smaller diapers during the day since they are easier to tuck up inside the cast. I also put her to sleep on a foam wedge so that her urine will run down into the diaper instead of back into her cast. At night I use a diaper doubler and then before I go to bed, I change just the doubler which she sleeps through. This way we both get a full nights sleep since I don't wake her up at night to change her diaper. Now that Taylor has a stomach bug and the diarrhea leaked into the cast, I really don't know what else to do about the smell. I think I will get some baking soda today and try that along with some lavender oil. It does smell really bad but luckily we have one more week to go and then she will be in a new cast. The hospital has also given me rolls of moleskin. It's really soft on one side and adhesive on the other. I put it along the rought edges of the cast but have also found that it works well for a barrier when I put it in the back of the cast. That way if she leaks onto the moleskin, I can just change it and the cast doesn't get soiled. I think her second cast will be much cleaner now that I have all these tricks and have found what works for us.

Take care and hang in there!

Rachelle and Taylor