Smarti - how wonderful Phoebe has settled into the brace so quickly. Gorgeous girl! I'm envious of your husband's positive approach. I wish we could all look at the brace that way! Deep down we all know what it's doing, but its so difficult seeing them with frog legs splayed out.
Naomi - Congratulations on the RAK! You utterly deserve it!
DD has settled into her daytimes really well, brace free. Nights are getting more difficult. She's so restless and cranky. She has a cold, and our routine is up the creek because my nan passed away so we've been spending a lot of time away from home and my nan was so important to me, she's probably picking up on my mood too. But I can't help but wonder if the brace is having an impact on her. It's now too small for her, but the surgeon said not to get a new one, it wasn't worth it. I am sooooo tired. The other night we were at the hospital with nan until 2 in the morning, and DD fell asleep at around 10pm, woke at 11pm and then was awake until 4am! Normally, she'll sleep anywhere. I'm hoping that once all this settles down again, probably after Monday, that she'll start using some energy during the day and she'll be tired at night and won't even notice the brace (or my mood!!!). I'm so grateful that my nan saw DD without the brace on. I visited her every week and she's listened to my heartbreak over it and helped me through it, so I'm forever grateful that the brace came off before she died.
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