Hi all

wysiwyg - I am sorry to hear about your daughter. It is the hardeest time waiting to find out what treatment she will need. Once you get started you won't have all that time to contemplate everything. Hopefully you get in to see the doc soon. My daughter Scarelett was diagnosed at 3 months after the community nurse notice uneven skin folds on her legs. She had no other signs prior to that and had been examined by several paeds and doctors. She was in a pavlik harness for 3 months full time and then a dennis brown brace for about a month full time before wearing it only at night until 2 months ago (she's almost 2). She was in the pavlik harness during summer so we had as little clothes on as possible. We used to slip onesies under the harness just to stop it rubbing on her skin. She took a little while to adjust but eventually got back to her happy little self.

Caroline - sorry to hear Ella is having such a hard time. It must be hard for you to watch her and especially with the lack of sleep. I hope she cheers up a bit for you soon.

We had Scarlett's 2 year check up on Tuesday and Dr Little said she had shown good improvement since her last visit (at 18 months) and he now only needs to see her every year. He didn't give us a 100% guarantee that she wouldn't need an op, but said we would wait until she's 5 to decide. For some reason her hip has just been very slow to recover on it's own.

Bub is due in 2 weeks so I am sure I will have my hands full for a while after that. I've been told to have him screened at 6 weeks so I'll be sure to let you all know how that goes.

Best of luck to everyone

Nicole