Well we went to see the paediatric podiatrist on Monday - and she recommended shoes with orthotics for CJ as her feet are very turned out - she said it isn't to do with her hips but to do with her large size at birth and being squished in the womb - apparently is relatively common in larger babies. Also gave us some exercises to do - one just tickling her feet on the inside to get her to turn them in and the other just rotating them in to stretch the muscles. They will right themselves over time. So today we had to go shoe shopping and tomorrow she will put in the orthotics. Typically of CJ she has today started walking about without the shoes!!! Buying shoes was a nightmare, there is so little choice and they are so expensive - one pair we were offered were 100 dollars!!! Her chubby little feet seemed to have problems in quite a few of the shoes in that there isn't enough height in them - and what is with majority of girls shoes being white or light pink - I mean white is a ridiculous color for shoes surely? Anyway she ended up with some brown boys ones as were only ones could get to fit properly anyway - I am not entirely happy with them - to me they look to big - are a 4.5 (two shops measured her at this) but the 4.5 in girls seemed smaller than the 4.5 in boys but they said were the same? Will see what podiatrist says - they were 50% off and you can change your mind within two weeks to get your money back so we shall see.

Anyway am happy to be doing something about her feet - a bit annoyed hadn't done anything sooner but everyone just said was her hips - if she hadn't had the hip problem I think some attention would have been paid to her feet - am also so happy she is finally starting to want to walk (although she won't in her new shoes yet - Doh)

Hope everyone is good - only two more days of work before Christmas - can't wait.