Miranda's new accessories

This was Miranda a couple weeks ago. I noticed that her feet turned in a little shortly after she was born. At her first months appointment I brought it up to the doctor and she said to do stretching exercises. By her 2 month appointment they were a little better but not much. The doctor took an x-ray and wanted to send her to a specialist.
I was not quite prepared for what was about to happen at the specialist. After examining Miranda he said she has mild club feet and he would be putting her in casts today. I was stunned. I was prepared for, lets watch the feet do some more exercises and if they don't improve the corrective shoes. I was not prepared for her to be put in casts immediately and really was not prepared for the casts to be from her toes to her thighs.

So, she will have this set on for three weeks (they come off August 1st), then fitted for corrective shoes and the casts go right back on for three more weeks, then corrective shoes will be worn 24 hours a day for 2-3 months and then she will just need to wear the shoes at night to sleep in for a couple of years.

Miranda was less than thrilled and so were we. It was a very rough week. It took a lot of adjusting for all of us. For the first couple of days all Miranda would do is cry. Sleeping took a lot of getting used to. Since she was used to curling her legs up under her she had a hard time getting comfortable.
This was her expression for a couple of days. She was very unhappy. She went from smiling and talking all the time to this sad little face and crying. But thankfully it did not last and our happy little girl came back. Thank God babies are resilient and flexible. She has learned how get around the casts. In fact she can pick them up and move them around now. So now I have to watch out because they have become weapons. She likes to pick them up and throw them down on my leg as I am feeding her.



I take comfort in knowing that her only memory of these casts will be these pictures. After her appointment of course I went online a read a bunch of stuff. I have seen that it could be worse and I am grateful that it is not. I miss her chubby little legs and feet and I can't wait to nibble on them again.

Ethan Graduates

I can't believe my baby is already graduating from pre-school. It seems like just yesterday he was learning to crawl and make everyone laugh with his mad face. In just a couple of weeks he will be starting kindergarten....and the adventure begins.