Right after Emerson was born, while we were still in the hospital, the pediatrician discovered that Emerson had hip dysplasia. After an ultrasound, doctor's appointment and another appointment with a specialist, they confirmed that she does have hip dysplasia and put her in a Pavlik harness. She wears this harness 22-23 hours each day in order to hold her legs in the proper position allowing her hip to form properly. She will continue to wear this harness until her next appointment on May 10th. At that time they will do an x-ray to determine if her hips have formed properly. If they have, then we can ditch the brace!!! Woo hoo! If not, then we will be stuck with the brace for a little while longer. 
Although Emerson does not like it, she has started to accept the fact that she has to wear it. While it is a bit challenging holding a baby with this contraption on and even more interesting finding cute things for her to wear, we know it will all work out in the end. As you can see in the pictures she can only wear onesies and socks. Thank goodness we live in California and have relatively warm weather.
Love all of the cute leg warmers and long socks I have been able to find from Baby Legs!
Kamryn still can't get enough of Nemberson (this is what Kamryn calls her).
2 comments:
Oh Stacey! I really feel for you. That brace puts her in such an awkward position, I can understand why it's hard to hold her :(. Mikes brother and sister had the same thing, but they had to have their hips "corrected" and they were put in casts from the waist down. So I guess this is a better option! You are a great and patient mom, you will get through this!
Poor little Emmy! I hope she gets her brace off soon! Miss you guys.
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