Rhino activities

In our Fisher Price Space Saver High Chair

I've been able to help Annabelle do a few more things in her rhino, so I thought I'd share so other people can hopefully have an easier time with their little ones.  

In the Rainforest Jumperoo

In the Rainforest Jumperoo

Wearing a small Halo Sleepsack at night,
brace underneath

Wearing a small Halo Sleepsack

Swinging in the
Fisher Price Papasan Cradle Swing

In our new double stroller:
Baby Jogger City Micro

rhino roll

Since we've been able to allow Annabelle more time out of her brace the last few weeks, she has really gotten mobile! 
She rolled back to front without her brace a couple weeks ago, and the next day, she did it IN her brace - I was shocked!

 
She's also working on her version of crawling, which looks more like digging, as she digs her head into the floor and kicks with her legs until she scoots to whatever object she is trying to reach.  She also rolls like crazy. 
She still isn't crazy mobile when her brace is on, but I'm thankful she's meeting more of her milestones. 
I had initially prayed that she wouldn't become mobile prior to her open reduction/cast placement so that she wouldn't get so frustrated and being unable to move, but it's such a joy to see her exploring and discovering her world.  The 6 weeks in the spica cast will be long and stressful - but they are only 6 weeks.  Only 42 days.  That I can handle.

one in, one out

A couple weeks ago I took Annabelle back to the Orthopedic Dr.  She had an x-ray (she's old enough now - no more ultrasounds!), and we got some reassuring news.  Her left hip is still in place, and looks good - Dr Olney is confident it will continue to stay in place, so she is now allowed 6-8 hrs a day out of her brace, and has no restrictions when out of her brace (except no Johnny Jump-ups).  I promptly put our Jumperoo together that night.  She's still more a fan of the Exersaucer than the Jumperoo, and I feel better about the Exersaucer because she can still wear the brace in it.  I still kinda baby that hip.

Her right hip is still dislocated, which we know and expect.  She'll have her open reduction in October that should fix it.

In the meantime, we're working on weaning her out of her brace, slowly.  She is also now doing physical therapy for her torticollis.  She's still pretty limited on her range of motion, and she detests the stretches we have to do for her.  I'm praying it gets easier as her muscles stretch out.  We have several sets of stretches we have to do 5-6x a day, for at least 5 reps.  So, all-in-all, each stretch 25-30 times a day.  It's a lot, but not that time consuming.  It's just painful to watch her screaming, but to know it's what she needs.  I hate seeing my baby uncomfortable.

Otherwise, all is well!