It's been almost a week since Harlow got her cast off. Things have been going really well. She still isn't walking, but every day her legs get a little stronger. She can actually crawl almost normal now, in the cast she sort of did a frog hop crawl, but now she has more leg movement and can really go...fast! She is also climbing. She can climb on her bed and on chairs. She can stand holding onto something. She can walk it you hold on to her, so it's only a matter of time until she really gets going on her own.
I'm so glad to be done with the spica cast change. I really, really, REALLY hope we never have to go through that again. Even though it wasn't that tragic, it's not something I would wish on anyone. Harlow has still been sleeping in her bean bag, well up until today that is. I took it from her and put it away. She can lay down flat in her brace and she can roll over just fine, so there is really no reason for her not to sleep in her bed. I gave her a few days after the cast came off to adjust and get used to the brace, but now it's time for the bean bag to go. She was so exhausted today I put her in her bed, she mentioned the bean bag and I told her that it was time for it to go bye-bye & that it was just here visiting with her while her cast was on. She didn't mention it after that and quickly fell asleep. So fingers crossed she sleeps all night without the "bean bag of beans" (as she refers to it).
Today I also finally switched out the Hippo car seat and put back in her car seat. For the first few days she kept her legs the way they were in the cast, but now she can close them more so it was time to get back in her own car seat. I'm going to give it a few days and make sure it's comfortable for her and if so we are going to return the Hippo seat to the hospital. I hate using it because it's a $450 car seat and if it gets ruined we have to pay for it. It's not an attractive car seat at all. It's huge, bulky, blue, & ugly so I do not want to pay for it because it's not something I would voluntarily put in our car lol.
Now that it's been a week, it's time for us to get back to our normal....however normal that is I really don't know lol. It's time to change my blog title back from the spica cast. I will always continue to update our journey and if anyone ever wants to read our story all they need to do is browse the blog history starting in April.
I got an embroidery sewing machine this week & it is AWESOME! It's the greatest sewing machine I have ever owned. It sews so nice, it's actually smaller than my regular sewing machine and it is just GREAT! It has an automatic needle threader and sews pedal free - that's like heaven for a sewer. I made a skirt on it last night which turned out really cute. My next project is to practice embroidery on a few of Harlow's onesies. Once I get the hang of it I'll be adding lots of fun embroidery items on my Etsy store.
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