As I mentioned in the photo shoot post to pay attention to her feet. Well here is the explanation...Our baby girl was born with her feet turned in. It was very noticable as soon as we saw her. The doctors in Jackson weren't sure what the problem was or if it was just the way she was positioned in the womb. We went to a orthopedic in Jackson for 5 weeks and did exercises with her to try and straighten them out. At 5 weeks she was referred to Primary Childrens so a Pediatric Orthopedic good take a look at her. We went down to our first appointment New Years Eve to find out our baby girl has club feet. Treatment: casting for 5 weeks, cut the achilles tendon to finish straightening it out, wear a brace for 3 months, then finally just to a brace at night until she is 2 or 3. We are now in our 3rd week of casting!! I drive to SLC every Thursday to switch out her casts. They do a new cast every week to slowly straighten her feet back out. She has adjusted really well to the casts. She has gotten stronger and now is able to kick them around and clank them together. Soon she will be out of them and we will be adjusting to the brace. The good thing is that she won't remember any of this and should be just to a brace at night before she starts crawling!
Her cute little turned in feet at 4 weeks.
Another view of how bad her feet were turned in
Week 3 of casting!
Nothing can keep this girl down. She is still full of smiles!
Hanging out in the Bumbo chair...her casts almost don't fit. She loves to sit up and think she is big stuff!
Her cute little turned in feet at 4 weeks. 
Another view of how bad her feet were turned in
Week 3 of casting!
Nothing can keep this girl down. She is still full of smiles!
Hanging out in the Bumbo chair...her casts almost don't fit. She loves to sit up and think she is big stuff!
My brother had club feet too when he was a baby. Boo to casts but she seems sooo tough, and happy!! Good luck with everything!
ReplyDeleteIts sad to see little Kamri with the casts, but the good thing is as far as she is concerned all babies have casts on their legs. She looks like she is getting so old! We are thinking about you guys, drive safe.
ReplyDeleteShe is SO cute! She will be such a strong little girl!
ReplyDeleteShe is such a cutie!!
ReplyDeletedang it! I had no idea! She looks like she is such a trooper through this all! I hope everything continues to go well!
ReplyDeleteShe is SO cute. Good thing she has tough parents huh? What a blessing to be able to get them fixed. Love that cute smile. Oh, and Davi has that same little dress in the bottom pic. :)
ReplyDeleteShe is so cute, Mandy! Good luck with everything... And safe driving to SLC. Miss ya!
ReplyDeleteThey were worried with that with our little girl and we had all the amnio testing done before she was born because of other stuff too, but she was fine. When they said they would do the casting they said she would walk at the same time so good your getting it out of the way now! Good luck I am sure it is hard to drive back and forth so much though!
ReplyDeleteOH sweety I am so sorry i had a club foot too. but at lesst they can be fixed. you should call some time!
ReplyDeleteI found you :0)...it's not even been that long, but I don't remember her feet being so turned in. I am glad she is progressing so well!! Talk to you soon!
ReplyDeleteI hope that her little achilles surgery went well. She is such a cute little girl. It is amazing to me how wonderful the modern world of medicine is and how they fix so many things.
ReplyDeleteShe is growing up! her face is changing so much! I hope it went well. I called but I will call again. Just tell me to stop if it's annoying.
ReplyDeleteMand, I love those cute little pictures of her feetsies! So adorable: ) She's such a troper! And she's already changing so much. Can't wait to play with her and her momma again: ) Hope things are going great, despite getting used to casts. We love you guys!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear she has to go through this! She will be just great, one of our cousins babies had the exact same thing, and she is perfectly fine now, walking great and everything! It just takes time ;)
ReplyDeleteShe is so so cute, I can't believe how precious she is. Good luck with everything!