Hi Andrea,
My daughter was also diagnosed at 7 months (that was 3 years ago) so
I know how you are feeling. You will be surprised how well your
daughter will cope (as mums we don't cope as well) but you will soon
adapt to things.

In someways it is harder waiting for oppointments as you never know
what is going to be said.

If you have any questions about feeding, car seats then please ask
you are in the right place. There are lots of poeple here who are
willing to listen when you need it.

Good luck next week
All the best
Leanne


--- In clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com, "andreajean65"
<andreajean65@y...> wrote:
> Hi everyone
> Where do i begin? Well my name is Andrea. I have 4 children - 3
boys
> (14 yrs,11 yrs & 4 1/2 years) and a daughter, Lottie, 10 months.
> Lottie was born on 26 October 2003. Though I dearly love my sons I
> was so pleased to have a daughter. She had her checks and we were
> told everything was ok, I think they were more concerned about her
> palate (during scans in pregnancy, as well as physical exams) as
my
> third son was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. From the
> start we found Lottie very demanding, she seemed to cry endlessly
> unless she was being held.We had problems with breast feeding, for
> some reason she just couldn't get the hang of it, my first 2 were
> totally bf and I expressed for Peter for 3 months (because of his
> cleft he couldn't suck). I was very upset that I couldn't bf
Lottie,
> I hadn't imagined it would be a problem at all! Anyway, at
lottie's
> 7 month check the health visitor examined her and compared the
> length of legs, one was shorter! We were referred directly to the
> children's dept at our local hosp where they dropped the bombshell
> that her left hip is dislocated. A week later Lottie was having a
> scan and x-ray (in fact she had 2 x-rays because she put her hand
on
> her hip during the first x-ray!!). We saw the consultant briefly
and
> he referred us to Great Ormond Street. It was very scary to hear
him
> say! We've been referred to Mr Jones and will be meeting him next
> Monday 6 September. I hope it will actually be him that we see -
the
> appt letter says it may be a member of his team! I seem to spend
my
> life at hospitals!! I am not looking forward to it and wish this
> wasn't happening to mine or anyone elses baby! Peter's cleft is
bad
> enough but though he will be having surgery untll he's 17/18 (he's
> had 4 ops so far, 3 for his cleft and one for a hydrocele) it
isn't
> constant and intense for a long period of time. I honestly can't
> imagine how we will cope. Also, Peter starts school next Tuesday
and
> I really don't want to be away from him. The others are older so
it
> isn't quite so bad. Sorry this is such a long intro! I'm so
worried
> about everything. At least I've found you all!
> Thanks for listening, Andrea