Hi Kristin, it's Jenn from BabyHipWear... though Emma was only in a
harness, I do know from dealing with other moms through my business
that due to the constraint from the cast, it does cause some
agitation with eating etc... glad you ordered the book Parents Guide
to Hip Dysplasia from my site, because I think you will find it
helpful. I sent you an email this am so please read ans respond when
you can!

--- In clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com, Kristin Trangsrud
<ktrangsrud@...> wrote:
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> My husband and I adopted a beautiful 6 month old baby in December
in China. We named her Lia Shu Grace. She will be 9 months old on
March 4th and is currently in a spica cast for congenital hip
dysplasia. On Feb 4th, she had an open reduction on her right hip and
a closed reduction on her left hip. She will get a new spica cast on
March 6th and also begin serial casting for her bilateral club feet.
Although we live in North Carolina, we have elected to seek treatment
in Iowa City at the world renowned Ponseti clinic for clubfeet.
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> Lia is an absolutely delightful adorable baby. She is a gift--an
absolute joy to behold!
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> We're all adapting to life with a spica cast. My concern at the
moment is that she has a hard time burping now and will sometimes cry
and scream hard during bottle feeding. She also has had upper
respiratory issues, congestion and coughing, since we adopted her
that seem to also confound the gas/burping issue. Any advice would be
great.
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> Thank you!
>  
> --Kristin
> Mom to Lia Shu Grace, DOB 6/4/08, adopted 12/8/08, bilateral hip
dysplasia, bliateral clubfeet
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