Update on Life in a Boston Brace

E has been in her brace for a month now. I'm not going to lie. That first week was AWFUL. E cried inconsolably. It was almost as bad as the first day/night in the first cast when it wasn't trimmed properly. I thought she would never get used to it but I am glad to report that I was wrong. She is doing great and her physical therapy was dropped down to once a month! She finally seems all caught up on her gross motor skills.

We do have some lingering issues. You will see E in her knit rite shirt in a picture below. The brace shop only had size small and no smaller so it is more like an ankle length skin tight dress. All that extra fabric is HOT especially down that it is 90F out. Poor baby has overheated twice in the brace. The brace is light and most people don't even notice it under her clothes but for some reason I feel like she is more prone to overheating in the brace than she ever was in the cast. I also have included some brace pictures and E wearing her brace at the local town birthday parade this weekend.

E is wearing her brace 18-23 hours a day. We target 23 but we aren't perfect. Last night we had to leave it off because E isn't feeling so well. I think it is teething. From the screaming today I saw that three molars and two incisors are either bulging out or breaking through the gums all at once. This has led to a stream of snot like we have never seen from E before so much that she vomited. She's been miserable all day and big sis was really upset we had to miss our Monday hike. I rescheduled children's and the soonest they could get us in is 3 weeks from now! Ug. Poor kid. Let's hope she has a good night tonight.