New braces today.
So Laelia is getting her new braces today (Thursday) at 4pm. Her casts will come off and they will try the sandal-shaped braces. We will have a week to gage Laelie’s pain level and see if they stay on her feet. If they don’t work, we do have one more option after this.
I’m looking forward to being able to weigh Laelie for the first time. We had an opportunity last time she was in braces, but since we thought she would have them longer than a week, we didn’t weigh her. The only problem with weighing the baby is that I have to get on the scale with her in my arms and then put her down and then get on myself and then do some subtraction. I’m just worried it won’t be enough subtraction. 
I’m nervous about getting the casts off and having her feet hurt her again. I hated that. It was the second worst week of our parenting lives. The layers of skin will have to come off. The braces will have to go on and off and be readjusted a few times. It will hurt when she is picked up or put down because of the weight on just her feet now. I’m going to run her legs into everything because she won’t have these big cast shields on. Diaper changing will be a lot harder since we can’t touch her feet or the bar across her feet and instead have to grab her hips in an awkward way. I just pray that we survive this. Thankfully since we’re getting them close to the end of the week, I will only be at work on Friday and then have the weekend to really care for her. Last time I got NO sleep the night after braces. I may be really out of it for work tomorrow.
Last night Laelie and I had lots of fun. Having the braces will mean we can’t monkey around as much so we did a lot of horse play yesterday. One of the fun things we can do better in casts than braces is this:
She’s smiling her head off! Now if that didn’t make you laugh, nothing will. Aw, good times.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
No I didn’t drop her!
The sound is my foot on the cabinet that is holding the camera. She only flies about half an inch out of my hands.
January 31st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Okay the scale says, “Dear Alexis, I hate you! Go ahead and have another kid, I dare you! Love, The Scale”
That sticky note has been on there for a few months now.