'O' is for Orthotics

Pooooor baby Annie. Not so much of a baby anymore, but it's hard not to call her a baby since she doesn't walk or crawl yet. She has hypotonia and is having trouble walking, or crawling, or doing pretty much anything but sit and roll. She's kind of just like a giant noodle. We've been having a PT (physical therapist) come once a week for a few months now to work with her, it seems to be helping a little. I don't know why doctors never noticed this before, sometimes you can even tell if a baby has hypotonia only days after they are born. If this was found earlier, we could have been in therapy for a lot longer and be closer to having a walking baby. I never knew anything was wrong, I've never had a baby before to realize that she wasn't doing things kids her age should be. I just thought she would be a late walker, and thought she was just really flexible. She can actually bend her foot up so that the top of her foot is basically touching her shin. Apparently that's not normal. And because of this, she needs to get braces for he feet/legs. Poor girl, reminds me of Forest Gump... --- Princess Gump :)

I'm guessing they will be similar to this, except hers will have a separate foot brace with a taller attachment for when she tries to walk. I just chose this image because it was... pink.

The therapist also brought over this nifty contraption...

Can't remember what she called it, but it looks scary to me. They should at least make them a little cuter, don't ya think? I would like a pink and purple one for my princess, please and thank you ;)

So I'm hoping all of these things will help her. I feel so bad for her every day when she gets so bored, not being able to get where she wants to go. One thing that is hard about being a stay at home mom of one is having to entertain your child all day, every day, alone. Annie is getting bored with all of her toys, bored with coloring, dancing, reading, Elmo, Barney, and bored with looking out the window at the cars that pass by. Sigh. There isn't much else to do with an immobile, super curious 16 month old. I don't know how day cares can do it. Although, it might be easier when you have more than one kid. I can't complain, I wouldn't trade being a stay at home mom for anything. Annie is special and deserves all of the attention that most caregivers cannot provide (not compared to mommy's anyway). 

On a different subject, I need to stop eating. I seriously look like I'm about 6 months pregnant, why? Probably all the carbs I've been stuffing into my system. For going almost 3 months with little or no carbs and sugar, I'm pretty sure I'm a little more than deprived. My nutritionist never mentioned that when I was off the diet, I would literally hate everything I ate for those months I was on it. I missed carbs. I missed bread, potatoes, noodles, ICE CREAM! Even though I didn't go on the diet to lose weight, but to gain health, I still crashed.. And that's not good- because now not only am I probably gaining it all back, but I'm also 'losing' the health I gained (inflammation was creeping in again) Bah. I'm such a case.

Goodnight!