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So here's the recent update. On Friday we were basically rushed in to see a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon because your Dr. wasn't happy with the ultrasound findings. The Orthopedic Dr. wasn't either. So, the bad news is, you're in a Pavlik harness. The good news is, you'll be in it for 6 weeks and then you should continue to have perfect hips forever. It's been rough for daddy and I to see you this way, and the first 2 days you were really not very happy about it. But fortunately you've gotten used to it, and we're starting to too. Diaper changes are tricky and there are some outfits you may never wear (they may be too small in 6 weeks, we'll see). You also won't get a tub bath again for 6 weeks, only sponge baths. That's okay. We did get a picture of you after you first tub bath a week or so ago, so that's a good thing. But it's all for a good reason, and it doesn't hurt you - nor will you ever remember it. It just hurts me to see you in this contraption. I'm grateful to God though that we were able to find out there is a potential hip problem in your left hip and we can stop it now. If they hadn't caught it even before you're 3 months old, the treatment gets much more drastic. After a year or so? It's all surgical. Yuck.

Last night, you slept most of the night in your cradle. Thank you! With the harness, it's much harder to co-sleep (much harder to breastfeed, too, but that's another story), so I've had to try to get you used to the cradle. You seem to sleep longer in there, and I seem to sleep a little better. I hope this continues. You're still growing like a weed and sometimes I worry that I don't have enough milk for you. But I really do just trust my body and believe that it will make enough for you. Your chubby rosy cheeks make me think we're doing just fine. You definitely see much better, and I can already tell you're starting to develop and observe so much more all the time. You love your bouncy chair, and it supports your legs/hips in the harness much better than lying flat, so you're in that quite often. You still sleep on me a lot during the day though (like right now). :-)

That's where we are. In 2 days, you're a month old, exactly 4 weeks. Today is St. Patrick's Day and I'd originally hoped you'd be born this day (what with your Irish Gaelic name and all). Now, I can't imagine having missed a single one of these early days with you. In the movie When Harry Met Sally, Harry tells Sally, "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." Well, that's how I felt even before I met you. And now? Well, I can't imagine it having been any other way.