Short Version: Anderson has to wear a cast for 4-6 weeks to correct his Intoeing which was caused by his position in my belly. After the visit while in the parking lot Karoline fell out of our car (an Expedition so it is high) and landed head first. She is fine now but it was SO scarry.
Long Version: The doctor today said that Anderson's Intoeing (also known as Metatarsus Adductus) was from the way he was laying in my uterus. The doctor says this is common with larger babies in smaller women (YES, he called me small... I was quite flattered!). His foot was most likely pressed against my spinal cord. He said there is a 50/50 chance he would grow out of the condition but TJ and I wanted to treat it while he was still small and not mobile. If he is like Karoline he will be walking by 9 months so I didn't want to wait any longer.
Anyway, he has to wear the cast for 4-6 weeks and we have to take him back almost every week to recast it since as a baby he grows quickly. Anderson cried the whole time they were casting him... not from pain but because we were having to hold him down. They could not believe how strong he was... they were trying to keep his knee bent and it took three of us to do it. Next time I am going to try nursing him while they do the cast. The last thing the doc said to me was "bring him back hungry".
Anderson seems to be just fine with the cast and he even rolled over in his bed when he was finished with his nap. The doc says he will have to wear some special Stride Rite shoes that look like the shoes are on the wrong feet. People are going to think I am crazy and can't put my children's shoes on correctly!
Well, Karoline was so restless when we got back to the car and I needed to nurse Anderson and change his diaper before we could get moving so TJ was just going to let her play in the car. She loves to clip the buckles on the seatbelts. Well, he put her in the car closed the door, and then opened the door back up to get in with her and she fell head first from our Expedition to the cement parking lot. Apparently she was leaning up against the door and TJ didn't see her. She has a HUGE knot on her poor head but all in all she is okay. I was worried and wanted to take her right back into the hospital but she stopped crying pretty quickly. I asked if she could count to 10 and she actually counted to 15, I asked her to say her ABC's and she did, I asked her where a few body parts were and she showed me, so she was okay but I thought for sure she was going to have a concussion. She was pretty much fine the rest of the afternoon. In the picture it does not look too bad but oh it is horrible in person.
With my son in a cast and Karoline's knot on her head I am sure people will throw me a few dirty looks at the grocery store.
After all of that I did get to go to my heaven on earth... Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn. It was great and I got a few fun things.
Karoline likes to carry this silly thing around the house...
Me and my precious babies!
This video was of Karoline teaching Anderson a few of her favorite songs. I was in the kitchen fixing coffee and looked into the living room and she was singing to Anderson. I got my camera quickly but she caught me taking the video. It was so cute.
