Spica cast toddler tips and tricks on how to handle your kid in a cast. Items to help with being in a cast. Tools for washing, bordom, and transportation.
I decided to get all crafty and see if I could build a spica table. I'm not so bad at creating crafty things when I actually get on and do it, it is procrastination that is my enemy but I wanted to give it a go. I borrowed a drill and jigsaw from…
Tomorrow is Cast OFF Day!!! In preparing for Ellie's Spica Season, I researched lots of websites & mommy blogs. I think I have about 4-5...
Diapering. As new parents, we expected to do our share in the diapering trenches, but we were not prepared for just how involved this would ...
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We hope this routine that we learned at Gillette Children's Hospital in St Paul MN. Our 17 month old is two weeks post op in this video. Happy hip healing!
What is a spica cast, you ask? A spica is a type of body cast made of fiberglass or plaster that typically goes from the chest to the hips and legs. There are different reasons
When babies are young you typically move them from container to container... ie, from the bumbo to the bouncy seat, from the bouncy seat to the swing, etc... But John didn't fit into any of those once he had the spica cast. So, I decided to make John his own chair. All I did was…
For all of my regular readers, you may want to just pass on this post. I’m diverting from my usual attempts at wit and humor to give a shout out to any other parents who might be madly tearing up Google in search of any insight on how to best handle a toddler in a […]
I hope that none of my regular readers (all 10 of you ;-) ) ever need this information, but I wanted to share what we have learned from our experience of having a toddler in a spica cast - just in case it proves helpful someday to another parent who is facing the same journey. …
Having a baby or toddler with hip dysplasia is challenging and for many there are hip spica cast care concerns including how to look after your baby in spica.
About seven weeks ago we were told the news that our daughter would be soon sporting a hip spica cast. Since I was in the hospital with her for a while I began looking around online regarding how to care for the cast and the child in the cast. There are lots of technical &
Our daughter was diagnosed with developmental dysplasia of the hip when she was 15 months old. When she was 17 months old, she had an open reduction surgery and was placed in her first hip
Spica at 23°50′ Libra has an orb of 2°40′ The Sun joins Spica on October 16 Fixed star Spica, Alpha Virginis, is a spectroscopic binary star system whose two stars are so close together they are egg-shaped rather than spherical, and can only be separated by their spectra. The primary is a blue giant and […]
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From the Japanese Exclusive Dreamcast game from the early 2000s Cool Cool Toon, heres a jpg of another character.
On June 24 poor Josh fell from a jungle gym at daycare. The details are a little hazy, but Josh insisted that "Jackson did it." He susta...
Description of before and after surgery, and how to take care of hip spica cast, including before and after surgery, positioning and turning, transporting, and taking for your child while the cast is on.
