Well, I haven't seen in my research a spica cast baby who won't fit in the Hippo car seat, but I also haven't seen any babies quite as young as Collin either. My lovely contact at Northwest, Julie, set up a try-out at Britkare to make sure he wouldn't fit in the Hippo, although she was pretty sure he wouldn't. Julie was right, he didn't fit. She found out today that the manufacturer won't approve the use of the vest for Collin since he is so young, it just wouldn't be safe. We are down to one last resort. She has called someone at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis who is a go-to person when all else fails regarding issues such as these. She got this person's contact information from someone she had contacted in San Antonio, so all of this took a good chunk of today. Maybe tomorrow there might be another option. If not, she said we will have to stick with what we are doing with the convertible car seat, unfortunately.
Sleeping wise, we tried wrapping Collin's arms like he was used to being swaddled prior to the cast. He fought it a lot because he likes to play with his paci and his face, but he did end up sleeping on his back for a good chunk of the night. He has also been spitting up less and having more regular and normal bowels.
Can't believe spring break is about over... it's days like these I wish I could stay home and play with my son all day long.
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