I don't hate the Denis-Brown bar with the emphasis that I did in my last post. Several nights in a row of solid sleep for all of us, a really good nap yesterday, and E is starting to attempt to move around with the brace on. He can roll, pull onto his knees, and move into sitting with his feet strapped in. He is starting to crawl a few "steps" at a time outside of the brace - oh, how I love those 6 hours a day out of that thing! Hid daddy got him a dinosaur walker/riding toy for Christmas, and E even took a few steps behind it. E being willing to put weight on that foot is very exciting, because I worry about it getting stiff and about him being even more delayed. Bathtime is also better. He cried a little on day two, but not at all last night. So, we're getting into a rhythm. We're still sure about our decision to buy E the other brace, though. Life is better, but I can't imagine it not being even more better (how's that for grammar!) with him able to move his legs in his sleep. He'll be in that brace for sleeping for "several years" according to the doctor, so we might as well make him as comfortable as possible.
On the brighter side, we have a white day-after-chrismas, and after his nap, we're all heading outside to let him play in the snow. Merry Christmas!
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