Check those hips

A few weeks ago I was wasting time on the computer, when I should have been doing something productive. I clicked through the online paper and saw an article about a doctor needing to be retrained. I clicked through and discovered it was the doctor we have been seeing for the baby's hip dysplasia. Awesome.

Of course, the husband and I were a little worried, so we booked an appointment with the pediatrician, so we could see if we should get a referral to someone else. The appointment wasn't until almost two months after we called in, but then I got a call this afternoon giving me one hours notice to bring the baby in for a cancelled appointment.

The pediatrician went around in circles a few times, but we decided that we would wait another 6 months before we take any more action. He said that her results and her hips are good for her age. Not great, but good. He said that another xray at 18 months would give us more of an idea on how she is going. When we told him we were relieved that we would get the check then, he explained that that was always his plan - he always xrays babies at 18 months. We didn't have another appointment or an xray referral from him, and the orthopedic surgeon also hadn't said anything about an 18 month check, so that's a little confusing, but either way it's a good result.

If we were to take her to Sydney, it is unlikely they would do anything apart from tell us to come back in 6 months. As it is, the pediatrician said that if the baby needed surgery, he would go through Sydney anyway, so we're no worse off. So at this stage, we will be taking the baby in for an xray in early January, with a follow up appointment with our pediatrician, and a referral to Sydney if we want.

Hopefully, the next few months of walking will do her hips some good.

Of course, he did ask questions about the shape of her head towards the end of the appointment, but he didn't explain what he was talking about and he took it back once he saw I was confused. So that's not great.

But he did weigh and measure her and go through a quick check. I did visit the nurse yesterday to have the same check completed, but she marked her on the charts as as 12 month old, not an almost 14 month old. So while I thought she was >90% for height, 50-75% for weight and 50% for head, she is actually spot on 50% for all three.