Pavlik harness

Here are our tips to make the Pavlik Harness a little easier, It adds a whole new layer of complications to consider while caring for your baby.

Dear DDH parent, When I started to document our hip dysplasia journey, it was simply my way of coping, my type of therapy.

Pants made especially for babies with hip dysplasia wearing the pavlik harness or rhino brace.

This is not my typical post. No recipe or home design tips today. Just one momma's heartfelt experience with her newborn's diagnosis of hip dysplasia. Feel free to skip this post if it's not helpful to you. My hope is, that someone else out there just got this diagnosis and it will be helpful to them! If you follow me on Instagram of Facebook, you may be aware that our baby girl Camille was diagnosed with DDH - developmental dysplasia of the hips, when she was 2 days old. I thought I would…

Well today was our appointment. We checked in and headed back to radiology. Froggie laid on the table while the tech held her still and another tech and I stood behind the wall to take the x-ray. Once they made sure there was a clear image we headed back out to the main waiting room. A few minutes later they took us back and weighed Froggie in. She was 13lb 15oz. We got settled in the exam room with the fish light and waited. The nurse came in to check on us and see how Froggie was doing…

Pavlik harness - abduction splinting

Pavlik harness

General Pavlik Harnes Tips It’s best to allow the knees and thighs to spread apart so the hips point towards the middle of the child’s body. Anything that presses the legs together should be minimized but the child should have freedom to pull his or her own knees together. You should encourage positions that allow

Make a fleece outer layer to fit over a Pavlik harness

My son, Charlie, was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at birth. As I was still recovering from childbirth, learning how to breastfeed, and discovering that my baby was severely jaundiced, I felt the dy…