The last first was, of course, the boys' joint bath. Everyone had lots of fun until Sam stole Asher's ball. :)
About Me
- J and Y
- On Saturday, January 16, at 2:00 PM, we had our lives forever changed when Asher and Samuel, our long prayed for and long-awaited twins, arrived at 24 weeks and 6 days gestation. The boys weighed less than 2 lbs and spent over 4 months in the hospital before coming home. Our blog began as a way to chronicle the boys birth and subsequent hospital stay, but now we hope to simply capture our journey as a family. As we travel through the adventure of each day, tackling obstacles left by prematurity, we have discovered that we can't go over, we can't go under, but we must go through those scary places... We chose to face these challenges head on as a family. We rely on the strength granted to us by our Lord to help us along our way.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Firsts
Today was a day of firsts. Asher got his first pair of AFO's, ankle foot orthotics. They should help with his ankle weakness and standing balance. We picked camoflauge, not because we hunt, but just because it looked cool. Well, as cool as big, bulky leg braces can look on a toddler; and big they are.... The new braces led to a trip to Target, totally breaking isolation rules, in an attempt to find shoes to fit over said monster braces. Another first occurred when they boys road together in one of those double mommy carts at Target. They both did great, although Sam was a tad bit apprehensive at first. Not a single shoe fit, by the way. A quick trip to Raleigh resulted in the purchase of a pair of Converse high tops, the only shoe I could sort of cram the brace into... and believe me we tried every shoe in several stores. A very helpful salesclerk said skater shoes usually work but the only ones in toddler sizes had elastic laces, which for the record, don't work. Ash has been very sweet, though, as his mother sweats and struggles to get his AFO's on and then stuff them into his shoes.
The last first was, of course, the boys' joint bath. Everyone had lots of fun until Sam stole Asher's ball. :)
The last first was, of course, the boys' joint bath. Everyone had lots of fun until Sam stole Asher's ball. :)
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Try taking the insoles out of the shoes, it will give you more room for the braces. There are special shoes that are made specifically for kids who wear AFO's. They look like regular toddler/kid shoes (lights, glitter, colors). Many insurance companies will cover the cost of them. Ask whoever made the AFO's they should be able to help you with the shoes.
ReplyDeleteStumbled upon your blog from Samuel's blog- I have a 23 weeker son, Pierce. Your boys are beautiful! So happy to read they are doing so well.
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