My baby is awesome.

I know, I know. All parents feel that way. But mine really is!

She's 8 weeks old, and the most adorable thing I've ever seen. I can't believe I helped create something so precious. She's starting to smile and giggle, and every time she does, my heart explodes.

She's an easy baby to live with, too. She only gets upset when she's hungry or has a dirty diaper. She sleeps through noise and light, and at night can doze for 5 hours at a time!

She's practically perfect in every way.

There's just one issue: She needs to wear a brace all day, every day, for the next 3 months at least. She was born with hip dysplasia, which I thought only affected large dogs. But it turns out that because she was so cramped in my uterus, her hips didn't develop properly. So she needs to wear this, called a Pavlik Harness:



She doesn't seem to mind it so much, but it took a while for me to get used to it. And even though we had been told early on that it was a possibility she would need it, I still burst into tears when the doctor put it on her two weeks ago. It's hard to see a little baby trussed up like that, even though I know this will help her little hips to develop properly.

But it's been 14 days now, and the only time she seems to mind it is when I'm putting it on her after her bath, or if she tries to move around in her crib. Most of the time, she's too busy eating, pooping, or watching her mobiles to worry about it. And when it's all done and her hips are formed as they should be and she's learning to walk, she won't even remember wearing it.

And hopefully by then, I'll get over it, too.