First cast is on

Our journey has begun. Starbaby's first cast is on, and he is currently fast asleep in our wonderful wrapsody bali stretch wrap. Considering my biggest worry about him going into casts was whether or not he could still sleep comfortably in the sling, I am pretty happy!

Our hospital visit was an emotional one for me - I was so worried about Starbaby being upset during casting, and also had memories of his birth triggered by seeing the white and blue hospital towels on the casting 'bed' - but the most important person in all this, our little Starbaby, took it all in his stride. I was amazed - this is the baby who screams through almost every nappy change and is very unsettled a lot of the time. He had a good breastfeed, then lay on the casting bed, propped up with a pillow and held by my arms, and gazed around the room in fascination as one consultant and three nurses got to work casting his leg. I am SO proud of him.

The cast is fairly substantial, but not as bulky as I imagined. The weird thing... which may sound obvious... is how hard it is! It's very bizarre having a little chap with one soft, kicky leg, and one fairly still, solid one. I bet I will get used to it quickly, though.

I am so so happy that he can still go in the sling comfortably... it's going to make this process much less disruptive for us all. The ring sling may not be quite as easy as before, as the material under his bottom/the top of his cast felt like it might slip out more easily, but using the stretchy wrap has so far been identical to before. I have made sure that the material which goes over his bottom and upper leg is stretched as widely as possible towards his knee so the upper part of his cast is well supported. As he's a little chap, his leg still sits nicely around my side and so far isn't in the way at all. I know it may be a bit different a couple of months from now... but by that time we'll be talipes babywearing pros. ;)

Haven't taken any photos of Starbaby's cast yet, as he's been snuggled up in the sling since we got back from the hospital, but here's our first talipes babywearing photo. His casted leg is his right one - you can barely notice a difference when he's in a babygrow!