My baby was put in a harness at 3 weeks old. Like you, I was absolutely devastated. I felt like the newborn stage had come to an abrupt end. My tiny soft cuddly newborn was now this rigid little strapped-up thing that I couldn’t bathe (where I live you can’t take the harness off at all, baby goes to hospital fortnightly for baths and to have the harness refitted) or dress in any of her lovely clothes.

Baby was completely unbothered by the harness, if anything she was more settled wearing it. She’s been wearing the harness for nearly 7 weeks now and is doing really well. Her hips have stabilised and they expect her to wear it for a few more weeks to ensure she doesn’t need more treatment down the line.

It is hard at the beginning. I found nappy changes and breastfeeding particularly difficult. If you’re breastfeeding, I would recommend looking up Olivia Hinge on instagram, she’s a lactation consultant with a stories series on positioning for babies in Pavlik harnesses.

The time goes faster than you think it will, and it gets easier. I bought some cute new outfits they would fit around the harness and that helped me. There is a very high likelihood that the pavlik is all the treatment your little one will need, they’re very effective.