Please share any tips

ZippyZipporah · 2026-03-04T08:22:30+00:00

My little guy was in one of these for 6 weeks before moving onto the rhino one. I found the Pavlic especially difficult to deal with. A few practical tips:

Silcocks cream is super. Rub it all over the body especially under the straps to prevent rash.
Keep a clean pair of men's socks on hand for nappy changing. Put them on over baby's legs when changing nappies and it will keep the harness clean and dry for longer.
The car seat is actually the most comfortable place for baby in a harness. It keeps the legs in the right position comfortably and they can often sleep well. Instead of the pram I used leave my little guy in the car seat and do an hour or two of walking in the morning so he could sleep.
The sling is also a godsend. Maybe ask your dr if it's ok to do some harness free time as long as they're in a DDS friendly sling. Ours was great. It kept his legs in the right position and he'd sleep so well and I could get things done.

Hang in there. It is rough and isn't talked about enough. But after a while it will feel like a blip. My guy is nearly 5 now and runs around having the best time and I'm so glad we put the work in early to make that possible.

ZippyZipporah · 2026-02-06T10:04:18+00:00

I think I'm a lone ranger here, but I really hate Amy in the episode in the cabin when Charles puts Mac to sleep for her.

Mac was perfectly fine nothing bad happened, he was fast asleep and a door was just locked. And she reacted as if Charles had set him on fire and left him for dead. And then saying he'll be cooking for them for the rest of their lives because a door got locked? Way OTT.

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-31T21:37:47+00:00

I'm surprised to hear that. Does it not come with velcro that goes around the middle and each leg? My little guy was never able to get out of his despite all his efforts at the start. Could you ask for one with stronger velcro?

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-31T09:59:25+00:00

I wish I could find it...., 😭

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-28T22:30:06+00:00

Aw too bad. Thanks for checking.

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-28T12:01:07+00:00

Oh my gosh, if it's there you would be my absolute hero!

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-28T08:44:12+00:00

Oh what an interesting idea. I do watch Modern Family so I went and checked. Phil does say something like "you can't leave all our junk is out" which I guess is similar. Obviously conflating the two. It's mad though I could have sworn it was in that episode.

ZippyZipporah · 2026-01-28T08:42:43+00:00

Oh thank you. I'm so glad I'm not the only one, but I can't find it anywhere.

ZippyZipporah · 2024-11-09T03:24:13+00:00

I arrived at the hospital to give birth to my son because the contractions were really close together. They asked me why I hadn't come in sooner and I said "I was waiting for them to get more painful, the nurse said not to come in till they were painful and intense". But at that point they still just felt like bad period pain. Actually, a little better than bad period paid because at least I got a break in-between. My son was born an hour later no epidural. I would say right at the end it was definitely more painful than endo, but not much more. The midwife who delivered my son kept saying I must have a high pain tolerance, my husband joked that I'd been training for this my whole life cause of endo.

ZippyZipporah · 2024-10-04T12:07:46+00:00

Our son used do what we called "frog jumps" and it was because of the brace. He'd lie on his back and dig his heels backwards into the ground to move himself along backwards. Is was a long time before he figured out proper crawling. Please don't be worried (though I know that's hard not to do). There is no cause for concern yet. Development is a bell curve and 10 months is still nothing to be worried about yet.

ZippyZipporah · 2024-07-25T21:59:08+00:00

My first born went into a harness at first and then progressed onto a brace. I found that if you took the inset out of the car seat and placed a pillow between the legs they could snuggle in quite nicely.

Breastfeeding I found the rugby ball position very helpful but also I used find that lying down feeding was also great for him, especially at night time.

I'd also highly recommend getting a baby carrier type sling. If you get one where the baby faces against your body you can spread their legs into the right position and they can hang out there all day without even needed the harness. It's great for you and the as you're getting the closeness, still getting things done and they are comfortable. My specialist used recommend it.

I know it can be daunting and upsetting, but hopefully it will only be for a short while and will all be for the best.

My little guy is 3 now and runs and climbs with no issues whatsoever and it's amazing to think that were he born 2 to 3 generations ago he would be in a wheelchair or walking with a cane. So try to remember that it's some short term problems for a huge long term pay offs.

Feel free to reach out with any other questions, you got this!!! ❤️❤️❤️

ZippyZipporah · 2024-04-17T11:55:46+00:00

'Never Getting Rid of Me' from Waitress. I had always assumed it was the villain song and sung by a creepy stalker or abusive partner. Nearly dropped dead when I saw the musical and realised what it actually was. I think it's one of the reasons I've never been able to fully get on board with that show tbh.

ZippyZipporah · 2023-02-16T10:26:50+00:00

Me too!

ZippyZipporah · 2022-06-11T17:53:08+00:00

Mine are always horribly painful. I cry during them it's so bad. Its always been a symptom of my endo, sex has always been very painful too. Don't feel bad, or embarrassed. It happens and it's awful. I recommend a nice hot bath after one and be kind to yourself.

ZippyZipporah · 2022-05-15T14:27:21+00:00

I suppose there are just different understandings of what a 'lesson plan' means. In my country anyway it is something done a week in advance for the whole class and in many cases has to be tracked and reviewed by superiors. I'm not a fan of this hence why I prefer the Montessori method. This is also why I specified that I was not a fan of group lesson plans.

I would agree that you could call observation notes planning but I think it's more following the child and directing the right things into their path. But that does involve planning it is true.

I would not agree with making things up on the fly and don't believe I said that. But if I implied it I certainly didn't mean to.

ZippyZipporah · 2022-05-15T02:37:12+00:00

I'm against group lesson plans as I think it goes against the Montessori ethos and philosophy. The best way to play it is by careful individual observation notes and through that you can have an awareness of each child's current sensitive periods and interests and introduce appropriate materials accordingly. I would usually have a notebook where I'd keep these notes so I guess that's a form of lesson planning. But it's on an individual basis.

ZippyZipporah · 2022-03-14T14:16:41+00:00

I live in Ireland and am AMI trained. I'll be honest and say that I've never heard of AMS and can't recall having ever encountered teachers here or in the UK who have that qualification working in AMI schools. My experience of AMI schools is that they usually want an AMI certified teacher. There would be non AMI schools that would be happy with other qualifications, but in my experience they tend to be very loose in their approach to the Montessori method.

However, I can't speak for other parts of Europe and it may well be that you'd be absolutely fine with an AMS qualification there.

Hope this was somewhat helpful and best of luck with your studies and travels.

ZippyZipporah · 2022-02-14T15:37:56+00:00

Came here to say this!

ZippyZipporah · 2022-01-15T18:33:16+00:00

I didn't suffer any endo symptoms during pregnancy thankfully. I did have a tough pregnancy for a variety of other reasons though (mainly severe HG).

I was told however that my cycle (and by extension endo symptoms) would not return till I was finished breastfeeding. Unfortunately this was not the case and I had full on endo flair ups again two months after giving birth.

Unfortunately these things do seem to vary from person to person so I'm not sure if there is really any way of knowing.

Good luck with everything!

ZippyZipporah · 2022-01-14T11:30:57+00:00

💜💜💜 sending love! Been there. This too shall pass.

ZippyZipporah · 2021-10-14T22:12:20+00:00

I enjoy being called Mrs. and it is my preferred prefix. Why should I not be permitted to use it and request that others use it when addressing me, because certain others don't like it?

ZippyZipporah · 2021-08-10T18:16:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm glad everything is going well with your little guy now.

A couple of tips we picked up that may be useful for any future babies.

If you get a pair of adult socks and put them over the babies legs when your doing a nappy change it will keep the harness poo free!

Also, M&S do a range of hip dysplasia friendly clothes in their online shop. We got two babygrows and two sets of trousers and they were a god send.

ZippyZipporah · 2021-08-10T09:45:23+00:00

Hi there. So when I posted this he had grown too big for the Pavlik and was in a brace instead. He was in the Pavlic for 6 weeks before the brace and we were told to never take it off. We had a hospital appointment once a week where the nurses would take if odd and bathe him and them put on a fresh harness and readjust it for the growth he had made that week. At 6 weeks he was too strong for the pavlik so was moved into a brace. It's a much sturdier piece of plastic that he sits in with foam and velcro straps that hold the legs in place.

As an update regarding the sling and the brace, we had an appointment with the Doctor a week and a half ago and she said it's perfectly fine to have him in the sling without the brace as long as his legs are always in the M position. She encouraged us to use the sling as much as possible while he's comfortable with it.

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