Nobody panic, but Baby V's bowlegged.
At her appointment yesterday with Dr. M., he admired her twisty little legs and said that it has to do with her position in the womb (read: totally SQUISHED). Apparently, babies are born bowlegged more commonly than not.
Chebbles wasn't bowlegged at all. When she was tiny, I'd look at other babies and think, "Pah! Bowlegs. Not my ballerina." But now that I have a little bowlegged beauty of my own, it's impossible not to obsess a little over these gorgeous little bendy stems.
"What should we do about the bowlegs?" I asked Dr. M.
"Buy her a horse," he said.
It's hard to get her PJ's to fit right over her little O-Beine (that's my Oma's word for bowlegs -- it means: "O-legs") and I can't get her to do that fake baby walking that I used to do with Chebbles... where I'd suspend her in the air and let her leg reflexes scamper all over my lap. Baby V's legs just collapse in a way we used to call "Indian Style." It's all very yogic.
"She'll look like Roy Rogers when she first starts walking," Dr. M. said, "But she'll grow out of it. They all do."
In the meantime, they're fun to ponder, these wee O-Beine. I bet she'll start walking a little later than Chebbles -- it was a breeze for The Chebs because she has those extra-wide feet and straight gams. But Baby V won't be far behind, our Roy Rogers horse-riding O-Beine beauty.
4 comments:
you know, i've been thinking that alice looks a fair bit bow-legged herself, but the doc has never said anything. so, they grow out of it? does it make walking hard? your freakin' me out, man!!!!!
kate
http://www.babycenter.com/0_bowlegs_1435105.bc -- no need to worry!!
Thanks for that link! My sister's baby is O-Beined, too, and she is freaking out about it. This site should help calm her down!
huh, who knew? now I can't remember if seamonkey was bowlegged at 3 months. very interesting!
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