National Scoliosis Month!

Infantile Scoliosis affects children under the age of 3. If you have a child under 3 or know someone who does, I strongly encourage you to inform them of this disease. It's not something the pediatrician routinely looks for at their well visits. It is not something parents readily know about. Before I had the girls, I read every book I could get my hands on about babies...I read about their milestones, their growth rate, diaper rash, dressing them for cold, childhood illnesses, what happens at their doctors appts, etc. Not ONCE did I ever read the word Scoliosis. Not once did the pediatrician look at my girls spines. Yet all it takes is a glance or a quick feel down the spine for a doctor to see something is wrong. As a parent, you have no idea this problem lurks around the corner, no one warns you about this disease. When we first noticed Delaney's back looked funny, we thought it was because she was learning to sit up. We thought she just had more muscle on that side. We were wrong. So in honor of National Scoliosis Month, tell everyone you know to check their kids spines. And then check them again EVERY month. This is a very progressive disease, and if caught early can be CURED!