We changed Ruby’s casts on Thursday. She was really good for her first leg but when we started the second leg she kicked off and nothing on earth could pacify her. For the rest of Thursday afternoon Ruby just wouldn’t settle. She was fractious with her feeds and just kept crying. This went on all night so we were up every hour or so trying to comfort her.

This morning I called the physiotherapists and their advise was to get the casts off which we spent all afternoon doing. Once we had done the first leg (the one we did last when putting the casts on, that she was so upset about) she just calmed down.

Looking at both legs, there is a patch on each leg where the skin was rubbing off so no wonder she was so upset. Poor little thing. She had some milk and fell straight to sleep. I’m looking forward to a better night’s sleep tonight and a happier little girl.