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Millie Mackintosh reveals how daughter Sienna has ‘adapted’ to harness after hip dysplasia diagnosis


Millie Mackintosh revealed her daughter Sienna is adapting to her condition (Picture: Instagram)

Millie Mackintosh has opened up about her ‘incredible’ daughter’s adapting skills after being diagnosed with hip dysplasia.

The Made In Chelsea star welcomed first child Sienna with husband Hugo Taylor back in May, and confirmed the little one’s diagnosis earlier this week.

In a lengthy Instagram caption, she asked fellow parents for advice on how to make the newborn more comfortable as she got used to being in a harness.

And, during an Instagram live session, the 31-year-old revealed her daughter has adapted ‘so well’ following the ordeal.

Chatting to dermatologist Dr Niki Ralph during a chat for Water Wipes, Millie explained it was one of the ‘hardest things’ the new parents have had to overcome.

Discussing Sienna’s condition, Millie began: ‘It’s definitely been one of the hardest things we’ve had to overcome as parents so far. It was a shock and I definitely did cry for two days straight.

‘Now the shock has worn off. 

‘Babies are incredible at adapting, she’s already adapted so well to it, she hardly seems to notice she’s got it on at all now. 

‘It’s actually harder for the parents to adapt.

‘She’s in a harness, she was wearing it for the first week 24/7,’ she added. ‘Now we’ve had a check-up and she’s allowed to take it off once a day.’

Millie praised her little one’s strength (Picture: Instagram)

Hip dysplasia occurs when the hip socket doesn’t cover the ball of the upper thighbone, meaning the joint can become dislocated.

Most who suffer with the condition are born with it, and it is more common in firstborn children.

Millie opened up about Sienna’s illness this week, explaining that the family had experienced an ‘emotional’ few days.

‘Sienna had a routine hip scan at 6 weeks because she was breech from 28 weeks onwards,’ she captioned the snap of herself and the tot. ‘It showed one hip socket was under developed but I was reassured it was likely to sort itself out by 12 weeks, but they booked her in for another scan just to make sure. 

‘Despite being naturally worried initially, I put it to the back of my mind and got on with things. But when we went for our second scan, I was shocked and saddened to learn she has infact got developmental hip dysplasia and the treatment is to wear a special harness all the time for 6-12 weeks. 

‘Apparently, it has a 90% chance of totally correcting her hip, so she hopefully shouldn’t need surgery or have any issues with her movement, so we are remaining positive and grateful that we found out early. 

‘The hardest part is that I can’t hold her properly to cuddle her and finding a comfortable breast feeding position is really difficult while we adapt to this change in our reality, a reality that we’ve worked so hard on!’ 

‘It feels like we are back at the new born stage, her routine has gone out the window and we are having to learn how to care for her all over again,’ Millie continued. 

‘I know lots of parents have been through this and similar issues with their babies, I would love to hear your experiences. 

‘Any advice on how to make her more comfortable would be much appreciated as although she is being very brave she is confused and frustrated that she can’t move her legs and it’s really challenging emotionally as parents to see her so distressed.’

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