The holiday season always brings about a time of reflection for me about the impact clubfoot has had on our families life, and on my perspective of the world. I talk about how I felt navigating the holiday season after learning about her clubfoot diagnosis and how isolated I felt knowing my life had changed in an instant and everyone else seemed to be functioning as nothing had changed. I read a quote about grief from a recent book I read, and talk about how I think it relates to my experience of clubfoot diagnosis.
This episode features a conversation with Jacob Kodner, a clubfoot dad. Jacob talks about his experience of hearing the clubfoot diagnosis, how he went about researching treatment options, and how he feels clubfoot treatment impacted him as a first time father. There are so many clubfoot dads out there that are active partners in their child's clubfoot treatment and I am grateful for Jacob's willingness to share his with all of you. If you know a clubfoot dad who might need to hear from another dad, this is the episode to share!
I had a recent email from a parent asking about our daughter's life after BnB in regards to sports and activities and how it compares to her peers. I talk about our cutie's overall activity level and the different components that play into that. I unexpected got emotional at the end of the episode, talking about how we have seen a transition from clubfoot being a major part of her life to now only being a piece of her story. Hope this episode helps parents out there who are wondering about life after BnB!
In this episode I open up about my feelings of moving from being her primary caregiver with BnB to our cutie going to Kindergarten full time. The amount of angst I felt about her going to Kindergarten was largely tied into her also graduating from BnB and trying to figure out how to transition out of that caregiver role for her. I felt very lost and wasn't sure whether or not I wanted (or even had a right to) create content for clubfoot parents. I hope these musing are helpful in some capacity to you all!