Paediatricscommon
You examine a 2-day-old girl before discharge from the postnatal ward. She was born by caesarean section at 38 weeks for persistent breech presentation and is her mother's first child. Both hips abduct fully and symmetrically, Ortolani and Barlow tests produce no clunk, and the leg lengths and thigh creases are equal. No relative has had a hip problem in childhood. Which one of the following is the most appropriate arrangement for this baby's hips?