Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 In a message dated 12/29/2000 7:14:02 AM Central Standard Time, trevillian@... writes: > I think the doctor will position each foot individually each time. > There's no set " formula " for each set of casts. I was a little concerned about this because the first two castings, 's feet and knees were basically in the same position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 , Sounds to me that s feet are just pretty stiff. If there was one thing I loved most about Dr. Ponseti it was his willingness to be very honest and upfront. In the beginning with her chances could have gone either way and he made no attempts to mislead us. It was a wait and see game for the first 2 casts as to weather her feet would go in the direction that he needed them to. Believe me, he would have told you by now if it was'nt going to work. I think for some babies it just takes longer depending on each babies individual feet. 's first two casts were pretty similar because he just did'nt want to push it, but after that each following one became easier and easier. I kept a photo book of each of 's casts as we went along and I remember reading how hard the first two casts were on , very uncomfortable! But those two were the ones that loosened her up the most. Also for , a tenotomy time, she had very tight heal cords in both feet. So after her last casts post tenotomy, there was a question as to if she would need another tenotomy on one of her feet. This I was told was very rare. As it turned out, the key to that was her shoes. He said it was essential for her to wear the shoes exactly as he said and not to have the shoes off any longer than one hour a day. We only kept them off 1/2 hour a day at the most and sometimes did'nt take them off at all. It worked! Both her feet are very flexible now and he is quite impressed with them. I don't know s whole story so I hope I have'nt said anything you've already heard, but sometimes reading similarities helps relieve some concerns. Holly and P.S. To any of you " pro's " with the shoes, how long were your kids in 14-16 a day with the DBB? Dr. Ponseti said she only has to do that for 2 1/2 months and then go to just when she's sleeping. I thought she'd have to wear them 14-16 longer than that. As great as that sounds, here I go again, all worried about her feet going back without her shoes! Re: Re: 's third casting >In a message dated 12/29/2000 7:14:02 AM Central Standard Time, >trevillian@... writes: > > >> I think the doctor will position each foot individually each time. >> There's no set " formula " for each set of casts. > >I was a little concerned about this because the first two castings, 's >feet and knees were basically in the same position. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2000 Report Share Posted December 31, 2000 >To any of you " pro's " with the shoes, how long > were your kids in 14-16 a day with the DBB? > Dr. Ponseti said she only has to do that for 2 > 1/2 months and then go to just when she's > sleeping. I thought she'd have to wear them > 14-16 longer than that. As great as that > sounds, here I go again, all worried about her > feet going back without her shoes! I believe Rose only wore the brace 2.5 to 3 months for 14-16 hours. I thought she'd have to wear them longer, but she didn't. I 'tried " to do it longer (I worried, too), but I know I didn't. Once she started walking, she really fought the naptime bracing. The little skunk has started resisting it at night now!!! Can you believe that?! She knows it means bedtime, so I guess that's her way of saying " Nope " (which she actually does say, too! ) Joy http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Holly, I guess I missed this post the first time around. Sorry. Our experience was a bit different. Instead of moving directly from full time wearing the DBB to only wearing it 14-16 hours, we did it gradually over a course of a few weeks. Dr. Weinstein had us take it off an hour each morning and each evening for a week, then up to 2 hours each time, and so on, until he wore it about 14 hours a day. At this point (mid July 1998), we was wearing it a strict 14 hours a day. At his next appointment (September 1998), we switched to bedtime and some predetermined couple hours in the middle of the day (Jakob was not a regular napper for quite some time). I quit putting it on during the day in June 1999 since things were getting quite hectic here and I was forgetting it often. At the appointment after I stopped putting it on during the day (which was in November 1999), Dr. Weinstein said that was ok as long as he still wore it at bedtime. Right now, Jakob does still wear the DBB at bedtime (and a little in the morning if he wants to " crawl in his brace " ), he wears it an average of 8-12 hours per day (8 on a bad day when we go to bed late and get up quite early). Dave and Holly Trudeau wrote: > P.S. To any of you " pro's " with the shoes, how long were your kids in > 14-16 > a day with the DBB? Dr. Ponseti said she only has to do that for 2 1/2 > > months and then go to just when she's sleeping. I thought she'd have > to wear > them 14-16 longer than that. As great as that sounds, here I go again, > all > worried about her feet going back without her shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Thank you and Joy, Those answers were very, very helpful! I am going to keep the DBB's on as much as possible (maybe even a little more that he recommended) but still give her more than enough time out of them so it will help her to learn to crawl. She's really gotten off to a slow start and has'nt crawled as of yet. She weighs 21 pounds at 10 1/2 months though also, so I'm sure her " chubbyness " maybe slowing her down a little. Holly and Re: Re: 's third casting >Holly, > >I guess I missed this post the first time around. Sorry. > >Our experience was a bit different. Instead of moving directly from >full time wearing the DBB to only wearing it 14-16 hours, we did it >gradually over a course of a few weeks. Dr. Weinstein had us take it >off an hour each morning and each evening for a week, then up to 2 hours >each time, and so on, until he wore it about 14 hours a day. At this >point (mid July 1998), we was wearing it a strict 14 hours a day. At >his next appointment (September 1998), we switched to bedtime and some >predetermined couple hours in the middle of the day (Jakob was not a >regular napper for quite some time). I quit putting it on during the >day in June 1999 since things were getting quite hectic here and I was >forgetting it often. At the appointment after I stopped putting it on >during the day (which was in November 1999), Dr. Weinstein said that was >ok as long as he still wore it at bedtime. Right now, Jakob does still >wear the DBB at bedtime (and a little in the morning if he wants to > " crawl in his brace " ), he wears it an average of 8-12 hours per day (8 >on a bad day when we go to bed late and get up quite early). > > > >Dave and Holly Trudeau wrote: > >> P.S. To any of you " pro's " with the shoes, how long were your kids in >> 14-16 >> a day with the DBB? Dr. Ponseti said she only has to do that for 2 1/2 >> >> months and then go to just when she's sleeping. I thought she'd have >> to wear >> them 14-16 longer than that. As great as that sounds, here I go again, >> all >> worried about her feet going back without her shoes! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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