Re: Taking Boots off of Bar?

[Guest guest]

Isn't there an issue/fear of not getting the boots re-attached in the proper

position? I don't know. My 5 year old wore a DDB for about a month before

his tendon transfer when he was 2 years old and I remember it was sheer hell

getting those things on him in one piece but it never occurred to me to take

them apart.

s.

There was no way we could get both

boots on her when they were attached to the bar. For some reason, the ones we

have now (only at night) we are able to keep them on the bar to put them on.

When

she was younger though, we always took them off and then screwed the bar

on...it was MUCH easier!

God Bless You!

Sally in PA, mom to Hannah (2) (bcp, repaired 6/20/02, bilateral club feet),

Rebekah (6), (8), and (11)

[Guest guest]

Isn't there an issue/fear of not getting the boots re-attached in the proper

position? I don't know. My 5 year old wore a DDB for about a month before

his tendon transfer when he was 2 years old and I remember it was sheer hell

getting those things on him in one piece but it never occurred to me to take

them apart.

s.

There was no way we could get both

boots on her when they were attached to the bar. For some reason, the ones we

have now (only at night) we are able to keep them on the bar to put them on.

When

she was younger though, we always took them off and then screwed the bar

on...it was MUCH easier!

God Bless You!

Sally in PA, mom to Hannah (2) (bcp, repaired 6/20/02, bilateral club feet),

Rebekah (6), (8), and (11)

[Guest guest]

Isn't there an issue/fear of not getting the boots re-attached in the proper

position? I don't know. My 5 year old wore a DDB for about a month before

his tendon transfer when he was 2 years old and I remember it was sheer hell

getting those things on him in one piece but it never occurred to me to take

them apart.

s.

There was no way we could get both

boots on her when they were attached to the bar. For some reason, the ones we

have now (only at night) we are able to keep them on the bar to put them on.

When

she was younger though, we always took them off and then screwed the bar

on...it was MUCH easier!

God Bless You!

Sally in PA, mom to Hannah (2) (bcp, repaired 6/20/02, bilateral club feet),

Rebekah (6), (8), and (11)

[Guest guest]

At 09:37 AM 7/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Now I know the foam is for padding and understand that, but my question

>is, are you taking the boots off the bar to put them on your child, then

>re-applying the bar? Is it easier that way?

For me it is. I can make sure her heel is all the way down in the shoe

that way. I flex her toes up (toward her face) and push on her knee to

make sure it's in and then press on the strap with either my thumb or

fingers (depends on how she's sitting/lying in relation to me) and tighten

it up really tight. If her heel is all the way down in the shoe (I really

push, this is what caused her sores - her heel being too high up near the

plastizode) I can tighten it up enough so that her foot doesn't slip even

without the laces being tied. Then I tighten the laces very well and

tie. It's easier to tie that way for me as well. More like putting shoes

on than a *brace* with all the encumberments of an unwieldy object. I also

know if it's the shoes or the brace that makes her unhappy this way, I used

to make mistakes putting the shoes on at first and she really would let me

know if it was wrong (hurt her). I then put the CF on the bar at 70

degrees. I put that one on first because it's easier to get the non CF at

the correct position because it doesn't turn out as much. With bilateral I

doubt it matters.

Oh, and pull the toes of the sock out so the seams don't press on the foot

and make red marks. I really like the Old Navy socks (Gymboree, etc.) with

the rubber soles, they are better socks than others and are a tighter weave

which doesn't indent a sock pattern on the top of her foot (you know how it

feels when your sock makes the pattern on your foot?).

Our bar and the plate the boots attach to have the degrees marked but

apparently some don't. I did find the suggestion to mark where they're

supposed to be with a sharpie a very good one regardless. It sure helps

get it on correctly when she's kicking and flinging her feet about or when

it's dark.

HTH

Kori

Mamma of

Kenton 6/18/98

Merek (Maki) 3/5/00

Darbi Ruth 3/28/03

http://www.users.qwest.net/~frogabog/

[Guest guest]

I think it depends on the person and whether you have the adjustable bar or the

gold bar. Kai has the gold bar (as does Darbi, if I am not mistaken) and they

attach differently to the shoes than the red (adjustable) bar. The gold bar

attaches with a normal nut that just hand-screws on.

The orthotics guy at Seattle Children's actually told us to take the shoes off

the bar to put them on as he personally finds that the easiest way (you are not

trying to turn the foot and put the shoe on all at the same time), and it was

easier with the way he had the shoes on (buckles on the outside). However, when

we had him put the shoes on with the buckles in and then mark them (in case we

needed to take them off the bar) it made it so that we could put the shoes on

just as well with them on the bar as without.

Still, if your baby is wiggly, it really is easier with the shoes off the bar

than on!

Angel and Kai

[Guest guest]

Very helpful, thank you!

s.

Re: Taking Boots off of Bar?

At 09:37 AM 7/22/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Now I know the foam is for padding and understand that, but my question

>is, are you taking the boots off the bar to put them on your child, then

>re-applying the bar? Is it easier that way?

For me it is. I can make sure her heel is all the way down in the shoe

that way. I flex her toes up (toward her face) and push on her knee to

make sure it's in and then press on the strap with either my thumb or

fingers (depends on how she's sitting/lying in relation to me) and tighten

it up really tight. If her heel is all the way down in the shoe (I really

push, this is what caused her sores - her heel being too high up near the

plastizode) I can tighten it up enough so that her foot doesn't slip even

without the laces being tied. Then I tighten the laces very well and

tie. It's easier to tie that way for me as well. More like putting shoes

on than a *brace* with all the encumberments of an unwieldy object. I also

know if it's the shoes or the brace that makes her unhappy this way, I used

to make mistakes putting the shoes on at first and she really would let me

know if it was wrong (hurt her). I then put the CF on the bar at 70

degrees. I put that one on first because it's easier to get the non CF at

the correct position because it doesn't turn out as much. With bilateral I

doubt it matters.

Oh, and pull the toes of the sock out so the seams don't press on the foot

and make red marks. I really like the Old Navy socks (Gymboree, etc.) with

the rubber soles, they are better socks than others and are a tighter weave

which doesn't indent a sock pattern on the top of her foot (you know how it

feels when your sock makes the pattern on your foot?).

Our bar and the plate the boots attach to have the degrees marked but

apparently some don't. I did find the suggestion to mark where they're

supposed to be with a sharpie a very good one regardless. It sure helps

get it on correctly when she's kicking and flinging her feet about or when

it's dark.

HTH

Kori

Mamma of

Kenton 6/18/98

Merek (Maki) 3/5/00

Darbi Ruth 3/28/03

http://www.users.qwest.net/~frogabog/

[Guest guest]

We leave the shoes on the bar here....I put one on and tighten the

strap, then put the other one on and tighten the strap. Once both

shoes are on and straps tightened, I go on to do up the laces.

Daiga and Owen

> > > >Okay, I have ready about babies in the DBB getting their bar

stuk

> >in

> > > >between the slats but that is not the problem we are having. I

> >had

> > > >to take the bumper pad off 's crib because he was

getting

> > > >tangled in it. Well, now he is kicking the slats with his bar

adn

> > > >shoes. I have the bar padded but the shoes and bolt are taking

> > > >their toll on his crib. A crib which i had planned on hanging

on

> >to

> > > >for future children..... any ideas on what to do???

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