Re: New to Group---Please Help Me----CF and shoes

[Guest guest]

Sharon,

I'm sorry to hear that 's adjustment has been so rough. My son

Jakob went into the DBB at 8 weeks old. He's now 6 1/2 and had been out

of it for almost 3 years.

My first question would be does cry only while you are putting

the DBB on or does he cry for some time after it's on and you've picked

him up? With Jakob, he would also cry when we put the brace (this is

how we refer to the DBB) on, but would quickly calm down once I picked

him up. If I recall correctly, Jakob cried when we put it on or took it

off for a few months. Like I said though, he would quickly calm down

once he was picked up. I personally think he just didn't like his feet

messed with much For about the first month or month and a half, it

took both my husband and myself to put the brace on. I would be doing

the job of putting the brace on while my husband would talk to Jakob and

try to distract him.

A second set of questions would be who treated and what size

shoes doe he have on the DBB? Sometimes, if there is extreme fussiness

- a real painful sounding cry, the shoes may not be fitting correctly

and causing pain. Also, sometimes, some doctors go to the DBB a bit

early before full correction is achieved. I'm not saying this is the

case with , but we would want to make sure so that he could be

helped as soon as possible.

sharon kulp wrote:

> Hello

>

> My son, , is 9 weeks old (two months)...he was placed in his DBB

> this past Friday! I am a first time MOM and need guidance!!!

>

> cries hard when he is placed in them (turns really

> red)...ANYONE have any tricks with newborns when putting on the

> Markell shoes and DBB????

>

> Next question, his leg and foot are red ... for how long will this be

> for????

>

> ***His pinky toe on his clubfoot is really curled under on his foot

> still...is that normal???

> It looks like he would walk on it???? ****

>

> Please help me

> sharon

> saskulp@...

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

has a curled under pinky toe too and it has not changed and

she is now almost 11 months. I have the same concern but she is not

yet walking so I can't say yet what the impact will be. Anytime her

foot is bare (not lately since she is being recasted) I massage her

foot and spend a little extra time with her toe. Don't know if it's

doing any good but it make me feel better

Good luck!

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, cast #4/2nd series

Owen and 3/20/99

> Hello

>

> My son, , is 9 weeks old (two months)...he was placed in his

DBB this past Friday! I am a first time MOM and need guidance!!!

>

> cries hard when he is placed in them (turns really

red)...ANYONE have any tricks with newborns when putting on the

Markell shoes and DBB????

>

> Next question, his leg and foot are red ... for how long will this

be for????

>

> ***His pinky toe on his clubfoot is really curled under on his

foot still...is that normal???

> It looks like he would walk on it???? ****

>

> Please help me

> sharon

> saskulp@y...

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

has a curled under pinky toe too and it has not changed and

she is now almost 11 months. I have the same concern but she is not

yet walking so I can't say yet what the impact will be. Anytime her

foot is bare (not lately since she is being recasted) I massage her

foot and spend a little extra time with her toe. Don't know if it's

doing any good but it make me feel better

Good luck!

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, cast #4/2nd series

Owen and 3/20/99

> Hello

>

> My son, , is 9 weeks old (two months)...he was placed in his

DBB this past Friday! I am a first time MOM and need guidance!!!

>

> cries hard when he is placed in them (turns really

red)...ANYONE have any tricks with newborns when putting on the

Markell shoes and DBB????

>

> Next question, his leg and foot are red ... for how long will this

be for????

>

> ***His pinky toe on his clubfoot is really curled under on his

foot still...is that normal???

> It looks like he would walk on it???? ****

>

> Please help me

> sharon

> saskulp@y...

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sharon,

has a curled under pinky toe too and it has not changed and

she is now almost 11 months. I have the same concern but she is not

yet walking so I can't say yet what the impact will be. Anytime her

foot is bare (not lately since she is being recasted) I massage her

foot and spend a little extra time with her toe. Don't know if it's

doing any good but it make me feel better

Good luck!

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, cast #4/2nd series

Owen and 3/20/99

> Hello

>

> My son, , is 9 weeks old (two months)...he was placed in his

DBB this past Friday! I am a first time MOM and need guidance!!!

>

> cries hard when he is placed in them (turns really

red)...ANYONE have any tricks with newborns when putting on the

Markell shoes and DBB????

>

> Next question, his leg and foot are red ... for how long will this

be for????

>

> ***His pinky toe on his clubfoot is really curled under on his

foot still...is that normal???

> It looks like he would walk on it???? ****

>

> Please help me

> sharon

> saskulp@y...

>