Re: Problems at bedtime with FAB

[Guest guest]

Hi, JoAnn,

Has the bar been adjusted in width since he got it?

Often parents will find their baby inexplicably start to fuss with

the brace, and have wakeful nights.. after having been fine before,

and it turns out that the bar just needs adjusting, to catch up with

growth. A too narrow bar is uncomfortable.

It might only take a tiny adjustment wider to make him comfortable

again. You probably know that the heels should be shoulder width

apart. Do you have the red two piece bar? You use an allen wrench to

open the black clamps and slide the bar apart. Or of course the

orthotist at your doctors' could do it.

Or, another possibility.. Maybe the shoes are getting too small?

Good luck! let us know what you find out..

and Claire

> Hi

> My son has been treated since birth with the Ponseti Method by a

physician in

> NYC and is currently in the stage where he is only wearing the FAB

at

> bedtime. He is six months old now and is quite active during the

day. He just started

> rolling over. When I put the bar on for bedtime, he is OK for a

while until

> he tries to get himself comfortable and starts moving around. He

gets so

> frustrated and starts crying hysterically. It sometimes takes hours

to calm him

> down. The past few nights, I just let him cry it out until he fell

asleep. I found

> that putting him on his stomach works better. I feel sorry for my

daughter

> and his twin sister since I have to let her fall asleep elsewhere

and slip her

> into her crib when I am sure he is finally asleep. I keep it on

sometimes for

> the morning and he is fine with it, just at night I have the

problem. I also

> had no problems when he was wearing it full time for three months.

Has anyone

> else experienced this? Any advice would be greatly

appreciated.

> Thanks,

> JoAnn

> Twins and Kenny born 10/22/03 bilateral cf FAB 11/24

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the suggestion and Claire.We do have the red two piece bar.

The width has not been adjusted since it was first put on 12/30/03. He has

grown quite a bit since that time. I am going to look at it closer tomorrow. He

just quieted down. Took about a half hour tonight.

JoAnn

[Guest guest]

is he getting tangled in the covers? Is the bar too short? (heels should

be shoulder width apart - just hold them up to his shoulders to check)

Kori

At 09:16 AM 5/4/2004, you wrote:

>Hi

>My son has been treated since birth with the Ponseti Method by a physician in

>NYC and is currently in the stage where he is only wearing the FAB at

>bedtime. He is six months old now and is quite active during the day. He

>just started

>rolling over. When I put the bar on for bedtime, he is OK for a while until

>he tries to get himself comfortable and starts moving around. He gets so

>frustrated and starts crying hysterically. It sometimes takes hours to

>calm him

>down. The past few nights, I just let him cry it out until he fell asleep.

>I found

>that putting him on his stomach works better. I feel sorry for my daughter

>and his twin sister since I have to let her fall asleep elsewhere and slip

>her

>into her crib when I am sure he is finally asleep. I keep it on sometimes for

>the morning and he is fine with it, just at night I have the problem. I also

>had no problems when he was wearing it full time for three months. Has anyone

>else experienced this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks,

>JoAnn

>Twins and Kenny born 10/22/03 bilateral cf FAB 11/24

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

is he getting tangled in the covers? Is the bar too short? (heels should

be shoulder width apart - just hold them up to his shoulders to check)

Kori

At 09:16 AM 5/4/2004, you wrote:

>Hi

>My son has been treated since birth with the Ponseti Method by a physician in

>NYC and is currently in the stage where he is only wearing the FAB at

>bedtime. He is six months old now and is quite active during the day. He

>just started

>rolling over. When I put the bar on for bedtime, he is OK for a while until

>he tries to get himself comfortable and starts moving around. He gets so

>frustrated and starts crying hysterically. It sometimes takes hours to

>calm him

>down. The past few nights, I just let him cry it out until he fell asleep.

>I found

>that putting him on his stomach works better. I feel sorry for my daughter

>and his twin sister since I have to let her fall asleep elsewhere and slip

>her

>into her crib when I am sure he is finally asleep. I keep it on sometimes for

>the morning and he is fine with it, just at night I have the problem. I also

>had no problems when he was wearing it full time for three months. Has anyone

>else experienced this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

>Thanks,

>JoAnn

>Twins and Kenny born 10/22/03 bilateral cf FAB 11/24

>

>

>