Heel padding question

[Guest guest]

Well, I got s shoes back on last night without the bar. He

really fussed a lot when I was trying to put the one shoe on, so I don't

know if it was bothering him or if he just didn't want us messing with his

foot. He fell asleep right after that and I put the bar on. He only slept

for maybe a half an hour and woke up screaming. I took the bar off and he

kept going, only quitting once I got the one shoe off. Hubby had cut holes

in the heels yesterday and he's going to make them bigger tomorrow. From

what I can see and feel though, it does appear that his heel is pretty much

flat, maybe the back is up just a tad....we're talking maybe 1/2 a

centimeter, if that, and just the very back.

When he kept slipping out of his reverse last shoes, our orthotist put in

this padding that helps keep the foot in the shoe. They also put this

padding in his new straight last shoes since we had it in the old ones. The

bottom of the padding sticks out about 1-1/2 centimeters inside the shoe, so

his heel does not sit at the back of the shoe. Could this possibly be

causing a problem for him? I'm actually wondering now if his blister and

his red mark was caused because of this and his heel was rubbing against the

bottom edge of the padding itself. I'm wondering if I should just remove

the padding and see how that works? I suppose the orthotist could put it

back in if he starts slipping out of his shoes again. Does anyone else have

(or had) a three month old whose feet did stay in the shoes without padding

like this to hold them in?

Thanks!

and

BCF 03/25/2004

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