Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 We have the s and they are not as easy to put on as you might think. It still takes 2 people to do it because Kaitlin wiggles and rolls so much. It can actually be more difficult in my opinion because there are 3 separate straps on each shoe that cannot be put into the buckles until after the foot is in the shoe. I would not recommend the s if the only reason you are getting them is to make putting the shoes on easier. I actually found the s to be more difficult to put on at first and like I said it still takes 2 of us to do it. Freeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 hmmmm.. when I talked to I didn't tell him Sammy's age. I will have to call back and make sure he has a bar that's big enough. Sammy's feet are small, though, due to CF. He is 16 months and can still wear a size 3 baby shoe. If we do stick with the Markells I will definitely try the knots. Sammy is just so wiggly that he alsways pulls out before I get them on. I can barely even change his diaper anymore because he flips and flops around! > > > > > > >Hi - > > > >I wrote a few weeks ago because my 16 month old son had been > >released > > > >from the DBB at 10 months of age and now his clubfoot is recurring. > > > >We saw one of Dr. Ponseti's specialists in Cincinnati and she > >agrees > > > >that he must go back in the brace, and gave us a website of a new > > > >shoe that Dr. Ponseti has approved for the DBB. It is made by a > >man > > > >who works with Dr. Ponseti named . It is a sandal > >with > > > >open toes and heels and looks like it would be A LOT EASIER to get > >on > > > >than the current Markell laced shoes. Has anyone tried the new > >shoe, > > > >and if so, how is it? I am thinking of ordering it because my son > > > >just will not sit still to let me lace up his DBB shoes. It is a > >lot > > > >more expensive ($350.00) but I am wondering if it might be worth > >it? > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Shauna > > > >mom to Sammy, bilateral CF 4/25/03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I'll have to say it took us AT LEAST 20 minutes to get the bar on in the beginning and that was when he was only 10 weeks old. But now we can do it in under two! He was so strong, it was 20-30 minutes and that was with two people! Weeks later he just finally accepted it. I remember I couldn't believe the first time I did it alone. It was really hard in the beginning because my husband works 24 hour shifts so anytime I had to readjust the brace or take it off and put it back on for some reason I had to go to someone else's house for their help in holding him. Ohhh, the good oh days! Joking the good ole days are on in under two minutes! It will get better! Pam and (8-12-01) > > > > > > >Hi - > > > >I wrote a few weeks ago because my 16 month old son had been > >released > > > >from the DBB at 10 months of age and now his clubfoot is recurring. > > > >We saw one of Dr. Ponseti's specialists in Cincinnati and she > >agrees > > > >that he must go back in the brace, and gave us a website of a new > > > >shoe that Dr. Ponseti has approved for the DBB. It is made by a > >man > > > >who works with Dr. Ponseti named . It is a sandal > >with > > > >open toes and heels and looks like it would be A LOT EASIER to get > >on > > > >than the current Markell laced shoes. Has anyone tried the new > >shoe, > > > >and if so, how is it? I am thinking of ordering it because my son > > > >just will not sit still to let me lace up his DBB shoes. It is a > >lot > > > >more expensive ($350.00) but I am wondering if it might be worth > >it? > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Shauna > > > >mom to Sammy, bilateral CF 4/25/03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I had a really hard time with Zoe pulling her foot out before I could tighten it until I did the Kori trick with pushing on the top of her foot with my thumb once the foot was down and until I had the strap done and laces tight. She is getting so much more fidgety though. Louisa > > > > > > > > >Hi - > > > > >I wrote a few weeks ago because my 16 month old son had been > > >released > > > > >from the DBB at 10 months of age and now his clubfoot is > recurring. > > > > >We saw one of Dr. Ponseti's specialists in Cincinnati and she > > >agrees > > > > >that he must go back in the brace, and gave us a website of a > new > > > > >shoe that Dr. Ponseti has approved for the DBB. It is made by > a > > >man > > > > >who works with Dr. Ponseti named . It is a sandal > > >with > > > > >open toes and heels and looks like it would be A LOT EASIER to > get > > >on > > > > >than the current Markell laced shoes. Has anyone tried the new > > >shoe, > > > > >and if so, how is it? I am thinking of ordering it because my > son > > > > >just will not sit still to let me lace up his DBB shoes. It > is a > > >lot > > > > >more expensive ($350.00) but I am wondering if it might be > worth > > >it? > > > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > >Shauna > > > > >mom to Sammy, bilateral CF 4/25/03 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Shauna, My 11 mo. old son is wearing his 2nd pair of shoes and there are others on this board who use them also. Perhaps you could search the archives for our messages pertaining to the shoes and for Mr. 's web address. In a nut shell, I think the shoes are great, pricey, but great. If you have any specific questions you may ask and I'll try to answer best i can based on my experience with them. Good luck, s. Shoes Hi - I wrote a few weeks ago because my 16 month old son had been released from the DBB at 10 months of age and now his clubfoot is recurring. We saw one of Dr. Ponseti's specialists in Cincinnati and she agrees that he must go back in the brace, and gave us a website of a new shoe that Dr. Ponseti has approved for the DBB. It is made by a man who works with Dr. Ponseti named . It is a sandal with open toes and heels and looks like it would be A LOT EASIER to get on than the current Markell laced shoes. Has anyone tried the new shoe, and if so, how is it? I am thinking of ordering it because my son just will not sit still to let me lace up his DBB shoes. It is a lot more expensive ($350.00) but I am wondering if it might be worth it? Thanks, Shauna mom to Sammy, bilateral CF 4/25/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I remember a day early on trying to apply the Markell's to Everett. I ws home alone so i had him in his swing where his feet would hang out thinking maybe that would help. He was screaming so hard and I had been struggling with him for so long that day, various postions to put the shoes on ya know - finally at the swing, I'm on the floor trying to get them on, he's ballistic and there comes the little 10 year old neighbor girl to my screen door, " Uuhhh? Are you OK? " I was crying too and she came in asking if she cuold help. It sucked. Long story short I totally understand your frustration at putting those on. Some parents here, even a lot of parents here, talk about how easy they are, but I never did figure it out. The shoes took me a couple three days to get comfortable with them, but I've never looked back. s. Re: Shoes no, that wasn't me that took the FAB off for personal reasons. We took it off because our ortho surgeon said he didn't need it anymore. We did get second opinion from a doctor trained by Dr. Ponseti. She said the correction is still good, it's just the forefoot that is turning in and therefore the FAB will definitely work. As for the shoes, it takes me 20 minutes to put on the Markells because of kicking and squirming, no matter what position we use. I think I will try the s. -- In nosurgery4clubfoot , " frogabog " wrote: > Hi Shauna, > > It shouldn't take long to lace the Markell's up. Try this in the meantime > (till you get your 's if you do decide to); tie a knot in the > center of each lace (undo them first) so you always know where the center > is. Then lace the shoes up and tie another knot in each end. This way, > you can pull them out very loose but they don't ever come out of the > holes. Then the lacing takes all of about 20 seconds, all you do is > tighten them and then tie. Also, if you've got the new style > Markell's you know the strap is very short (grrrr....). Punch a hole at > the end of the strap so that you can put it into the buckle in that last > hole when you put his foot into the shoe (so it doesn't pull the strap > out). Not ideal, a longer strap would be ideal... but it works. Also, I > put her on her back with her feet towards me to put them on, maybe it's > because she's used to it but she mostly just lets me put them on. If she > sits up it's more difficult but if she's lying there like she's getting her > diaper change it's usually pretty smooth. Once I get the straps buckled I > can keep her in place because the bar is on and I have leverage for twisty > girl lol. > > A lot of people here have the shoes, personally I'd love a pair > but they're too expensive when the Markell's work just fine. I finally saw > with my own eyes Kai's 's last week when Angel was here in Portland > (I have pics, I will send to the pics list soon, I promise!) and they are > very cool. The thing I noticed about them that I really liked was that > they're flat on the bottom and when he stands in them his feet or rather > the soles of the shoes are flat on the floor rather than balancing on the > bar only. I don't think the 's would work for us because Darbi's > feet grow very fast. She is at the end of her 3.5's right now and has only > had them a couple of months! She's 17mo as of a couple days ago and wears > a size 4.5-5 in regular shoes. At that rate I'd be spending $1100/year in > 's! I'm good with the Markell's. I think they're a good shoe for > those of us who don't have issues with atypical CF and they're very heavy > duty which is good with toddlers. Personally, if there are no issues other > than the laces I wouldn't spend the $ but that's just me. There is also > the issue with babies with larger feet. had to special make Kai's > shoes because he didn't have a mold set up for his size feet. And that was > sometime around when Kai was a year old IIRC. He *may* have come up with > larger sizes by now, you'll have to give him a call and ask. Do you need > his contact information? > > There's a picture on the CFPics website of a baby wearing > 's. They're very cute. > > Glad to hear you're getting back on track. Was this same Ponseti trained > Dr. the one who released him at 10 mo or did you take him out yourself? ( > I remember a parent saying recently that for personal reasons the baby > didn't wear the FAB, was that you?) Also, since he's relapsing has he been > casted, or are you trying to use the brace to correct? If so, I hope you > will consider a second opinion because the shoes do not correct, they only > maintain correction and relapses should absolutely be casted again. Please > don't rely on the brace to correct, your son is still young enough to be > able to work with the casting now but if you just try the shoes and 6 mo's > down the road you find that it isn't working his feet are older and will be > more difficult to correct with casting. > > Hoping for the best for you and your little guy! > > > > > > Kori > Mama of > Kenton 6/98 > Merek 3/00 > Darbi 3/03 - Rt. CF - DBB 12hr/day > (¨`·.·´¨) > `·.¸(¨`·.·´¨) > `·.¸.·´ > > > > At 10:00 AM 8/30/2004, you wrote: > > >Hi - > >I wrote a few weeks ago because my 16 month old son had been released > >from the DBB at 10 months of age and now his clubfoot is recurring. > >We saw one of Dr. Ponseti's specialists in Cincinnati and she agrees > >that he must go back in the brace, and gave us a website of a new > >shoe that Dr. Ponseti has approved for the DBB. It is made by a man > >who works with Dr. Ponseti named . It is a sandal with > >open toes and heels and looks like it would be A LOT EASIER to get on > >than the current Markell laced shoes. Has anyone tried the new shoe, > >and if so, how is it? I am thinking of ordering it because my son > >just will not sit still to let me lace up his DBB shoes. It is a lot > >more expensive ($350.00) but I am wondering if it might be worth it? > > > >Thanks, > >Shauna > >mom to Sammy, bilateral CF 4/25/03 > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Wow Jen, really???? It's so weird reading this stuff, isn't it? I mean we're dealing with the same thing here and I see it so differently! haha. I set Everett on my lap, both of us facing the same direction. I put on the left shoe then the right shoe - no logic there, just my system I guess. It only takes me a short moment to get them on, even if he is tired and fussy (i.e. kicking and screaming at me). Hm, I wonder what it is we're doing so differently or something. I'm sorry you're having this much trouble with them. s. Subject: Re: Re: Shoes We have the s and they are not as easy to put on as you might think. It still takes 2 people to do it because Kaitlin wiggles and rolls so much. It can actually be more difficult in my opinion because there are 3 separate straps on each shoe that cannot be put into the buckles until after the foot is in the shoe. I would not recommend the s if the only reason you are getting them is to make putting the shoes on easier. I actually found the s to be more difficult to put on at first and like I said it still takes 2 of us to do it. Freeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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