Re: How get rid of the odor?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sofia,

Welcome to the group! My son will be 9 months old tomorrow and he has

stinky feet too! I don't think there is much more we could do than wash,

powder and fresh socks which is exactly what I do everyday also. I can tell

you that I have learned from this group and another one that people have

been padding the bar to protect the child, themselves (those kicks hurt!),

the furniture and the floors. I just padded my son's bar last week and it

has helped immensely.

Mommy to (12-17-98) and

Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB 23/7

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From: s_nagard

Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 5:27 AM

To: nosurgery4clubfoot

Subject: How get rid of the odor?

Hello everyone,

I am new to this group so let me introduce myself!

I am Sofia and me and my family live in Lindome, Sweden. June 9

2004, I gave birth to my second son s, who had his right foot

clubfoot. On his fourth day of living he got his firts plaster cast,

and he was recasted once a week for five weeks. Before the last

casting our Ponsetti teached doctor decided that no tenotomy was

needed in his case.

July 22 he got his Denis Browne shoes, and except for the first 24

hours when he was crying badly for not being able to move his

healthy leg how he wanted, everything has been going really smoothly

for three months time now. However, the shoes and his feet smell. I

presume it is heavy sweating. I clean his feet with mild soap and

water every morning and evening, dry them thorourly and put on clean

socks. Occasionally I powder them with potatoe flower (is that the

correct english word for it?) especially between the toes. Does

anyone have tips on how to keep his feet fresh? Is it possible to

clean the shoes when you only got one DBB free hour a day?

Another thing - he is chewing on the bar and soles of the shoes and

I am afraid that he one day will hurt himself by getting the bar in

his forehead. Does anyone have experience on that and what is the

best to put on the bar to protect him?

Looking forward to hear from you!

Sofia

[Guest guest]

Make sure you clean very well between the toes with soap (and water of

course). Also, make sure you dry between the toes. Leave socks off as

well during free time. Fungus can develop between the toes when the feet

become sweaty and no air gets to them. The fungus will create bad odor.

Hope this helps.

Shook

Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

Vienna, VA 22182

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sofia,

I can only repeat what a few other suggested about letting the feet

air out for the 1 hour and keeping them clean. I know they don't

smell as bad as when they were in the casts. Yuck..LOL As far as

protecting him from the bar some people use the foam/rubber padding

that are usually found on bicycle handlebars or pipe insulation which

is foam. I don't think I would recommend either because he is chewing

on the bar. I was actually thinking about making one out of material

and soft padding that can snap around the bar. We just haven't gotten

to that point yet. Hope it helps some.

KK

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I am new to this group so let me introduce myself!

>

> I am Sofia and me and my family live in Lindome, Sweden. June 9

> 2004, I gave birth to my second son s, who had his right foot

> clubfoot. On his fourth day of living he got his firts plaster

cast,

> and he was recasted once a week for five weeks. Before the last

> casting our Ponsetti teached doctor decided that no tenotomy was

> needed in his case.

> July 22 he got his Denis Browne shoes, and except for the first 24

> hours when he was crying badly for not being able to move his

> healthy leg how he wanted, everything has been going really

smoothly

> for three months time now. However, the shoes and his feet smell. I

> presume it is heavy sweating. I clean his feet with mild soap and

> water every morning and evening, dry them thorourly and put on

clean

> socks. Occasionally I powder them with potatoe flower (is that the

> correct english word for it?) especially between the toes. Does

> anyone have tips on how to keep his feet fresh? Is it possible to

> clean the shoes when you only got one DBB free hour a day?

> Another thing - he is chewing on the bar and soles of the shoes and

> I am afraid that he one day will hurt himself by getting the bar in

> his forehead. Does anyone have experience on that and what is the

> best to put on the bar to protect him?

>

> Looking forward to hear from you!

> Sofia

[Guest guest]

Hi Sofia and welcome to the group! Strange isn't it how a little baby can be so

smelly on his feet. I haven't found a cure-all for it other than washing with

soap and using powder. Maybe an " athletes foot " powder would help more?

As for hitting himself in the forehead - you can pad your bar with various

materials. If it is available in your country, pipe insulation foam is very

handy. It's a long stick of foam rubber stuff you buy to wrap around water

pipes to insulate them. It has a hollow center, so you cut the length you need

and slip it over the bar, tape or glue in place. But anything thing you come

up with would work, just wrapping the bar in anything that'll soften the

blow....

good luck!

s.

[Guest guest]

I used hot glue to fasten a fabric cover to our pipe insulation padding - the

baby couldn't chew the foam then, but like I said, I ended up removing the

padding when he started wanting to stand up in the bar because a plain bar gave

him a flat surface where the padding made him unstable.

s.

usually found on bicycle handlebars or pipe insulation which

is foam. I don't think I would recommend either because he is chewing

on the bar. I

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Sofia!

In addition to what others have suggested, you can also use a little

bit of bleach or some other type of disinfectant on the inside of the

shoe during the one-hour of free time. I would apply the bleach with

a cotton swab or small rag, especially in the crevices where we had

some mildew/mold issues, then I used a hair dryer to dry them out if

they didn't dry fast enough on their own.

Do you have anti-fungal soap or powder available to use on his feet?

If your little guy's feet are really sweaty, you might want to change

the socks more often during the day too.

I, too, used the foam pipe insulation, hot-glued a piece of fabric on

it, then strapped it on the bar with velcro-strips. Once he starts

to pull to a stand, though, you'll probably want the bar uncovered

most of the time so he can balance better in it. The way I made the

padding worked well as it was easy to take on and off.

I hope this helps!

& (16-Mar-00)

left clubfoot

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

[Guest guest]

Good idea re: the bleach. Clorox makes wipes that would be perfect

for that!!

Lori

>

> Welcome, Sofia!

> In addition to what others have suggested, you can also use a

little

> bit of bleach or some other type of disinfectant on the inside of

the

> shoe during the one-hour of free time. I would apply the bleach

with

> a cotton swab or small rag, especially in the crevices where we had

> some mildew/mold issues, then I used a hair dryer to dry them out

if

> they didn't dry fast enough on their own.

> Do you have anti-fungal soap or powder available to use on his feet?

> If your little guy's feet are really sweaty, you might want to

change

> the socks more often during the day too.

> I, too, used the foam pipe insulation, hot-glued a piece of fabric

on

> it, then strapped it on the bar with velcro-strips. Once he starts

> to pull to a stand, though, you'll probably want the bar uncovered

> most of the time so he can balance better in it. The way I made

the

> padding worked well as it was easy to take on and off.

> I hope this helps!

> & (16-Mar-00)

> left clubfoot

> http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

[Guest guest]

Yeah, those wipes are what I use to get the spaghetti sauce tomato

stains out of my son's white highchair tray. LOL!

>

> Good idea re: the bleach. Clorox makes wipes that would be perfect

> for that!!

>

> Lori

[Guest guest]

Sofia,

I remember having that problem also. When I bathed my son I used

Dial antibacterial soap on his feet only. I soaped them up really

well with the soap, held them out of the water for about 30 seconds

and then rinsed. The change in soap took care of his smelly feet!

Pam and (8-12-01)

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I am new to this group so let me introduce myself!

>

> I am Sofia and me and my family live in Lindome, Sweden. June 9

> 2004, I gave birth to my second son s, who had his right foot

> clubfoot. On his fourth day of living he got his firts plaster

cast,

> and he was recasted once a week for five weeks. Before the last

> casting our Ponsetti teached doctor decided that no tenotomy was

> needed in his case.

> July 22 he got his Denis Browne shoes, and except for the first 24

> hours when he was crying badly for not being able to move his

> healthy leg how he wanted, everything has been going really

smoothly

> for three months time now. However, the shoes and his feet smell. I

> presume it is heavy sweating. I clean his feet with mild soap and

> water every morning and evening, dry them thorourly and put on

clean

> socks. Occasionally I powder them with potatoe flower (is that the

> correct english word for it?) especially between the toes. Does

> anyone have tips on how to keep his feet fresh? Is it possible to

> clean the shoes when you only got one DBB free hour a day?

> Another thing - he is chewing on the bar and soles of the shoes and

> I am afraid that he one day will hurt himself by getting the bar in

> his forehead. Does anyone have experience on that and what is the

> best to put on the bar to protect him?

>

> Looking forward to hear from you!

> Sofia