RE: Problems with Dennis Brown bar shoes..??

[Guest guest]

Hi-

My son has been in the DBB since 9 weeks of age and we never had a

problem....UNTIL NOW! He is 2 yrs and 7 months. He has gotten out of it the

last 3 nights in a row and I'm about to pull my hair out. It has been such

smooth sailing until this point and I have no idea what happened. He isn't

strong willed so this really surprises me. I'm calling my doc today to see

what he says.

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>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: Problems with Dennis Brown bar shoes..??

>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:47:07 -0000

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>Hi. I'm a norwegian mum,my sun is 1,5 years old. He has clubfoot on

>both feet and is beeing treated with the Ponseti method. My problem

>now is that I'm having trouble to get him accept the Dennis Brown

>bar. At age 7months he started wearing it at night only,and that was

>when the problems started. He just won't accept it. Kicks it off,crys

>for hours. The doctors at my hospital says he is the only one having

>trouble accepting it,and this make me feel very bad,and wondering if

>maybe I am the problem..not trying hard enough and so on.. Is there

>anyone else out there who has children that don't accept the bar..???

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[Guest guest]

Could he be getting tangled in the covers? This happened with Darbi (not

the pulling out though) around 7mo when she got more mobile, the bar got

longer and she was rolling a lot at night. As soon as I started using the

blanket that ties up like a sleeping bag with her the night waking

stopped. If you haven't lengthened the bar yet, this might also be part of

the problem.

Kori

At 08:36 AM 11/11/2004, you wrote:

>I am having issues also...and I am glad to read these posts because I was

>going to write my own today. is 9 months old and was in the DBB for

>3 months 23/7 with no problem. He just had his hours reduced to 16 hours a

>day and is loving the freedom he is having. BUT.... when I put his shoes

>back on at night he screams... falls asleep... screams... falls asleep...

>and continues this pattern all night long. It has been going on since we

>reduced his hours. Is he just getting mad at having them back on? I am so

>confused. He is also pulling his right foot out constantly.. no matter how

>tight I make them strap, he figures out how to pull out that foot. HELP!

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> 2/9/04 DBB 16/7

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> Wray hwray98@...> wrote:

>Hi-

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>My son has been in the DBB since 9 weeks of age and we never had a

>problem....UNTIL NOW! He is 2 yrs and 7 months. He has gotten out of it the

>last 3 nights in a row and I'm about to pull my hair out. It has been such

>smooth sailing until this point and I have no idea what happened. He isn't

>strong willed so this really surprises me. I'm calling my doc today to see

>what he says.

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> >Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> >To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> >Subject: Problems with Dennis Brown bar shoes..??

> >Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:47:07 -0000

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> >Hi. I'm a norwegian mum,my sun is 1,5 years old. He has clubfoot on

> >both feet and is beeing treated with the Ponseti method. My problem

> >now is that I'm having trouble to get him accept the Dennis Brown

> >bar. At age 7months he started wearing it at night only,and that was

> >when the problems started. He just won't accept it. Kicks it off,crys

> >for hours. The doctors at my hospital says he is the only one having

> >trouble accepting it,and this make me feel very bad,and wondering if

> >maybe I am the problem..not trying hard enough and so on.. Is there

> >anyone else out there who has children that don't accept the bar..???

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