Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Hi Jen! First off, congrats on the shorter hours!! Yippee! One milestone down... Enjoy the bit of freedom. Second, I'm not sure I understand how your son is sitting differently. But my son , severe atyp bl cf, can do some very freaky things with his legs. Just watching him makes me cringe. He basically spent his entire first year in casts. Because of the extra weight and complete awkwardness of them, he is used to doing the splits. He can go from lying flat on his tummy to swinging his legs each one out to each side of his hips and around to the front doing the splits to go from lying on tummy to sitting up, instead of shifting both legs to one side and then up. Very freaky! He can also turn both knees in towards each other. The first split thing I know is a result of being in his casts, I have to encourage him to keep his knees together and kneel in his casts as we're back in them again. this will help strengthen his hip muscles. I don't know if this is similiar at all, but I would encourage doing exercises to help strengthen his hips and stretching when he is not in his shoes. Your pediatrition should know of some good exercises. We learn all of ours in Physicl therapy. Good luck and enjoy!! I'm so jealous! jason atyp bl cf 10-09-03 > > My son has bcf and he was recently reduced from 23\7 to now 16\7 and > he is 5 months old. I have been noticing that he moves his legs funny > and alot of times they turn back quite a bit, he's my third so I know > this is different.When I hold him sitting down with him facing me and > his legs on either side of me it doesn't seem comfortable is this > because he has been in the brace and his legs are used to being in > that position for so long that he will just have to get used to being > able to move them around more.has anyone else noticed this? > > thank you > > Jen mom to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 , what about rolling over? Logan was five months last sunday and has yet to roll over. Kinda worried about him. a Logan 07/12/04 bicf (serial casting) Wold alicialwold@...> wrote: Hi Jen! First off, congrats on the shorter hours!! Yippee! One milestone down... Enjoy the bit of freedom. Second, I'm not sure I understand how your son is sitting differently. But my son , severe atyp bl cf, can do some very freaky things with his legs. Just watching him makes me cringe. He basically spent his entire first year in casts. Because of the extra weight and complete awkwardness of them, he is used to doing the splits. He can go from lying flat on his tummy to swinging his legs each one out to each side of his hips and around to the front doing the splits to go from lying on tummy to sitting up, instead of shifting both legs to one side and then up. Very freaky! He can also turn both knees in towards each other. The first split thing I know is a result of being in his casts, I have to encourage him to keep his knees together and kneel in his casts as we're back in them again. this will help strengthen his hip muscles. I don't know if this is similiar at all, but I would encourage doing exercises to help strengthen his hips and stretching when he is not in his shoes. Your pediatrition should know of some good exercises. We learn all of ours in Physicl therapy. Good luck and enjoy!! I'm so jealous! jason atyp bl cf 10-09-03 > > My son has bcf and he was recently reduced from 23\7 to now 16\7 and > he is 5 months old. I have been noticing that he moves his legs funny > and alot of times they turn back quite a bit, he's my third so I know > this is different.When I hold him sitting down with him facing me and > his legs on either side of me it doesn't seem comfortable is this > because he has been in the brace and his legs are used to being in > that position for so long that he will just have to get used to being > able to move them around more.has anyone else noticed this? > > thank you > > Jen mom to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 a, jason didn't roll over until about late 6 to early 7 months. He's alittle slower due to all the castings, but once they get that down, watch out. The momentum from the weight of those suckers, he rolled over quick once he got the hang of it. I think personally he's just lazy...everything in his good sweet time. hehe! Keep encouraging it, but don't worry too much. Five months is still pretty early. Neither of mine did it that soon. > > > > My son has bcf and he was recently reduced from 23\7 to now 16\7 and > > he is 5 months old. I have been noticing that he moves his legs funny > > and alot of times they turn back quite a bit, he's my third so I know > > this is different.When I hold him sitting down with him facing me and > > his legs on either side of me it doesn't seem comfortable is this > > because he has been in the brace and his legs are used to being in > > that position for so long that he will just have to get used to being > > able to move them around more.has anyone else noticed this? > > > > thank you > > > > Jen mom to > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Heck, my niece just turned 6 months, and still isnt rolling. She doesnt have cf. It all comes in time. Kai was a bit late with sitting, pushing up and crawling, but he walked before his 1st birthday - and that was after having casts on his right foot at 8-9 mo. Angel Re: Bilateral CF a, jason didn't roll over until about late 6 to early 7 months. He's alittle slower due to all the castings, but once they get that down, watch out. The momentum from the weight of those suckers, he rolled over quick once he got the hang of it. I think personally he's just lazy...everything in his good sweet time. hehe! Keep encouraging it, but don't worry too much. Five months is still pretty early. Neither of mine did it that soon. > > > > My son has bcf and he was recently reduced from 23\7 to now 16\7 and > > he is 5 months old. I have been noticing that he moves his legs funny > > and alot of times they turn back quite a bit, he's my third so I know > > this is different.When I hold him sitting down with him facing me and > > his legs on either side of me it doesn't seem comfortable is this > > because he has been in the brace and his legs are used to being in > > that position for so long that he will just have to get used to being > > able to move them around more.has anyone else noticed this? > > > > thank you > > > > Jen mom to > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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