Weaning the DBB & sock questions

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OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

12?

Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that were

recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos size.

Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

bit smaller than her normal foot either.

SO how about it? Any suggestions??

Tiffani

Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

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At 08:24 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:

>OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

>Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

>hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

>how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

>12?

I'm not exactly sure... what we did was when we had an appointment

(usually every 3 mo's) he'd either tell me to reduce hours or to keep it

up. I did way more hours than he recommended, and each time he wanted to

reduce I just took it down a couple of hours rather than do what he told me

to. It seemed to work out that we got to 12 hours shortly after she'd been

walking for a few months (she walked at 10 mo's) and over a year old. More

like 14 mo's I think. I kinda wonder that myself... curious to see if

anyone has the real answer to this one.

>Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that were

>recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos size.

>Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

>feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

>smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

I could never find them and Darbi is a big foot CF baby, they were large on

her too at first. But what you can do is to put them on and then put the

shoes on. Then pull on the toes of the sock so that the heel is in the

right spot on the sock before you tighten the strap and laces all the

way. The toes will look all bloused out and funky but it should be smooth

in the shoe where it counts. She'll grow into them. This is good... you

won't have to buy socks for a long time! Interestingly enough, I can

still use the 0-6 mo sizes on Darbi when she is wearing the DBB. Even if

they're way too small on her for walking around (fall off) they seem to

work just fine in the shoes. She's 22mo's old!

Kori

>The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

>deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

>bit smaller than her normal foot either.

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>SO how about it? Any suggestions??

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>Tiffani

>Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

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Hi Tiffani

I didn't find this group till by boy was around 7 months old. We used just

ordinary newborn socks without the grip and had no problems, but I have to admit

since switching to the socks with grip/rubber they seems to slide in easier. And

I can still use the newborn socks when he is in wearing the DBB, when he wears

the newborn socks without his shoes they fall off at the heel.

As for reduction of DBB hours. Billy wore the DBB for 23/7 for 3 months as you

said and then went straight to night time only. He is now 9 months old and had

his DBB check up today and the orthodics lady said his foot looks great. I guess

its all individual? I'm also a bit of a bragger he can even crawl in his DBB

and uses the bar to pull himself up in his cot. (off topic, just very happy with

his progress)

Sharon

Tiffani tahuwgb@...> wrote:

OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

12?

Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that were

recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos size.

Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

bit smaller than her normal foot either.

SO how about it? Any suggestions??

Tiffani

Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

[Guest guest]

Try Walmart. I believe the store here has some smaller socks with the

grippers on the bottom in the Faded Glory brand. I have a few pairs of

those for Kelsey in a larger size that also seem to work well.

Jenni

Tiffani wrote:

>OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

>Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

>hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

>how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

>12?

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>Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that were

>recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos size.

>Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

>feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

>smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

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>The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

>deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

>bit smaller than her normal foot either.

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>SO how about it? Any suggestions??

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>Tiffani

>Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

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[Guest guest]

Or you can try the Gap. I know that they have gripper bottom socks

also.

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> >OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> >Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down

in

> >hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18.

Then

> >how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> >12?

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> >Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> >recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> >Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> >feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> >smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

> >

> >The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and

he

> >deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> >bit smaller than her normal foot either.

> >

> >SO how about it? Any suggestions??

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> >Tiffani

> >Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

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You could try finding preemie socks on the web. Tori had really

small feet also and a friend gave me some preemie socks from her

little girl that worked pretty good. Not grippy but still worked.

We were in the DBB for 23/7 for 3 months then reduced to 18 hours

until she started to pull up to a stand and cruse then to 16 hours.

I asked Dr P at our last appointment in January when we should go

down to just bed times and he said he recommends being in the 16 hour

phase as long as the baby is tolerating it. Tori does pretty good

with her shoes on so we go back in 6 months. We will probably stay

in the 16 hour stage until then for sure.

Tori 1/30/04 bilateral atypical cf Markell 16 hrs

12/7/01 noncf

[Guest guest]

I used gymborees socks. They don't have grippers, but I didn't

notice a problem. I also used the Gap socks. the only downfall about

those is that they bunched up for us. Plus, they were almost too

thick, but that's just my opinion.

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> OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

> hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

> how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> 12?

>

> Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

>

> The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

> deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> bit smaller than her normal foot either.

>

> SO how about it? Any suggestions??

>

> Tiffani

> Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

[Guest guest]

They usually reduce hours down to 12-14hrs after the child starts

walking. The reduce hours really depends on the case too. We went

from 23hrs for 3 months, down to 16 hours until 10 months (my son

was walking at 10 months), then down to 12 hours until he is 3.

Regarding socks the best are the infant socks from Baby Gap!

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> OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

> hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

> how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> 12?

>

> Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

>

> The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

> deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> bit smaller than her normal foot either.

>

> SO how about it? Any suggestions??

>

> Tiffani

> Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

[Guest guest]

I just use a seamless sock, where ever I can find one. I didn't see the

grippers being of any help to us.

s.

Re: Weaning the DBB & sock questions

I used gymborees socks. They don't have grippers, but I didn't

notice a problem. I also used the Gap socks. the only downfall about

those is that they bunched up for us. Plus, they were almost too

thick, but that's just my opinion.

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> OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

> hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

> how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> 12?

>

> Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

>

> The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

> deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> bit smaller than her normal foot either.

>

> SO how about it? Any suggestions??

>

> Tiffani

> Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

[Guest guest]

LOVE the gymboree socks! The only problem is that the thicker fluffy ones

are seasonal so they can be hard to find!

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From: mfolkemer_1999

Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:54 PM

To: nosurgery4clubfoot

Subject: Re: Weaning the DBB & sock questions

I used gymborees socks. They don't have grippers, but I didn't

notice a problem. I also used the Gap socks. the only downfall about

those is that they bunched up for us. Plus, they were almost too

thick, but that's just my opinion.

>

> OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

> hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

> how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> 12?

>

> Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

>

> The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

> deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> bit smaller than her normal foot either.

>

> SO how about it? Any suggestions??

>

> Tiffani

> Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

[Guest guest]

The Children's Place also has socks with grippys, and they have

pretty small sizes.

, mommy of:

Guinevere, on, Ava 8/4/04 right CF DBB 23/7

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> You could try finding preemie socks on the web. Tori had really

> small feet also and a friend gave me some preemie socks from her

> little girl that worked pretty good. Not grippy but still

worked.

> We were in the DBB for 23/7 for 3 months then reduced to 18 hours

> until she started to pull up to a stand and cruse then to 16

hours.

> I asked Dr P at our last appointment in January when we should go

> down to just bed times and he said he recommends being in the 16

hour

> phase as long as the baby is tolerating it. Tori does pretty good

> with her shoes on so we go back in 6 months. We will probably

stay

> in the 16 hour stage until then for sure.

>

> Tori 1/30/04 bilateral atypical cf Markell 16 hrs

> 12/7/01 noncf

[Guest guest]

When Ava started the DBB I went to Old Navy & bought her a bunch of

socks. But I've found that it doesn't really matter whether they

have grippys on the bottom or not, she doesn't really have any

slipping issues. And I found that the Old Navy socks were a little

on the thin side--she has more redness & sometimes purple marks when

she wears them, as opposed to when I put a little thicker pair of

socks on her they're not as red. The Old Navy socks are also not

100% cotton, which could contribute to the stinky feet! I don't know

about the Gap socks or anything, but that's my 2 cents!

, mommy of:

Guinevere, on, Ava 8/4/04 right CF DBB 23/7

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> > OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward

to.

> > Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down

in

> > hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18.

Then

> > how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16,

14,

> > 12?

> >

> > Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

> were

> > recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

> size.

> > Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> > feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> > smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

> >

> > The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and

he

> > deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is

a

> > bit smaller than her normal foot either.

> >

> > SO how about it? Any suggestions??

> >

> > Tiffani

> > Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7

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[Guest guest]

hi

I put this in a different message thread - here it is again in case

you missed it - its taken from an email I received from Dr Ponseti a

couple of days ago re weaning off the brace:

" After 3 months of full time brace wear, we usually gradually wean

the babies out of the brace, starting with 4 hours a day out for one

month, then 8 hours a day out. We try to have the babies wear the

brace at night and naptime for a total of 16-18 hours and once they

are walking wear it at least 14 hours. We used to recommend bracing

continue to age 3, but since we have seen some relapses, we now

recommend 3 1/2 to 4 years of age "

HTH

Stella

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> OK fellow Ponseti followers I want something to look forward to.

> Can someone tell me what the timeframe is for when they go down in

> hours in the DBB? I know it's 3 months for 23/7 down to 18. Then

> how long does she go 18/7 until she can be weaned down to 16, 14,

> 12?

>

> Also I have seen the tips on wearing the DBB and the socks that

were

> recommended. So we stocked up on Old Navy's socks in 0-6 mos

size.

> Well, they're absolutely huge on my poor (almost) 3 month old's

> feet! So anyone have any suggestions as to where to find some

> smaller socks with grippers on the bottom?

>

> The orthotist said her feet were unusually small and narrow and he

> deals with these kids everyday. It doesn't help that her CF is a

> bit smaller than her normal foot either.

>

> SO how about it? Any suggestions??

>

> Tiffani

> Mommy to Cadence 11/8/04 RCF DBB-23/7