1 year old in casts - advice?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Looking for any general advice you can give me with the casts - there

is so much more to worry about with them now that Livi is mobile and

eating real food!

How to keep casts clean while eating?

How to wash casts?

And anything else you may have advice about that I didn't think of.

Thanks as always!

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf 2nd tenotomy done 3/15/05

EDD #2 5/12/05

[Guest guest]

grace sat in her high chair and i use those plastic bibs... now they got dirty

by her crawling... i seemed to always pick pink for the cast color and they had

brown patches... kind of made me a little grossed out over how well cleaned my

house was... but... i also tried to wash them with a soapy rag but it didn't do

much good... she had the fiber glass overlay.. so good luck on keeping them

clean... i didn't have much luck... my little one is too nosey and into

everything... lol...

mommy to Grace 12-03-03 BCF Dobb's Brace 23/7

Darby dabrennan@...> wrote:

Hi all,

Looking for any general advice you can give me with the casts - there

is so much more to worry about with them now that Livi is mobile and

eating real food!

How to keep casts clean while eating?

How to wash casts?

And anything else you may have advice about that I didn't think of.

Thanks as always!

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf 2nd tenotomy done 3/15/05

EDD #2 5/12/05

love, lisa

before i made you in the womb, i knew you... love God.

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[Guest guest]

We used tube socks over the casts, cut off some of the extra at the

top and tucked the rest in around the top. Tori was a lot younger

but I think it would still work for you. Then you can change them

daily/when ever they get dirty.

[Guest guest]

Lay a towel over her lap as she eats?

I scrubbed s with a damp soapy cloth, worked pretty good.

s.

1 year old in casts - advice?

Hi all,

Looking for any general advice you can give me with the casts - there

is so much more to worry about with them now that Livi is mobile and

eating real food!

How to keep casts clean while eating?

How to wash casts?

And anything else you may have advice about that I didn't think of.

Thanks as always!

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf 2nd tenotomy done 3/15/05

EDD #2 5/12/05

[Guest guest]

Same here ... we just put daddy's sock over it. only used odd ones tho, since

he walked holes in them in a very short time!

ANgel

Re: 1 year old in casts - advice?

We used tube socks over the casts, cut off some of the extra at the

top and tucked the rest in around the top. Tori was a lot younger

but I think it would still work for you. Then you can change them

daily/when ever they get dirty.

[Guest guest]

At Shriner's they gave us a sock-like stretchy material that fit

over his casts and tucked in around the top. They gave us a whole

roll so we could change them when they got holes in them. Maybe you

could ask whoever does the casting if they have some of that.

and bilateral cf 11/10/03 dbb 16/7

> Same here ... we just put daddy's sock over it. only used odd

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I've thought of socks - DH's feet are so big and his socks are big

too - is there a type that worked best for you all as far as

thickness, length, etc?

All the advice so far has been wonderful - thank you all!!

Darby

> > Same here ... we just put daddy's sock over it. only used odd

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[Guest guest]

Darby,

I hope Livi is happy, I'm thrilled to hear they decided to wait on the

surgery. What a great group of docs!

I wanted to re-mention something that struck me as funny, and informative

all at the same time. I think it was Sharon, from AU who said she used

extra large condoms over her sons casts. Dunno if they'd work on a 1 year

old's but it may be worth a try for bathing.

I don't envy you in this position, but it'll be over soon. And that new

baby coming! I'm getting near my due date, May 2nd (m/c) so all these new

babies arriving this spring are so much fun to hear about. Try to rest up

and enjoy the next few weeks, Livi should be out of her cast by the time

baby arrives right? Don't forget to include us when you send pics of that

new baby! (CFPics of course).

Kori

At 11:14 AM 3/21/2005, you wrote:

>Hi all,

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>Looking for any general advice you can give me with the casts - there

>is so much more to worry about with them now that Livi is mobile and

>eating real food!

>

>How to keep casts clean while eating?

>How to wash casts?

>

>And anything else you may have advice about that I didn't think of.

>

>Thanks as always!

>

>Darby

>Livi 3/15/04 bi cf 2nd tenotomy done 3/15/05

>EDD #2 5/12/05

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Kori,

I too am thrilled they decided on the 2nd tenotomy vs. surgery. It

has made me feel MUCH more confident about her treatment going

forward.

LOL Maybe I'll send DH to go buy some HUGE condoms... I'm sure he'd

love to see the looks on the cashiers faces. I can't imagine they'd

make them big enough to fit over her casts (it would be kind of scary

if they did) but it's worth a shot!

I'm hoping Livi will be out of casts for the new baby - but starting

back up with the DBB after she's been out of it for so long will be a

hard transition for her when combined with a new baby in the

house...yikes.. I didn't think of that until just now. I'll

definately post some pics when I have baby news!!

Darby

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> >Looking for any general advice you can give me with the casts -

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> >is so much more to worry about with them now that Livi is mobile

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> >eating real food!

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> >How to keep casts clean while eating?

> >How to wash casts?

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> >And anything else you may have advice about that I didn't think of.

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> >Thanks as always!

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> >Darby

> >Livi 3/15/04 bi cf 2nd tenotomy done 3/15/05

> >EDD #2 5/12/05

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