The DDB SUCKS!

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Sorry about that subject line, but I'm really frustrated and upset

about the DDB. I feel like I'm placing my happy little baby into a

torture chamber. The casting part was a breeze, but this DDB crap

really bites!

Last night, my husband and I ended up taking Aleksander back to the

doctor to have his feet looked at again. He had red marks on his heels

AGAIN, so we thought we'd take him in a quickly as possible. They

ended up giving us new shoes, even though he'd only worn the other pair

for about 4 days total (3 days the first time around and 1 this time).

He still has the red marks on his heels, but isn't screaming like he

did last time.

I wanted to find out if anyone else has had problems with these red

marks, and if they will go away in time, assuming the shoes are fitting

properly now.

We're going to really try to make the Markell's work, but so far I am

not really very confident that we'll have much success with them.

We have been told that Aleksander has extremely narrow feet, which is

supposedly rare among babies with clubfoot. It is possible that due to

the narrowness of his feet, the other shoes were too big (even though

they were size 00!), and that is what the problem was. He's grown

quite a bit since he got those 00 shoes, and is now in a size 0. Is it

possible that his feet were just too small before? Or has anyone ever

gotten shoes that were simply defective?

Otherwise, Aleksander is doing really well with the shoes. He's

already kicking his feet together and had adjusted to that part

extremely quickly. He's a resiliant boy, and always adjusts to things

within a day or two. He's also not crying inconsolibly like he did

last time, and he's been eating like he usually does - which wasn't the

case last time.

That said, how long do I give him in these shoes before I insist on the

's?