Re: Re: Due in July, learning so much here. Advice on baby gear and care...

[Guest guest]

The light at the end of the casts is that diaper changes with the bar are easy

as pie. Just lift the bar and both legs are in control!

jagrindon jagrindon@...> wrote:

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Welcome to the group.

We had this great tape that our Dr. gave us, it is kind of cushy, a

very thin foam tape that is not too sticky. This was wrapped around

the top of the cast and baby's thigh to prevent messes in or on the

cast. Then if the tape got messy we just pulled it off (doesn't stick

a lot to baby's skin) and put on new tape. I would think that most

places that do casting would have this. It only took me a couple days

to get used to changing diapers w/ the cast, it was a comedy of errors

the first few days, trying to figure out about diapering a boy (that

little fountain got me several times) and keeping the cast out of the

mess, but it gets to be a piece of cake really quickly.

Like Kori mentioned, it is really easy to take the bar on and off the

shoes if you have the gold bar. We have even been able to use an

exersaucer with this method -- a little awkward getting down on the

floor to put the screw back on but our little guy loves being in this

upright position.

Have you found a Doctor yet? Everyone in the group will be glad to

put in their two cents to tell you about which docs are the best.

Best of luck and keep us posted.

>

>

> Hi,

>

> We recently learned that our baby, due in July, has a unilateral

> clubfoot. I am relieved to know that it is most likely correctable

> with Dr. Ponseti's method. I know that I am getting way ahead of

> myself, but I am already thinking ahead to when the baby will be here

> and these are just a few of the concerns that keep me up at night.

>

> How difficult is it to diaper a baby with the cast on to the hip? Is

> it common for any mess to end up down the cast and do you have any

> tips on how to avoid this?

>

> From reading some other messages, it doesn't seem like a carseat will

> be a problem, but what do you all use for a highchair/bouncy seat

> that works with the brace? Should we just plan on not using those

> until the baby is only wearing the brace at night? Is it possible to

> remove just the bar to put the baby in and out of something like a

> johnny jumper? It seems like taking the whole thing off and on takes

> quite a bit of work.

>

> Thanks for any tips/advice

>

> due July

[Guest guest]

We also used socks. I could never find ones that fit properly so I just cut the

top off to make a “band†and put that around the top part of the cast. It

worked great! Also, we have used the baby bjorn alot and have never had a

problem with it. Our son loves it! Lori

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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:53 PM

To: nosurgery4clubfoot

Subject: Re: Due in July, learning so much here. Advice on

baby gear and care...

How difficult is it to diaper a baby with the cast on to the hip?

Diaper changing isn’t that much different in the casts then with

out.

Is it common for any mess to end up down the cast and do you have any

tips on how to avoid this?

I didn’t have much problems with this but we always used toddler

sized socks that went over the cast and we tucked the top of the sock

into the top of the cast.

From reading some other messages, it doesn't seem like a carseat will

be a problem, but what do you all use for a highchair/bouncy seat

that works with the brace?

Just make sure you can take to tray off.

Here is a website with some other tricks.

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/hints.html

hth,

[Guest guest]

When I tried them they did get the tops of the casts a bit messy but not

all the time. That BF poo does travel you know. So I just went with

disposables. I use the Chinese Prefolds with the ProWrap or DiaperWrap

wraps. Not all diapers did that, but you know how the wrap can get a

little wet if baby is peeing a lot? I didn't want that making her cast

wet either. Also, after 3 babies I've decided that I am not terribly

interested in washing newborn cloth diapers anymore. And with baby in

casts I just felt during the casting period life was easier with

disposables. If you've got good prefolds or fitted diapers and they don't

leak at all or get moist, go for it.

Kori

At 06:56 PM 2/28/2005, you wrote:

>Hi-

>

>My baby is due in June and I was about to order a bunch of cloth

>diapers...why do you not

>recommend cloth diapers for use with the casts? Too messy? Or is it just

>the flat prefold

>diapers don't hold the mess well enough? Would fitted diapers make a

>difference? Sorry,

>I'm just a cloth fanatic...

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>

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> > baby. There's really no avoiding it. Just make sure the leg gussets (on

> >disposable diapers - I don't recommend cloth for babies in casts if you

> can

> >help it) are flat and no part of the diaper is folded under. We added

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[Guest guest]

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I have used cloth on all five of my babies. My number five was born rt. cf.

We casted for about 7 months (wrong doc to start and all that). I didn't notice

too many problems with them- we used both fitted and flat cause I have some of

both. Just fold the flat ones well to fit the baby. I recommend a diaper cover

that is one piece not the snap around the waist kind. They seem to keep

everything contained a bit better. I also liked to cover the cast with a big

sock (specially at diaper change time) to kind of control the mess. But my son

wasn't much of a explosive pooper (some of the other have been though).

Everyone has their opinion and no one is wrong. Try it. If you don't like it,

switch. If you are a cloth fanatic, chances are you will work out a way thats

just right for you.

Re: Due in July, learning so much here. Advice

on baby gear and care...

Hi-

My baby is due in June and I was about to order a bunch of cloth diapers...why

do you not

recommend cloth diapers for use with the casts? Too messy? Or is it just the

flat prefold

diapers don't hold the mess well enough? Would fitted diapers make a

difference? Sorry,

I'm just a cloth fanatic...

> baby. There's really no avoiding it. Just make sure the leg gussets (on

>disposable diapers - I don't recommend cloth for babies in casts if you can

>help it) are flat and no part of the diaper is folded under. We added