Reducing the hours in the DBB's

June 24, 2005

Hi Everyone,

I havent posted in aaagggges as keeps me on my toes these

days, he's 9 months old and is crawling all over the house with his

DBB on and twice he has pulled himself up to stand with the DBB's!!

He has been wearing the DBB's since he was 4 onths old (following a

heel release surgery- he's got bilateral talipes)and did 3 months of

24/7 wear. We had a check up in March and his hours were reduced to

16-18 hrs of DBB wear per day, which we are still following 3 months

later.

We have an appointment on the 27th to see our specialist here in

Sydney and im hoping all is good. At his last check up in March he

found that the flexibility in the left foot was not as good as the

right foot and if it wasnt improving they may have to repeat the

heel release on the left foot. Fingers crossed that all is well, but

i have a feeling he may need the heel release on the left foot

again.

We had some very restless nights 2 months ago when he would wake up

about 5 times a night by pulling his feet out of his shoes (hadn't

done this since the first week or two we got the DBB's!) so we took

him to his physio to see if the shoes were getting too small but

they were fine. She suggested putting them on without any socks and

we tried it that day and it was like MAGIC!!!! No more screaming and

they stayed put despite his trying to get them off!!

My question is, whats the next stage of hourly reductions after 3

months of 16hr wear? 14 hrs? 12hrs?

I have recently updated ' website at

http://littleagi.agimedia.net so feel free to have a look at his new

pics when you get a chance.

Thanks

Nisha &

June 24, 2005

Hi Everyone,

I havent posted in aaagggges as keeps me on my toes these

days, he's 9 months old and is crawling all over the house with his

DBB on and twice he has pulled himself up to stand with the DBB's!!

He has been wearing the DBB's since he was 4 onths old (following a

heel release surgery- he's got bilateral talipes)and did 3 months of

24/7 wear. We had a check up in March and his hours were reduced to

16-18 hrs of DBB wear per day, which we are still following 3 months

later.

We have an appointment on the 27th to see our specialist here in

Sydney and im hoping all is good. At his last check up in March he

found that the flexibility in the left foot was not as good as the

right foot and if it wasnt improving they may have to repeat the

heel release on the left foot. Fingers crossed that all is well, but

i have a feeling he may need the heel release on the left foot

again.

We had some very restless nights 2 months ago when he would wake up

about 5 times a night by pulling his feet out of his shoes (hadn't

done this since the first week or two we got the DBB's!) so we took

him to his physio to see if the shoes were getting too small but

they were fine. She suggested putting them on without any socks and

we tried it that day and it was like MAGIC!!!! No more screaming and

they stayed put despite his trying to get them off!!

My question is, whats the next stage of hourly reductions after 3

months of 16hr wear? 14 hrs? 12hrs?

I have recently updated ' website at

http://littleagi.agimedia.net so feel free to have a look at his new

pics when you get a chance.

Thanks

Nisha &

June 26, 2005

Hi,

I noticed no responses to this, I hope I am not repeating something here.

The way I figured it takes into account that the child would be at or

around 14-16hr/d prior to walking. So, if you take the average age of

first steps at or around a year and divide that up amongst the ranges you

decrease to over that time, it's about every 3 months. Which for us

correlated to our visits to the Dr. for checkups. So I would think that if

everything is perfect with the foot that you'd do the reductions at or

around each 3mo appointment which would leave your last reduction to

14-16hr/d at or around 1yr. Then you stay at 14-16 till they're

walking. Walking usually means you can go to the 12-14hr/d till they're

released from the brace at 3-4yo.

That's just my perception based on how it worked for us time wise with a

newborn. Older babes may be walking much sooner than the 3mo schedule

would allow. For it to work out about perfect with 12-14mo as described

above only applies if babe is cast and released to the FAB within the first

2-3mos. I would still default to *around* every 3mo to get an idea of how

it'll go if that's the schedule the doc sees babe at.

Kori

At 05:24 AM 6/24/2005, you wrote:

>Hi Everyone,

>I havent posted in aaagggges as keeps me on my toes these

>days, he's 9 months old and is crawling all over the house with his

>DBB on and twice he has pulled himself up to stand with the DBB's!!

>

>He has been wearing the DBB's since he was 4 onths old (following a

>heel release surgery- he's got bilateral talipes)and did 3 months of

>24/7 wear. We had a check up in March and his hours were reduced to

>16-18 hrs of DBB wear per day, which we are still following 3 months

>later.

>

>We have an appointment on the 27th to see our specialist here in

>Sydney and im hoping all is good. At his last check up in March he

>found that the flexibility in the left foot was not as good as the

>right foot and if it wasnt improving they may have to repeat the

>heel release on the left foot. Fingers crossed that all is well, but

>i have a feeling he may need the heel release on the left foot

>again.

>

>We had some very restless nights 2 months ago when he would wake up

>about 5 times a night by pulling his feet out of his shoes (hadn't

>done this since the first week or two we got the DBB's!) so we took

>him to his physio to see if the shoes were getting too small but

>they were fine. She suggested putting them on without any socks and

>we tried it that day and it was like MAGIC!!!! No more screaming and

>they stayed put despite his trying to get them off!!

>

>My question is, whats the next stage of hourly reductions after 3

>months of 16hr wear? 14 hrs? 12hrs?

>

>I have recently updated ' website at

>http://littleagi.agimedia.net so feel free to have a look at his new

>pics when you get a chance.

>

>Thanks

>Nisha &

>

June 26, 2005