Prenatal consult with Dr. Mosca

[Guest guest]

We take Aleksander to see Dr. Quanbeck at Gillette Childen's in St.

. We love Gillette, and think Dr. Quanbeck and the casting crew

and ATD department are all wonderful.

My husband was treated at Abbott for mitral valve prolapse (leaky

valve in his heart) and we have nothing but nice things to say about

Abbott. What a wonderful group of doctors and nurses!

Good luck, and if you need anything or have any questions, feel free

to e-mail me.

>

> > With regards to questions about the casting...I see you are due

in

> > September. Whether or not you will get questions or looks from

> > strangers will largely depend on how visible the casts actually

> > are. Since my son was born in November and we live in

Minnesota, no

> > one ever really saw the casts. We get a lot more attention with

the

> > FAB. But, mostly people think the shoes are cute and half of

them

> > don't even notice the bar. I guess it all depends on how you

dress

> > things up!

>

> Hello! I am also due in September with a baby that is diagnosed

with spina

> bifida and bilateral clubfeet. I live in Wisconsin, and I'm

curious where your

> baby was treated. We are going to Abbott Northwestern for the

spina bifida,

> but they don't do the Ponseti method there for clubfeet. Thanks

for your help!

>

> Joy

>

> http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

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>

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[Guest guest]

We take Aleksander to see Dr. Quanbeck at Gillette Childen's in St.

. We love Gillette, and think Dr. Quanbeck and the casting crew

and ATD department are all wonderful.

My husband was treated at Abbott for mitral valve prolapse (leaky

valve in his heart) and we have nothing but nice things to say about

Abbott. What a wonderful group of doctors and nurses!

Good luck, and if you need anything or have any questions, feel free

to e-mail me.

>

> > With regards to questions about the casting...I see you are due

in

> > September. Whether or not you will get questions or looks from

> > strangers will largely depend on how visible the casts actually

> > are. Since my son was born in November and we live in

Minnesota, no

> > one ever really saw the casts. We get a lot more attention with

the

> > FAB. But, mostly people think the shoes are cute and half of

them

> > don't even notice the bar. I guess it all depends on how you

dress

> > things up!

>

> Hello! I am also due in September with a baby that is diagnosed

with spina

> bifida and bilateral clubfeet. I live in Wisconsin, and I'm

curious where your

> baby was treated. We are going to Abbott Northwestern for the

spina bifida,

> but they don't do the Ponseti method there for clubfeet. Thanks

for your help!

>

> Joy

>

> http://www.geocities.com/joybelle15/rosesclubfootpage.html

>

>

>

> __________________________________

> Yahoo! Mail

> Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour:

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[Guest guest]

I know you already got alot of responses to this, but here's my 2

cents!

My doc used the fiberglass casts, we never had any trouble with them

and she was corrected fine. I know this isn't 100% kosher with

Ponseti, but that's what we had.

Pants with snaps are great. For newborns, I left my daughter mostly in

cute little onesies (she was born in August). I bought the ones with

patterns--almost like little one piece outfits, not just the plain

white ones. And layette gowns are good to use also. Restaurant high

chairs are a pain...there was just a discussion about this. Would you

believe I had to ask DH what we did?!!?!? I can't even remember! That

just shows you how quickly time passes! Three options: bring your

stroller, hold the baby, don't eat out<---the one most of us seemed to

use!

As far as getting around...my daughter crawls, pulls up and cruises

both in & out of the FAB. She was sitting up in & out of the FAB at 5

months. And if you missed my earlier posts, she climbed out of her

crib last week in the FAB. She's not quite 11 months. So my answer--

NO! The FAB DOESN'T slow them AT ALL!!! :-)

As for people noticing....yes, it does tend to get annoying, but

mostly when people just stare & whisper. I found I got alot more looks

at the cast, people don't even really notice the FAB, or they

say " Hey! I had that when I was little! " My favorite response for " Oh

no, did she break her leg? " ----yes, she had a skiing/football accident

(at 2 weeks!)

HTH!

, mommy of:

Guinevere, on & Ava 8/4/04 RCF ABS FAB 16/7

[Guest guest]

Same thing here---once a week was good enough for us. Mostly topping

& tailing.

> >We bathed Weston every other day.

>

>

> Oh, forgot about the bathing... I don't bathe babies every day.

Nor every

> other day. They just don't get dirty and it's a PITA in my

opinion...

> kinda like feeding them baby food with a spoon, what a mess! I

just don't

> have the inclination to do it very often. I think my babes got a

bath once

> a week, at best sometimes. So we got to spend our hour out of the

brace

> cuddling and whatever most of the time. If I even took them off

for that

> hour. Once she was happy in her shoes, I left them on most of the

time for

> convenience sake.

>

> Some people think I'm weird, but I just never felt the need to get

babies

> all nakie and cold and mess around with that on a daily basis. I

only say

> that because it's not the norm... most people bathe babies a lot

more than

> I do. And to say that you don't *have* to use your hour out of

the shoes

> for baths if you don't feel like it.

>

> Baths while in casts are a bit more daunting. What worked for us

was to

> put one of those large rubbermaid containers by the bathtub and

put a towel

> on it. Then I would lie her on the tub (with the lid on of

course) with

> her head over the edge and under my hand and wash her that way.

Cover her

> legs with a towel to protect the casts, and you can sponge baby up

and let

> the water soak up in the towel she's laying on. You can do

something like

> this on the counter next to the sink too. Whatever works for you.

>

> Kori