crying in the new markel shoes

[Guest guest]

We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before going to

sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All because they

are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I haven't

had this problem with the other pair because they were already broken in.

Mommy to (12-17-98) and

Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

[Guest guest]

We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before going to

sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All because they

are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I haven't

had this problem with the other pair because they were already broken in.

Mommy to (12-17-98) and

Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

[Guest guest]

You know what...both of you and Rach said that this happened and you thought

the shoes were too big...that is funny because I was thinking to myself that

the shoes look enormous on his feet. I wonder why they gave him such a big

size!

The moving to Atlanta thing has been put on hold until further notice from

his job. It will probably happen but I am not sure when.

Thank you.

Re: crying in the new markel shoes

Oh Lordy ,

We went through that this summer. I finally ended up putting Zoe's

old shoes back on the bar and she has been fine.

I honestly think the others were too big. She first had blisters

every 3-4 nights, on the tops of her feet. She also got her foot out

of them a lot even though they were done up very tight. As soon as

the blisters would get better she would get more. I finally went back

to the orthotist and they put a larger insert in the back of her

shoes. It was really hard and we had a horrible two nights. I cut

that out out and we were OK for a couple of nights then blister city.

Then I went back and they put a soft insert in the back and some

padding on the bottom of the tongue. Still not great.

To be honest I really was questioning whether it was age and that she

just really wanted the shoes off and trying to get them off causing

the blisters, etc. I put her old shoes back on the bar and she has

been fine. I am letting her feet grow a bit and will give them

another chance.

We went through 3 months of off and on bad nights and that is the

really the first problem we have had.

Are you guys ever moving to Hotlanta?

Hope our experience helps some. I would make sure they did not skip a

size in his shoes. I am still waiting for a real answer as to whether

they did that on Zoe's. If the others are not WAY to small, I would

just put them back on for a while. I think that as long as the bone

that is on the inside of your foot (you know where adults get

bunyons, what is it called?) is still " inside " the shoe, they can

still wear them, even if their toes are hanging over. If someone

knows different, please tell me.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Louisa

Rachael 6-27-99

Zoe 2-22-04 RCF FAB Nights

> We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before

going to

> sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All

because they

> are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I

haven't

> had this problem with the other pair because they were already

broken in.

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> Mommy to (12-17-98) and

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> Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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[Guest guest]

Oh Lordy ,

We went through that this summer. I finally ended up putting Zoe's

old shoes back on the bar and she has been fine.

I honestly think the others were too big. She first had blisters

every 3-4 nights, on the tops of her feet. She also got her foot out

of them a lot even though they were done up very tight. As soon as

the blisters would get better she would get more. I finally went back

to the orthotist and they put a larger insert in the back of her

shoes. It was really hard and we had a horrible two nights. I cut

that out out and we were OK for a couple of nights then blister city.

Then I went back and they put a soft insert in the back and some

padding on the bottom of the tongue. Still not great.

To be honest I really was questioning whether it was age and that she

just really wanted the shoes off and trying to get them off causing

the blisters, etc. I put her old shoes back on the bar and she has

been fine. I am letting her feet grow a bit and will give them

another chance.

We went through 3 months of off and on bad nights and that is the

really the first problem we have had.

Are you guys ever moving to Hotlanta?

Hope our experience helps some. I would make sure they did not skip a

size in his shoes. I am still waiting for a real answer as to whether

they did that on Zoe's. If the others are not WAY to small, I would

just put them back on for a while. I think that as long as the bone

that is on the inside of your foot (you know where adults get

bunyons, what is it called?) is still " inside " the shoe, they can

still wear them, even if their toes are hanging over. If someone

knows different, please tell me.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Louisa

Rachael 6-27-99

Zoe 2-22-04 RCF FAB Nights

> We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before

going to

> sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All

because they

> are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I

haven't

> had this problem with the other pair because they were already

broken in.

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>

>

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> Mommy to (12-17-98) and

>

> Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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[Guest guest]

We also had trouble with Connor's last pair of shoes. Our physio didn't

have the size we wanted so she she gave him the size up and they were well

too big. I put his old ones back on and went back and got the right size and

he has been fine since.

Rach, Steve & Connor

-- Re: crying in the new markel shoes

Oh Lordy ,

We went through that this summer. I finally ended up putting Zoe's

old shoes back on the bar and she has been fine.

I honestly think the others were too big. She first had blisters

every 3-4 nights, on the tops of her feet. She also got her foot out

of them a lot even though they were done up very tight. As soon as

the blisters would get better she would get more. I finally went back

to the orthotist and they put a larger insert in the back of her

shoes. It was really hard and we had a horrible two nights. I cut

that out out and we were OK for a couple of nights then blister city.

Then I went back and they put a soft insert in the back and some

padding on the bottom of the tongue. Still not great.

To be honest I really was questioning whether it was age and that she

just really wanted the shoes off and trying to get them off causing

the blisters, etc. I put her old shoes back on the bar and she has

been fine. I am letting her feet grow a bit and will give them

another chance.

We went through 3 months of off and on bad nights and that is the

really the first problem we have had.

Are you guys ever moving to Hotlanta?

Hope our experience helps some. I would make sure they did not skip a

size in his shoes. I am still waiting for a real answer as to whether

they did that on Zoe's. If the others are not WAY to small, I would

just put them back on for a while. I think that as long as the bone

that is on the inside of your foot (you know where adults get

bunyons, what is it called?) is still " inside " the shoe, they can

still wear them, even if their toes are hanging over. If someone

knows different, please tell me.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Louisa

Rachael 6-27-99

Zoe 2-22-04 RCF FAB Nights

> We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before

going to

> sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All

because they

> are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I

haven't

> had this problem with the other pair because they were already

broken in.

>

>

>

>

>

> Mommy to (12-17-98) and

>

> Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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[Guest guest]

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When we got Sammy's new pair in June we were at the orthotist for

quite a while trying on different sizes. His original shoes were a 00

and they tried to put him in a 1 1/2 wide! They were like clown shoes

on him. I made them pull out pretty much every shoe they had in stock

to try on different sizes and widths until I found ones that fit his

foot properly (a 1 medium). They were really good about it, but I

felt if I had not been proactive about it they would have put him in

those huge shoes and left it at that -- then I'm sure we would have

been in the same boat as everyone else with blisters and sores all

over again. If you feel they are not the right size I would

definitely go back to the orthotist to be re-fitted. Also, I think

they have a habit of putting them in whatever is " close " to the right

size if they don't see the real right size in their stock right off

the bat. It is extra time and effort (and probably costs them more)

if they have to order a pair. We had the guy digging through boxes -

he finally found the ones we ended up with were in a box marked with

the wrong size so he never would have found them if I hadn't been

insistent.

> > We got new shoes this afternoon..he screamed for an hour before

> going to

> > sleep. He pulled and tugged at the shoes while he cried. All

> because they

> > are new? How do you make them softer or break them in quicker. I

> haven't

> > had this problem with the other pair because they were already

> broken in.

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> > Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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