Re: just got fitted for shoes/bar

[Guest guest]

Tara-

More people will pipe in today but I wanted to give you some

advice/pointers. Go to the file section of this group and read the

document Kori put together-its the FAB.Doc file. It is full of

useful and wonderful information concerning the DBB. With regards to

socks-my son wore just your basic carter's socks-minus the grippers

and we had no problems. He too has little feet -10months old and in

a " 0 " and so the newborn carter's socks came in handy-i just now put

some away as he did finally grow out of them. I would recommend

taking his shoes off, check for blisters/redmarks, and then put the

shoes back on. Make sure the heel is down in the shoe and tighten

the strap as much as possible. The strap is the key to keeping the

feet in the shoes-laces help-but the middle strap is the key! Also-

you can go to the markell website and print a " fit guide " to make

sure your son is in the right size shoes(just to give you peace of

mind). I like surprising our orthotist at each visit by telling him

what shoe size I believe my son is up to(he gets a kick each time I

am right!). Hope this helps! Hang in there-the 23/7 time flies by!!

Take care,

Kathleen

mom to 8/28/04 bcf dbb 16/7

> Hi there,

>

> Today my son just got out of his last (3 week) cast. We went in for

> the shoe/bar fitting and

> the socks we brought just don't work. They are way to big and a

> little too thick. We got the

> Old Navy 0-6 months socks and the orthotist said he thinks they

are a

> little different than

> they used to be. What does everyone else use. My son is currently 9

> weeks old and he was

> seven weeks early- his feet are kind of small.

>

> Also, when we were fitted at the doc's office, the orthtist put on

> the shoes, then my

> husband, and then myself. The orthotist checked how we put them on

> and they seemed

> fine. He drew a line along the toes so we could tell if we were

> getting the heel far enough

> in. All seemed ok when we left the office. Not two hours later at

> home I checked to see

> that the toes were still in the right place and they had slipped

back

> a lot. I'm worried about

> this. On our way out, the dr. said the shoes may be a little large,

> and we will see. Could

> this be the reason or might it be something else? I'm so worried

> about Jack losing his

> correction and getting sores.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Tara

[Guest guest]

My son was also early and his feet were pretty small when he got the

shoes. We used socks from Target that were 0 - 3 months. They too

were thicker, but didn't pose any problems. The biggest thing is to

make sure they have grips, although one of our orthotists said they

were bad because they can leave marks on their feet. We've never had

a problem with them so I think he was full of it. He just didn't

like that we weren't listening to him and weren't having problems

doing things our way!

If you are very worried about the shoes not fitting, you can always

take them off to check, but then put them back on again. It is a

pain, but it may ease your mind, and then if there is indeed a

problem you'll see it right away.

How is your child reacting? Is he screaming like he's in pain, or is

he just fussier than usual. That is usually the biggest cue to

something wrong so if he's okay, it is likely that the shoes are on

correctly.

> Hi there,

>

> Today my son just got out of his last (3 week) cast. We went in for

> the shoe/bar fitting and

> the socks we brought just don't work. They are way to big and a

> little too thick. We got the

> Old Navy 0-6 months socks and the orthotist said he thinks they are

a

> little different than

> they used to be. What does everyone else use. My son is currently 9

> weeks old and he was

> seven weeks early- his feet are kind of small.

>

> Also, when we were fitted at the doc's office, the orthtist put on

> the shoes, then my

> husband, and then myself. The orthotist checked how we put them on

> and they seemed

> fine. He drew a line along the toes so we could tell if we were

> getting the heel far enough

> in. All seemed ok when we left the office. Not two hours later at

> home I checked to see

> that the toes were still in the right place and they had slipped

back

> a lot. I'm worried about

> this. On our way out, the dr. said the shoes may be a little large,

> and we will see. Could

> this be the reason or might it be something else? I'm so worried

> about Jack losing his

> correction and getting sores.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Tara

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara,

Wanted to mention this because it happened to me.. Livi had very

small feet and was started off in 000 Markells. If I'm remembering

this correctly, Markell makes 0000's which are even smaller. We were

unsuccessful at first in keeping the shoes on - doc said Livi's feet

were too small and recast her. But then I found out there were

smaller shoes. Our lame ortho department has never been on top of

things - they could have gotten us smaller shoes.

It doesn't sound like you've been having problems keeping his feet in

the shoes, so that info may be totally irrelevant. If it is, just

ignore me!

Darby

Livi bi cf 3.15.04 p/m fab 16/7

> > Hi there,

> >

> > Today my son just got out of his last (3 week) cast. We went in

for

> > the shoe/bar fitting and

> > the socks we brought just don't work. They are way to big and a

> > little too thick. We got the

> > Old Navy 0-6 months socks and the orthotist said he thinks they

> are a

> > little different than

> > they used to be. What does everyone else use. My son is currently

9

> > weeks old and he was

> > seven weeks early- his feet are kind of small.

> >

> > Also, when we were fitted at the doc's office, the orthtist put on

> > the shoes, then my

> > husband, and then myself. The orthotist checked how we put them on

> > and they seemed

> > fine. He drew a line along the toes so we could tell if we were

> > getting the heel far enough

> > in. All seemed ok when we left the office. Not two hours later at

> > home I checked to see

> > that the toes were still in the right place and they had slipped

> back

> > a lot. I'm worried about

> > this. On our way out, the dr. said the shoes may be a little

large,

> > and we will see. Could

> > this be the reason or might it be something else? I'm so worried

> > about Jack losing his

> > correction and getting sores.

> >

> > Thank you.

> >

> > Tara