Re: Re: Pointed Toe (thanks)

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Thanks to everyone who replied. I feel a lot better. I was worried his foot was

going to stay that way if he kept on doing it. I was asking about when to reduce

the hours because I dont think Dr P. will be seeing us for a while. I wont

beable to go there for checkups very often because I am in California and Iowa

is so far and I am a single mother so its extreamly hard for me. Thats why I

like to ask you guys for advice, your not Doctors but you are definitly the next

best thing. And for all the mothers who were asking if the casts and the bar

slows down their development, in Noah's case it did not slow him down at all. He

was casted from 2 months to almost 5 months he got his P/M's at 51/2 months and

was crawling sitting up rolling all over by 6 months, he was rolling with his

big cast at 4 months. So dont worry they find their way to do what they are

supposed to do. He is now 7 months and is very fast getting around with the

P/M's on and pulls himself up to stand also. Now if this

process is the cause that he has no teeth yet then I would worry I'm still

waiting for one to pop out! Well thanks again everyone.

& Noah 03/20/05 LCF P/M's 23/7

wrote:

This is my daughters fav way of sitting too hehe, so cute. She sits

in her highchair with her feet crossed always and plays with her

toes. She also did the flexing in thing with her foot, our doc said

that she was just stretching and playing with her foot. She is

unilateral and did this with both feet so we didn't worry too much

about it.

I think that if I were wearing shoes 23 hrs a day, I would be moving

my feet like crazy once the shoes were off, I wouldn't worry about it.

& Grace

>

> My son did this too, and it freaked me out a bit. But I figured he

> was tired of his feet pointing out and wanted to move them around.

>

> Now, at 11 months, his feet are just fine. He's pretty much in the

> brace only when sleeping, and an hour or two in the morning when he

> gets up. After they are off, his favorite thing to do is cross his

> feet at his ankles. In fact, that's how he always sits when he's

in

> his stroller...like he's kicked back and relaxing. All he needs is

a

> mini newspaper and a pair of slippers and he'll look like my dad

did

> every Sunday morning in the recliner, reading the Sunday paper. It

> it adorable!

>

> I did keep an eye on it, and made sure his feet always went back

out,

> and that he didn't fuss much when the shoes went back on.

>

> Good luck!