Guest guest Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Hello Everyone, I have a few questions concerning the DBB. My son is 4 months old and has been wearing the DBB 23/7 for almost 3 months. I know the Posnseti protocol shows that after wearing the bar for 3 months at 23/7 we can cut that time down to 20 hours a day. When he has the shoes and bar off for 4 hours can it be 4 consecutive hours or should it be broken up throughout the day? I was not sure if the shoes were off for a whole 4 hours that this would cause problems. Second, all of a sudden 's clubfoot started slipping out of his shoe constantly. He has not had this problem since the first week he has been wearing them. We took him back to the shoes store where we got the shoes and the man took the padding out of the shoe. Since the padding is gone we are able to pull the strap much tighter and hopefully the shoes will now stay on. Any reson why the foot would start to slip out all of a sudden? Should we worry more about blisters now that the padding is gone? I asked the store owner and he said the padding being gone would not make too much of a difference. Finally, is at the point now that he puts everything in his mouth. Once in a while when he is kicking his legs so much against the floor or crib the bolt on the bottom of his shoes become loose. I try to tighten them at much as possible when I put the shoes on. My concern is that one day the bolt will come off and he will put it in his mouth. My husband said this should not happen since there are too many threads for the bolt to twist completely off. When he gets older too I am afraid he may unscrew the bolts and then put them in his mouth as well. Does anyone else have these concerns or am I just a paranoid first time mom? Stacey Mom to LCF 7/8/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 We do all of our time out of the shoes at once. We just timed it for the awake parts of the day. Now that Aleksander is only in the shoes 12 - 14 hours a day, he gets them on right before bed, and gets them off after he's been awake for an hour or two. He is still napping, but it is just much easier on daycare and us to have him wear them only at night and in the morning, all in one shot. He can stand in the shoes, and crawls like a little speed demon with them on. > > Stacey, I think the four hours free can be taken any way you want them to be - a couple hours twice a day for example, or all four hours at once. I'd try to take the free time while he's awake and active so he can use his legs and learn his skills. > > Have you adjusted the length of his bar at all since he began wearing the FAB? Perhaps the bar is too narrow for him now, allowing the foot to slip. > > Finally - stuff in the mouth, every mother's nightmare! Not sure how to keep the bolt on tight if you take the bolt off daily to remove the shoe (some folks do that). Otherwise, it's just vigilance, FAB or not, kids just put stuff in their mouths like their tongue is a 3rd hand for exploration. > > Hope some of that helps. > s. > > DBB Questions > > > Hello Everyone, > > I have a few questions concerning the DBB. My son is 4 > months old and has been wearing the DBB 23/7 for almost 3 months. I > know the Posnseti protocol shows that after wearing the bar for 3 > months at 23/7 we can cut that time down to 20 hours a day. When he > has the shoes and bar off for 4 hours can it be 4 consecutive hours > or should it be broken up throughout the day? I was not sure if the > shoes were off for a whole 4 hours that this would cause problems. > > Second, all of a sudden 's clubfoot started slipping out of > his shoe constantly. He has not had this problem since the first > week he has been wearing them. We took him back to the shoes store > where we got the shoes and the man took the padding out of the > shoe. Since the padding is gone we are able to pull the strap much > tighter and hopefully the shoes will now stay on. Any reson why the > foot would start to slip out all of a sudden? Should we worry more > about blisters now that the padding is gone? I asked the store > owner and he said the padding being gone would not make too much of > a difference. > > Finally, is at the point now that he puts everything in his > mouth. Once in a while when he is kicking his legs so much against > the floor or crib the bolt on the bottom of his shoes become loose. > I try to tighten them at much as possible when I put the shoes on. > My concern is that one day the bolt will come off and he will put it > in his mouth. My husband said this should not happen since there > are too many threads for the bolt to twist completely off. When he > gets older too I am afraid he may unscrew the bolts and then put > them in his mouth as well. Does anyone else have these concerns or > am I just a paranoid first time mom? > > Stacey > Mom to LCF 7/8/05 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Try using some teflon tape on the threads of the footplate. This should help tighten the play from bolt to thread. Hope this helps! www.clubfootdesigns.com Tim H. CO PTA kannhoudek wrote: We do all of our time out of the shoes at once. We just timed it for the awake parts of the day. Now that Aleksander is only in the shoes 12 - 14 hours a day, he gets them on right before bed, and gets them off after he's been awake for an hour or two. He is still napping, but it is just much easier on daycare and us to have him wear them only at night and in the morning, all in one shot. He can stand in the shoes, and crawls like a little speed demon with them on. > > Stacey, I think the four hours free can be taken any way you want them to be - a couple hours twice a day for example, or all four hours at once. I'd try to take the free time while he's awake and active so he can use his legs and learn his skills. > > Have you adjusted the length of his bar at all since he began wearing the FAB? Perhaps the bar is too narrow for him now, allowing the foot to slip. > > Finally - stuff in the mouth, every mother's nightmare! Not sure how to keep the bolt on tight if you take the bolt off daily to remove the shoe (some folks do that). Otherwise, it's just vigilance, FAB or not, kids just put stuff in their mouths like their tongue is a 3rd hand for exploration. > > Hope some of that helps. > s. > > DBB Questions > > > Hello Everyone, > > I have a few questions concerning the DBB. My son is 4 > months old and has been wearing the DBB 23/7 for almost 3 months. I > know the Posnseti protocol shows that after wearing the bar for 3 > months at 23/7 we can cut that time down to 20 hours a day. When he > has the shoes and bar off for 4 hours can it be 4 consecutive hours > or should it be broken up throughout the day? I was not sure if the > shoes were off for a whole 4 hours that this would cause problems. > > Second, all of a sudden 's clubfoot started slipping out of > his shoe constantly. He has not had this problem since the first > week he has been wearing them. We took him back to the shoes store > where we got the shoes and the man took the padding out of the > shoe. Since the padding is gone we are able to pull the strap much > tighter and hopefully the shoes will now stay on. Any reson why the > foot would start to slip out all of a sudden? Should we worry more > about blisters now that the padding is gone? I asked the store > owner and he said the padding being gone would not make too much of > a difference. > > Finally, is at the point now that he puts everything in his > mouth. Once in a while when he is kicking his legs so much against > the floor or crib the bolt on the bottom of his shoes become loose. > I try to tighten them at much as possible when I put the shoes on. > My concern is that one day the bolt will come off and he will put it > in his mouth. My husband said this should not happen since there > are too many threads for the bolt to twist completely off. When he > gets older too I am afraid he may unscrew the bolts and then put > them in his mouth as well. Does anyone else have these concerns or > am I just a paranoid first time mom? > > Stacey > Mom to LCF 7/8/05 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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