Re: Re: got some questions.

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I agree with you allison, the doctors can be so vague that they become

counter-productive. Everett hardly naps anymore but we never did the nap thing,

always a straight run of hours from evening in to the next morning. It works

good for him, he knows the routine and tolerates it pretty well.

s.

Re: got some questions.

I just wanted to add to all that Kori said here. I think part of the

big confusion is when doctors say nights and naps for a six month old,

there is a big difference between than and what nights and naps is for

a 2 1/2 year old. A six month old might still be getting 16-18 hours

of sleep a day, thus the doc recommending this schedule may feel he is

being Ponseti compliant. I think though that the majority of people

end up having their children do all the hours recommended in one

stint, that is, if they've been told specifically 16-18 hours then

they might do 7 p.m. to noon. I just wish there was a way that we

could get this through to these doctors that would make it so much

easier on the parents if they would give a number of hours with some

sort of reduction schedule - we follow directions very well, but when

just given some arbitrary " nights and naps " generalization nobody

really knows what that means.

Okay, off my soapbox now...

P.S. Kori, do you have something about this in the tips document, I

can't remember?

> > >hello, hazel here.

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> > >got ollie's appointment through for wednesday to see his doctor and

> > >hopefully to have his boots and bar put to be wore at nights only.

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> > >is there any questions i need to ask and is there anythink i should

> > >make sure the doc does to check his feet??

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> > >being new to all this is making me a little nervous to whether ollie

> > >is getting the ponsetti method of treating as i don't know anyone

> > >else who has used him before. and i can't definately remember him

> > >using the term ponsetti method, apart from only once when he was

> > >showing his registra what he was doing and why. and he said something

> > >about it coming from america. since i've read from cover to cover the

> > >ponsetti management leaflet and book, and definatly looks like the

> > >treatment ollie has reseived so far.

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> > >i feel really stupid asking these questions. i feel like i should

> > >know whats happening to my son but everything seems like a blurr.

> > >especially as it was a shock he had talipes. but i'm so glad i've

> > >found sites like this one. i've learnt so much from you guys, it's

> > >unbeliverable.

> > >

> > >thanks for any replies in advance.

> > >

> > >haz of lincoln, england.

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