Re: DBB Questions

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Stacey,

Most people do the 4 hours free in one long stint, but I think it is

up to you and of course your doctor.

As for his foot slipping out of the shoe, did you check the bar

length? If it is starting to get a little small this can contribute

to being able to pull his foot out. The bar should be shoulder

width from approximately heel to heel of the shoes - there are many

different ways of measuring this but the easiest way is to hold the

shoes up to your child's back and see if his shoulders fit easily

between the heels of the shoes. If it is getting close, it might be

time to widen or get a bigger bar. Having the padding in the back of

the heel should not matter. Actually if you have the most current

model of the Markell shoes (which you should, they've been out for a

couple years now) there is a deeper heel pocket and more padding in

this area so it is not really necessary to have the cushion in there

and should not cause blisters - although I would check his feet daily

with any change in the shoes, just as you would with a new pair.

My son has had this issue where the nut would come loose, quite loose

in fact since we had stripped the teeth on the bar from overuse. But

we never ever had it come all the way off. BTW, if the nut is coming

loose all the time, this could be a sign that either the bar or the

plate on the bottom of the shoe is getting stripped. Also, by time

is big enough to purposely unscrew them, I think he would be

old enough to be taught not to. My Sammy is 13 months and he does not

mess with his shoes or the nuts at all.

Hope this helps,

>

> 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

>