Re: We're new and Mason just got his DBB yesterday

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I created a photo album of Mason's feet, but I'm not sure how to get

into the cfpics group.....help!

> >

> > Hi everyone. My son (Mason) is 8 weeks old and he got his DBB

> > yesterday. We didn't get much sleep last night as he would pretty

> much

> > only sleep if he was being held, but this morning I found a

> position

> > that he likes (finally!!!). He has a vibrating pumpkin seat that

> > reclines and he is happily playing in it as I'm typing this. Wide

> awake

> > and no tears! The way he cried yesterday I thought it may be

weeks

> > before we figured this out, but he seems OK for now. I had to put

2

> > pairs of thick socks on his tender little feet before he would

> tolerate

> > the shoes. I think that in a few days, he'll be ok with 1 pair,

but

> his

> > casts did a number on his feet and they look sore. Neosporin

seems

> to

> > give him some relief as well. It is exhausting and just plain

> terrible

> > to see my baby suffer and know that it is for his own good. I

hope

> he

> > adjusts to this quickly. I was soooo excited to have him out of

the

> > casts, I didn't realize the shoes were worse. He's had casts

since

> he

> > was 6 days old and I am looking forward to giving him his 1st

real

> bath

> > (not a sponge bath).

> >

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