Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 , Glad to hear there are so many potential Ponseti doctors for you to choose! We did not know at all we were going to have a baby with clubfeet (despite I don't know how many sonograms). It was a complete surprise, but we were lucky to be refered to the right doctor. I am afraid that otherwise, if we would have ended up with one doing surgery that is what would have happened. They started casting when was 5 days old. Looking back and knowing what I know now from this group, I would probably wait until he was two weeks old or so. Just enjoy your baby and get used to being a mom before you get started. Corina ________________________________ From: nosurgery4clubfoot [mailto:nosurgery4clubfoot ] Sent: Wed 5/10/2006 5:38 AM To: nosurgery4clubfoot Subject: Digest Number 3096 There are 25 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: Slipping From: " number23 " number23@... 2. Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area?(Long reply to Step From: " number23 " number23@... 3. Re: Slipping From: " frogabog " frogabog@... 4. Our Success....We pray it continues. From: " mana1229 " mana1229@... 5. Re: Our Success....We pray it continues. From: " Niki Winking " nwinking@... 6. Re: Casts coming off tomorrow!!! Yay!! From: " bruinbelle29 " bruinbelle29@... 7. Re: Casts coming off tomorrow!!! Yay!! From: " nokitty00 " nokitty00@... 8. Re: Digest Number 3094 From: " " stephweb@... 9. Re: Standing and DBB Questions From: " " jagrindon@... 10. Re: Slipping From: " " jagrindon@... 11. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " jennlinmcl39 " jennmcl39@... 12. Re: Standing and DBB Questions From: " celldancer " celldancer@... 13. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " Cohen " missmamamoon@... 14. Re: Thankyou! - Just started Ponseti method and need reassurance From: " rogers_colette " corogers@... 15. oh, where to start. From: " Yarolim " tabjay2001@... 16. Re: oh, where to start. From: " cawleydenise " cawleydenise@... 17. Re: oh, where to start. From: " " mj_remington@... 18. Re: oh, where to start. From: " Christee " christeedawson@... 19. Re: oh, where to start. From: " bruinbelle29 " bruinbelle29@... 20. Re: help! shopping for 2 sizes of shoes From: " KERRIGAN KAPLAN " kerrigan.kaplan@... 21. Problems with s? From: " kgkaplan " kerrigan.kaplan@... 22. Re: Problems with s? From: " " lskjold@... 23. Re: Casts coming off tomorrow!!! Yay!! From: " " lskjold@... 24. Re: Our Success....We pray it continues. From: " nokitty00 " nokitty00@... 25. Re: oh, where to start. From: " nokitty00 " nokitty00@... ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message 1 From: " number23 " number23@... Date: Tue May 9, 2006 0:44pm(PDT) Subject: Re: Slipping That is the way I do it too. s. Re: Slipping sit the baby in your lab facing away from you. my wife found that to be the easiest and most successful way. also, she does not use the bottom set of eyes on the shoes - the Dr. checked and said it was ok - no kick-offs in over 2 months. all the best Mordechai Dovid Levine father of Yehoshua Yaakov (July 16, 2006) > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the DBB > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs of > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I prevent > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he is in > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at night > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense to > me. Please help! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Corina, I think waiting a week or so before starting treatment so my husband and I can enjoy the baby sounds great. Do other mothers on this board have any thoughts, positive or negative, on waiting a few weeks before casting? > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > DBB > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > of > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > prevent > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > is in > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > night > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > to > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 We waited about 3 weeks after our son was born to start the casting process. The nurses in Iowa said that this time frame to wait was ok, and it really so far has been---he’s almost a year now. I completely agree with waiting a couple of weeks to start so you have time to adjust to the new baby(still adjusting though :-) and I’m sure always will be. Re: Digest Number 3096 Corina, I think waiting a week or so before starting treatment so my husband and I can enjoy the baby sounds great. Do other mothers on this board have any thoughts, positive or negative, on waiting a few weeks before casting? > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > DBB > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > of > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > prevent > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > is in > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > night > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > to > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Livi was casted at 5 days old. Looking back, I could have probably used an extra few days without casts, but at the same time, getting it done right away was how I was dealing with the initial " your baby has clubfoot " shock of my delivery. Of course, had I known prior to her birth and had more of a chance to research, I may have waited and extra week.... hard saying. I am the type of person who deals with things by getting them over with asap. Otherwise the anticipation would make me crazy. Darby Livi 3.15.04 p/m fab 14/7 > > > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into > the > > DBB > > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and > reading > > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > > of > > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > > prevent > > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > > is in > > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > > night > > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great > mood > > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > > to > > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Go ahead and wait!!! Take your time to recover, let your baby " get on his feet " so he's eating good and stuff, we waited 2 weeks with Everett and 3 weeks with Garrison recently. Enjoy, recouperate, then go. s. Re: Digest Number 3096 Corina, I think waiting a week or so before starting treatment so my husband and I can enjoy the baby sounds great. Do other mothers on this board have any thoughts, positive or negative, on waiting a few weeks before casting? > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > DBB > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > of > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > prevent > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > is in > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > night > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > to > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I waited 2 weeks before starting treatment for my son. It was a good bonding time and gave him a little time to get used to things around him before subjecting him to the casting. It didn't make any difference in the outcome of the correction. wrote: Corina, I think waiting a week or so before starting treatment so my husband and I can enjoy the baby sounds great. Do other mothers on this board have any thoughts, positive or negative, on waiting a few weeks before casting? > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > DBB > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > of > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > prevent > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > is in > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > night > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > to > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 We waited a couple of weeks, at the suggestion of our dr. and all worked out fine. You really do have the option and there's no reason not to. Baby's respond best within the first couple of weeks, but no reason not to give yourself and baby a bit of time to adjust to your new world and then start treatment. Good luck! Marcia Re: Digest Number 3096 Corina, I think waiting a week or so before starting treatment so my husband and I can enjoy the baby sounds great. Do other mothers on this board have any thoughts, positive or negative, on waiting a few weeks before casting? > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > DBB > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > of > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > prevent > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > is in > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > night > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > to > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Hi! We started casting at 11 days old. Not a personal choice really, there were no appointments available. But we don't regret it one bit, we got a chance to get to know the baby before it became all about casts! Janice & Ethan 23/7 2mo/BCF/Colburn > > > > > > My husband and I are having trouble getting our son's feet into the > > DBB > > > correctly, even after a quick lesson from the orthosist and reading > > > the " Tips and Tricks for the FAB " online. although he no longer > > > screams and cries, he appears to be getting blisters on the backs > > of > > > his ankles, and I assume this is from 'slipping.' How can I > > prevent > > > this from getting any worse? Our baby's heels still look slightly > > > irregular (e.g. on an angle) too, although the physiotherapist is > > > thrilled with his feet. Our son has been in the DBB 5 days and he > > is in > > > a great mood during the day. Meanwhile, he is very irritable at > > night > > > and will not go to bed until 2:00 a.m., despite a consistent bed > > > routine. If his feet are slipping, why would he be in a great mood > > > during the day and a bear at night? This doesn't make much sense > > to > > > me. Please help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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