Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 If this is your first step down from wearing the FAB full-time, you should be aiming to have it worn about 18-20 hours a day. It's not that the FAB *needs* to be worn while your little one is sleeping, you'll get the same results having her do some of the hours while she is awake, the long stretch while she sleeps at night, maybe she'll fall alseep with it on during the day... It doesn't much matter when she's wearing it, as long as she's getting those hours in every day. My son has always been a very regular napper, so we had no trouble just putting the FAB on when we knew he was going to go down for a nap. Other children (most) aren't so regular with naps, and many parents prefer to do the time in the FAB at all one stretch--besides it can be a real chore taking the thing off and putting it back on all day long. You'll figure out what works for you! Naomi The Family, North Coast of California Naomi Hannah(2/21/1) Jonah(6/20/3, corrected BCF, FAB 12-14/7) darbysfeet wrote: I am confused about how to ween them down to naps and night...I mean everynap I have to wake her up to put it back on???? she will never sleep? I breifly talked to Dr.Pirani he just told me naps and bed ...Ok I wasn't the one who talked to him it was my husband....So he never thought to ask a single question....Now as most of you know he is gone for 6 weeks..So how do I do this . Just keep it off for 8 hours...keep putting it on and off? OH MY I hope this gets easier... --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 We just kept Aleksander's shoes on for one big chunk of time rather than monkeying around with taking the shoes off and putting them back on again several times a day. We started off with the 1 hour out in the evenings, for a bath. Then we just started taking the shoes off progressively earlier in the day as his hours were reduced, until now when he wears them only at night. It worked very well for us, and now I feel a little less anxious about when he'll be released from the shoes because I know he can sleep without the shoes on, as well as with them on. Aleksander, 11/24/04, bcf > > I am confused about how to ween them down to naps and night...I mean > everynap I have to wake her up to put it back on???? she will never > sleep? I breifly talked to Dr.Pirani he just told me naps and bed ...Ok > I wasn't the one who talked to him it was my husband....So he never > thought to ask a single question....Now as most of you know he is gone > for 6 weeks..So how do I do this . Just keep it off for 8 hours...keep > putting it on and off? OH MY I hope this gets easier... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Just do all the hours in one stretch. Don't worry about putting it on/off during naps. For example, if she needs to wear the brace for 16 hours, put it on at 8pm and take it off next day at noon. That way she has 8 hours of free time out of the brace during the day. darbysfeet wrote: I am confused about how to ween them down to naps and night...I mean everynap I have to wake her up to put it back on???? she will never sleep? I breifly talked to Dr.Pirani he just told me naps and bed ...Ok I wasn't the one who talked to him it was my husband....So he never thought to ask a single question....Now as most of you know he is gone for 6 weeks..So how do I do this . Just keep it off for 8 hours...keep putting it on and off? OH MY I hope this gets easier... Mommy to: Marcus Nov. 2005 LCF ( FAB 16-18 hours/day) and March 2001 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 When Dr. Pirani told us " nights and naps " he said that we should aim to have her in the brace around 14-16 hrs and that 'longer in the shoes was better'. I never put her brace on for her naps...too much work...I always had her wear it for one chunk of time. It's so much easier to have baby in the brace for longer hours when they are young like Darby. And longer hours are like insurance against relapse. It's also important for her to learn how to sit up, roll over, eventually pull up and sit down etc in the brace. She will be doing all of this in it in her crib and if she dosen't learn these things, you will be going in to 'help' her all night. I know that Dr. Pirani says night's and naps after full time wear but he also says that the longer baby 'tolerates' wearing it, the better...to me this means 'the longer parents brace their child the better' and I had Grace in her brace *at least* 16 hrs a day until she was pulling up and standing well, then we did 14 hrs until she was walking well (about 15mos) and now do between 12-14. She never had any issues and I think a big part of that was that I kept her in her brace for a few hours each morning, she actually crawled and sat better in the brace than without it . & Grace 23mos urcf FAB 12-14hrs > > I am confused about how to ween them down to naps and night...I mean > everynap I have to wake her up to put it back on???? she will never > sleep? I breifly talked to Dr.Pirani he just told me naps and bed ...Ok > I wasn't the one who talked to him it was my husband....So he never > thought to ask a single question....Now as most of you know he is gone > for 6 weeks..So how do I do this . Just keep it off for 8 hours...keep > putting it on and off? OH MY I hope this gets easier... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Most people just do the hours in one block of time, which is much easier. I have four kids and am doing well to remember to put on 's shoes at the right time and take them off at the right time ONCE a day, much less multiple times a day. After the initial 23/7 brace wear, went down to 18 hours a day. I try to keep it always from 1 pm to 7 pm out of the brace so it is a part of my everyday schedule and I don't forget. When she does down in hours in another few weeks to 16, I will do it from 11 am until 7 pm every day. Then, when she drops to 14 hours a day, it will be from 9 am until 7 pm. That way I am always clear about how long she is wearing it and I don't forget what time I took it off. Make it easy on yourself. As long as you get the hours in, it doesn't matter when you do it. Carol Weening I am confused about how to ween them down to naps and night...I mean everynap I have to wake her up to put it back on???? she will never sleep? I breifly talked to Dr.Pirani he just told me naps and bed ..Ok I wasn't the one who talked to him it was my husband....So he never thought to ask a single question....Now as most of you know he is gone for 6 weeks..So how do I do this . Just keep it off for 8 hours...keep putting it on and off? OH MY I hope this gets easier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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