Re: She is still coming out of her shoes

[Guest guest]

,

ok, I think it's time to look to the feet. Did you get any chance to

take the pictures? Not saying she's not corrected, but some feet

show signs that they cannot wear the Markells and I'd love to see if

we can pinpoint why she's still coming out of them by looking for

these signs.

Do you know what pictures to take?

Kori

At 06:41 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:

>Hi,

>I posted a message about a week and a half ago about my daughter,

>andra, who is

>frequently pulling one foot out of her Markell-Tarso shoes at

>night. We have tried the

>suggestions that people replied with. We have added foam to the

>back and added molefoam

>to the tongue. When that still wasn't working, we removed the

>tongue and tried tying it

>directly over her doubled-up socks. Tonight, we are experimenting

>with an ace bandage

>wrapped around the shoe and going up her lower leg. We shall see if

>this works. But, my

>real question is are parents who are using the shoes

>experiencing the same

>problems with their kids removing the shoes? As I understand it,

>the shoes are

>made of softer, nubuck material. If this is the case, do they

>conform more to the foot? We

>are getting desperate (not to mention, sleep deprived) and we

>welcome any suggestions

>anyone might have.

>

>Thank you,

>

>andra 12-28-03 blc 12 hours in Markell Tarso and DBB

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

Our son had the same problem. Make sure that the shoes are set at 70

Degrees and the bar is set at shoulder length. The most comfortable way we

found with on the shoulder length part was to use the distance from the

inside of the ball of the heel to the inside of the other ball of the heel. It

doesn't necessarily have to be the distance from shoe to shoe. That part is all

about comfort and maybe your daughter is uncomfortable. Also it may help in

your case to bend the bar. We also did that. Just a slight bend in the middle

of the bar so it starts to resemble the letter V. One last thing, the biggest

thing that worked for us, that was posted on here one day, was to tie the shoes

very very tight. The posting said that she ended up having her husband tie the

shoes because he could get better leverage. So, almost every night since

was about 2 months old I have been tying his shoes very very tight. Use your

judgment, I'm not talking so tight that you have

to put gloves on, but very close to that. You will not hurt her feet. Make

sure that you do put the tongue back in, too. That's the same thing they posted

on here and we tried it and it worked. Thanks for listening and hope it works

for you.

Respectfully,

Goodin

, 11-19-04 BCF

Little got to meet Dr. Ponseti !! :-)

amandabielinla wrote:

Hi,

I posted a message about a week and a half ago about my daughter, andra, who

is

frequently pulling one foot out of her Markell-Tarso shoes at night. We have

tried the

suggestions that people replied with. We have added foam to the back and added

molefoam

to the tongue. When that still wasn't working, we removed the tongue and tried

tying it

directly over her doubled-up socks. Tonight, we are experimenting with an ace

bandage

wrapped around the shoe and going up her lower leg. We shall see if this works.

But, my

real question is are parents who are using the shoes experiencing the

same

problems with their kids removing the shoes? As I understand it, the

shoes are

made of softer, nubuck material. If this is the case, do they conform more to

the foot? We

are getting desperate (not to mention, sleep deprived) and we welcome any

suggestions

anyone might have.

Thank you,

andra 12-28-03 blc 12 hours in Markell Tarso and DBB