Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Hi all - thought I'd fill you guys in on the new reduced hours in the brace for Hayden. It had been going well so far. I, in agreement with Kori, have been nervous about reducing them too much, particularly since his left foot is still somewhat problematic in my opinion. So I am probably only letting him out of the brace for about 6 hours a day right now. Basically, whenever he is not sleeping (sometimes he naps three times a day, so back into the s he goes), he's out of the brace. It's funny how you wait so long for something to come and then once it arrives, you're too nervous to go through with it! I would have loved to wean him down slowly from the 23 hours, but he was already so much older than the average going into the brace, and since early walking is completely rampant in our family, I couldn't thwart him any more than I have already. He has been very anxious to get going and the brace has frustrated him to say the least. Plus, he is still having trouble weight bearing and this has been making me worry (I'm trying not to, honest!) I had him at physio today and the therapist was very impressed with his progress thus far. She also observed that his left ankle is much weaker than the right and tends to pronate (which our orthotist had already picked up on). He got very irritated when she was fiddling with his foot for too long so I think it is also somewhat tender. Over all, he has made some real leaps and I got some good suggestions for helping him to crawl and weight bear. I will keep working with him and hopefully get him moving forward soon! --------------------------------- Have a question? Yahoo! Canada Answers. Go to Yahoo! Canada Answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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