Re: reducing hours another ?

[Guest guest]

Zoe,

I know how hard the " multi-child " juggle is- I have 3 kids! I

often struggle with just trying to get medicine doses in at the

right time- and that's just occasionally, not every single day! All

I can recommend is to try to figure out a daily schedule that you

can stick to certain hours during the day that she's definitely in

or out of the brace. I'd try to do it by the clock around her daily

routine (i.e. mealtimes, play time, nap times etc.)......for example-

out of the brace at 10 am until 2 pm or something like that.

Figure out one or two periods/day that you'd like to have her out of

the shoes.

Now I haven't dealt with the brace in a very long time, and I was

fortunate that I only had one child at the time...hopefully some

other moms who are in the thick of it currently can give you better

feedback!

& (3-16-00, lcf)

>

> Another question to follow up on 's. Any good tips on how

to keep

> track of the hours spent in and out of the FAB? I also have an

older baby

> (7 1/2 mo) wearing p/m's whose hours I am trying to reduce

gradually. Her

> doctor prescribed 23/7 in the brace for a month after her 2nd

tenotomycasts,

> and then said nights and naps. After reading the warnings on this

site I

> have been trying to reduce gradually, but am having a hard time

keeping

> track of the actual time spent in the bar. If she were an only

child it

> might be easier and I'd probably record it in a little book or

something

> obsessive like that. Between getting her in an out of the

exersaucer,

> highchair, putting it on for naps, etc., I feel like Im taking it

on and off

> all day. I'm currently shooting for 18-20 hrs but it really could

be

> anywhere from 16-22 most days.

> Any ways to simplify?

> Thanks,

> Zoe

> mom to Sophie bcf (7/05)

> and (7/02)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

The simplist way I know to recommend is just take it off for one lump sum of

time each day.

This seems inconvienient to some people but it the easiest way I've found in our

two years of wear. If the high chair won't fit around them, improvise for a few

months then it won't be an issue anymore. Find some cheap alternative at a

thrift store if necessary, that will accomodate the bar. Perhaps more of a

booster seat, even. Wrap a belt around the child and chair, so he doesn't fall

out sideways. ??? just off the top of my head ya know.

Use the saucer during off-time. Consider the importance of the saucer vs. the

importance of establishing a solid routine of wear with your FAB. A saucer lets

the kid sit up and use his hands, but by the same token he can sit on the floor

and use his hands just as well.

Our son never had any thing like that - at 7 months he was crawling and cruising

up a storm in his FAB, it didn't slow him down at all.

Again, you're only looking at a brief, and temporary amount of time until these

things will be non-issues anyway because of more drastic hour reductions.

The terms " night and naps " is really misleading. Everett is 2 1/2 year old and

still wearing his FAB 12 to 14 hours a day - we do it all at once beginning in

the evening and following through to the next morning. It's more like 13

hours... 8 pm till 9 a/m. I've never done the nap-time thing, what a pain in

the butt. But he gets his full hours at night and that's OK too.

Anyway, hope that's of help.

s.

reducing hours another ?

Another question to follow up on 's. Any good tips on how to keep

track of the hours spent in and out of the FAB? I also have an older baby

(7 1/2 mo) wearing p/m's whose hours I am trying to reduce gradually. Her

doctor prescribed 23/7 in the brace for a month after her 2nd tenotomycasts,

and then said nights and naps. After reading the warnings on this site I

have been trying to reduce gradually, but am having a hard time keeping

track of the actual time spent in the bar. If she were an only child it

might be easier and I'd probably record it in a little book or something

obsessive like that. Between getting her in an out of the exersaucer,

highchair, putting it on for naps, etc., I feel like Im taking it on and off

all day. I'm currently shooting for 18-20 hrs but it really could be

anywhere from 16-22 most days.

Any ways to simplify?

Thanks,

Zoe

mom to Sophie bcf (7/05)

and (7/02)

[Guest guest]

Oh ya, I'm kind of dreading it when I have 2 sets of hours to keep up with on 2

diffrent kids....then in a couple years the younger crying it's no fair the

older doesn't have to wear his bar to bed anymore so why do I???

s.

Now I haven't dealt with the brace in a very long time, and I was

fortunate that I only had one child at the time...hopefully some

other moms who are in the thick of it currently can give you better

feedback!

& (3-16-00, lcf)

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