brace hours?

[1mama2B]

my son is 6 months old today, he has been wearing his brace 23/1 since he had it put on at 1 month...we go for am appointment tomorrow and i was just wondering if they will extend the hours he has his brace off. he is rolling over and trying to crawl and i wanna make sure he can do those things with and without the brace. any advise would be great:)

[Winter711]

We did full time wear for 3 months then gradually backed it down each month.  You should check out the group on Yahoo.  There is a great document on there that explains the process month by month.

[Lcherniske]

guess you already had your appointment?  We did 23/1 until about 7 months then only naps and bedtime.  Our son is almost 2 and doing great-1 more year to go.

[1mama2B]

yeah we already had the appointment and we are on naps and bedtime. its so exciting i get to see his feet and play with them more and boy does he love putting them in his mouth lol.  Then when i put his brace on he is like" why is this thing here". Its a good thing they cut down his hours because we live in AZ and summer will be coming up soon and i dont want his feet to be covered all the time, atleast we dont have to do cast in the summer idk if i could handle that. How is bracing going now with your 2 year old? does he give you trouble when you try to put it on? i am just worried he will learn to take it off and it will affect the outcome of his feet

[Winter711]

We are in AZ also! Such a small world.  My son started wearing his brace in July it wasn't too bad here with the heat.  We went to visit family in seattle in July and it was 100 and no one had a/c I felt horrible for my little one but he did great.  My son will be 3 in May.  Don't worry to much about them taking them off there are some great ways to keep them on.