The past week has ended in a blur of questions and uncertainties and we're kind of still savouring the feeling of knowing that everything is going so perfectly with Jonas's foot.
We got his brace back on Friday, all pimped up 😂 It looked so tiny! I hadn't realised how stretched it was. Jerald "reset" the plastic spring and added an elastic band at the side to prevent Jonas from stretching it back too quickly. He also added a layer of spring steel under the foot piece.
I was a bit scared to put it back on, thinking that maybe the extra stretch would bother Jonas after 4 nights of total freedom. He surprised me once again: absolutely unphased, he had a wee play with the elastic band before I put his PJs on, then went out like a light! Waking up with a smile 12 hours later. I feel he'll simply never stop amazing me!
My husband and I discussed our options over the weekend, between keeping the kids entertained, working and studying. It's such a tough one!
- I trust Jerald when he says he thinks Jonas could be fine if we stopped bracing now. I trust him when he maintains that 2 years of bracing with his brace should be enough to make our little one's feet perfect. However, Jonas has only been in the brace since the end of November 2016, that's only 14.5 months and I can't help wondering whether missing out on those extra months could mean that we're not as safe as if we'd started bracing with it straight after casting.
- Jonas is growing extremely fast, he'll be 2 in April but already towers over children older than him and despite the 3 years difference there is between him and his sister, I feel he'll probably catch up in height within the next year (he's only 12 cm shorter!). The big growth spurt between 2-3 yo scares me.
- I trust Jerald when he says he thinks Jonas could be fine if we stopped bracing now. I trust him when he maintains that 2 years of bracing with his brace should be enough to make our little one's feet perfect. However, Jonas has only been in the brace since the end of November 2016, that's only 14.5 months and I can't help wondering whether missing out on those extra months could mean that we're not as safe as if we'd started bracing with it straight after casting.
- Jonas is growing extremely fast, he'll be 2 in April but already towers over children older than him and despite the 3 years difference there is between him and his sister, I feel he'll probably catch up in height within the next year (he's only 12 cm shorter!). The big growth spurt between 2-3 yo scares me.
- The Ponseti recommendation is to brace till 4-5 yo, but all research done till now only ever involved a 2 year bracing period only, leaning that the decision to brace any longer isn't actually research-based.
We've decided to take more time and discuss our next step with more professionals before making our final decision.
We've decided to take more time and discuss our next step with more professionals before making our final decision.
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