Positional Talipes - when does it correct itself?

[2pumpkin2pumpkin1]

Hi,

My DD3 was born with positional talipes. She saw a peadiatrician at 12hrs old & they weren't worried so I don't think it was too bad. We massaged her feet to help correct for about 2 months.

At 6wk check it was still present (although better) GP reviewed after a month & felt it was 'normal' - (which it was when she was relaxed).

However, when she holds her legs at 'full stretch' her feet still bend under. I can't remember whether all babies do this to a certain extent or whether it is the talipes.

She is starting to bear her own weight a little (nearly 6months now) but she tends to stand on the outside edge of her feet as she is at full stretch. I am worried that if it is the talipes she may be doing herself harm by allowing her to bear her own weight IYSWIM.

Can anyone remind me whether this is a 6 month old thing anyway?
How long should positional talipes take to correct?

not too sure about the qestions you've asked.id see the health visitor or doctor.

my son as born with talipes and we had to do exercises with his feet when he was little, they also advbised us not to use a door bouncer or baby walker which we didnt.they told us to use correctly fitted shoes such as clarks and not cheaper heavier ones.

not sure what age his feet were 'right' cant remember, sorry but id check with h.v or someone just to be on the safe side.

Was your Ds's 'positional' talipes?

No-one told us not to use a dorr bouncer/walker - its a good job we had sold DTDs bouncer or she would be using it!!!

I feel as though I would be wasting GPs time as she is not 'poorly' and HV team are v v v v short staffed round here. Havn't seen one since 6wk check.

Hi 2P2P1. I'm not sure if I can be of any help, but in any case will help keep this bumped. My dd1 had slight talipes when she was born (don't know if it was defined as 'positional' or not). I was told to massage her feet and since leaving hospital no-one mentioned it. When she went for her 9 (or was it 12?) month check I did question it though, as she had started pulling herself up on the furniture and didn't put her feet flat - she always stood on her toes. Again I was told not to worry, that the range of movement in her feet was normal and that she would eventually bring them down in order to walk normally. It did seem to take her a long time to go from pulling herself up (from 9 months) to walking independently (at about 14 months), and she did walk on her toes in that time, e.g. when pushing her little brick trolley or whatever, but she did get the hang of walking normally in the end. But I never found out if the way she learnt to walk was affected by the talipes or not. (Dd2 was really late walking, crawled till she was nearly 18 months, never pulled herself up much and then one day got up and started running about like she'd been doing it for months, so isn't good as a point of comparison!) Sorry if this is really vague. My advice would be that it will probably sort itself out if your gp didn't seem worried, but it won't do any harm to take her in to see the gp and just ask him/her to look at it. Good luck!

i think his was positional talipes as his foot was stuck against my rib during pregnancy which caused it.they said about the walker etc as it doesnt teach children to stand flat on their feet, they tend to use their toes instead.

we had a physio woman visit for the first 6 weeks and had to do exercises/massaging the muscle etc and were told to just be careful and if any queries to contact the gp or h.v