DAFOs, shopping trollies and other people's houses - HELP!

[Howlingbellyofbeelzebub]

dd2 wears DAFOs for her CP. She is a petite 2.5 and easily fits in the toddler bit of a supermarket trolley, however, I can get her in but really struggle to get her out. Her trainers that fit over her DAFOs are quite bulky and also as she doesn't have great leg control she can't bend her legs and help me to get her out. She just kind of hangs still attached to the trolley. Yesterday I had to grab a random passer by to help push her legs up whilst I pulled. It's not fair. - there is one of those special trollies for an older SN child which would be great for dd but it's obviously been around for years and is huge and unsteerable (wasn't available yesterday anyway). It's such an arse, how are you meant to go shopping with a disabled child? If she's in her pushchair then I can only buy what I can fit in a basket.

Also, what do you do at people's houses who take of shoes as soon as they get in the house? dd is in her DAFOs and shoes all day at home as she needs to wear them. We went to a friends house and it was a 'shoes off' house. I left dd's shoes and DAFOs on and later on when they were playing upstairs my friend's little girl came down and said 'I've taken dd's shoes off as we're not allowed to wear shoes in this house' - so I found poor dd skating around in just her DAFOs. .

And whilst I'm asking all of these things! - Wellingtons? what on earth do you do when you have a little one in AFOs/DAFOs and they want to splash in muddy puddles like peppa pig. Now dd is partially mobile with her Kaye walker she wants to do exactly the same stuff as dd1 and it's hard explaining why she can't

maybe best keep her away from the shoe shops then....you never know she might turn into imelda marcos! one of the mums at ds nursery just bought her dd a pair of lelli kelli sequined trainers at £50

Sorry I don't know much about DAFOS etc so I don't know which part of the shoe/boot you would need bigger. Is it mainly a difficulty with getting them on and off? If so I was wondering if something like this would be any use as a substitute for wellies. I just thought you could probably get a bigger size and still tighten them around the ankle once on. Just ignore me if I'm talking rubbish .

Pexel, those are very similar to the ones I have heard about. Mucker's boots from an ebay company called Frenshams. Apparently they are also called 'Froggies'.

thanks pixel and hairy, those mucking out boots look quite cool. I haven't found any in my dd's tiny size yet but will have a hunt on t'internet.

Supportman I hadn't thought about seeing if the wheelchair trollies would fit a pushchair - we haven't been given a major buggy yet so it's just my ordinary little buggy but it would worth looking at.

totally relate to all of this,but now ds has got his new safo, after lots of afos and dafos, it is sooo much easier to fit into things