Has anyone claimed DLA for a Baby with structural talipes (clubfoot) please?

livvykate

hi just seeing if anyone has a child with structural talipes (clubfoot) please. As my child was born with it he’s now 6 months old and I’ve been advised by midwives and nurses to apply for dla for him, just seeing if anyone else has done this and was they accepted please before I make a claim

Mary_Scope

Hi @livvykate and a warm welcome to the community😄

I am going to change the title of your post just so it makes it easier for other parents who have been through a similar experience to find and offer advice. Hope thats okay!

There is also Support Group for Parents by Steps Charity that may be worth joining and posting in as well as this is a group ran by a charity specifically for childhood lower limb conditions.

Here is also some DLA Information for Parents and Carers that I hope will be useful

chiarieds

Hi @livvykate - I'd like to add my welcome to the community. I just thought I'd mention that my son had bilateral talipes equinovarus, with both feet significantly turned inwards.

My only problem was, as this was many years ago, he had to have plaster casts from his toes to the top of his legs. He was also the only one of my children that crawled & he was forever smashing through the plaster over his knees, which we ended up applying copious amounts of tape over (he had not enjoyed going to hospital to have it replaced)!

Then my middle grandchild had unilateral talipes, & what a difference her treatment was. Does your son wear the Dennis Brown boots too; they make things so much easier!

With both my son & grandchild you wouldn't now know that they'd been born with talipes. DLA wasn't claimed for either of them. All very young children need a lot of attention during the day, & their movement was as normal by the age of 2+

There's a lovely video of a little girl with talipes at the bottom of this page: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/club-foot/

Wishing your son well.