Hi Kim,
My dd Chloe was born with club feet and has had the ponsetti treatment. She is now 2. She hated having the casts put on and taken off too, but was always fine when they were on during the week. We found tummy time a bit difficult with her because of the way the casts were, and she stopped rolling after she was cast as well, but started again close to her 1st birthday.

Try not to worry about James' development. Chloe had low muscle tone as well as the club feet, and wasn't expected to walk crawl until 18months and walk until 2 1/2. With a bit of physio and some persistence from dh and I and a lot of support from her childcare, she was sitting 7 months, crawling at 1 and walking at 18 months. It took a lot of patience on our part - we were really disappointed at first and frustrated, but we've come to realise that these things happen in their own time and that doesn't make any difference to who she is.

Chloe is now up to the stage of wearing wom-boots every night for bed, which she will have until she is 4. She is sleeping in her own bed now, but finds it hard to get to sleep with sheets on as her shoes get tangled up in them, so we are sticking to a sleeping bag for now. She has now worked out how to climb out of bed and crawl into our room at 5am with her feet anchored together in her shoes! She walks and runs just like anyone else, and we have started toilet training during the day although we can't do the night time one until she's out of the boots. She may get casts for a few weeks on Monday when she goes in for her check-up (fingers crossed that doesn't happen - I don't know how she'd cope!).

Hope things are going well for you, if you have any questions about what to expect later on just ask.

Ros.