DS used to wear othotics in his shoes for almost a year, (was 4 weeks early and also had hip dysplasia), then at our yearly orthopaedic surgeon appt to check his hips, the surgeon basically told us the orthotics where a waste of time as there is no real evidence they 'fix' flat feet, and the worst that would happen is he would be an adult with flat feet (like me)

DS used to turn his big toes in severely (and almost 'claw' the ground), but with natural growth this has rectified itself as his balance and mobility has improved as he's grown. We've had lots of conflicting advice but it seems that there is a podiatrist point of view (recommending orthotics) and an orthopaedic surgeon point of view (its very common and doesn't really cause any issue in adulthood). Interestingly our Orthopaedic surgeon is the Department Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Womens and Childrens Hospital so we felt his advice was more accurate. We basically stopped using the orthodics the podiatrist charged us $90 for and DSs feet are still somewhat flat but his toes no longer curl in. I guess I felt that the podiatrist was running a business so of course they wanted to see DS regularly as thats how they generate their income, rather than there being a true need for it.

Anyway, the point of my post is that it might be worth getting a second opinion. I think when you have a baby/toddler with health issues you get used to just listening to what everyone recommends etc and just doing it but we got to the point where we felt DS was being over-diagnosed with issues and wanted to reduce medical interventions in his development unless they were totally necessary.