Re: Riley's Patriots Helmet

March 11, 2002

Michele

Well congrats on getting Rileys helmet! My daughter Mya took well to

her DOC band quickly too. I was so relieved. As for the rude

comments. Well we have only had her band for 4 days but so far we

havent gotten any kind of comment at all. People have looked but we

really havent even gotten any stares yet. Im sure as time goes by

there will be someone that will have something rude to say. Im not

quite sure how I will deal with it or what I will say. But good luck

to you. And congrats on the new helmet! We'd love to see some pics of

him.

Christi mom to Mya (DOC band 3/6/02)

--- In Plagiocephaly@y..., Michele son <rileysmom01778@y...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Just wanted to let you all know that Riley has gotten his helmet,

and I must say he looks awfully cute in it...Its got a Patriots logo

on the back!! What can I say, we're from Boston and we did just win

the Superbowl. Anyway, just as everyone said, he has adjusted very

easily to wearing it. the Orthotist told us to wean him into it, but

he hardly seemed to notice it, so we put him to sleep in it the first

night and he did fine. After 2 days I swear his head is already

rounder!! Our next step will be going out in public and dealing with

questions and funny looks. Any suggestions on witty comebacks to

rude comments that I'm sure will come?

>

> We go back in 2 weeks for an adjustment...so far so good! As for

the Head Pickers...I think my husband is a member. He just looked at

the cover of the new " Good Housekeeping " and decided that Faith Hill

has one eye higher than the other...Not back company, if you ask me!

>

> We'll keep everyone posted. I'm still wondering if anyone else is

in the Boston area and their impressions of NOPCO.

>

> Michele (Mom to Riley 8mo.)

>

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March 11, 2002

Hi Michele:

Well things definitely sound to be going terrific already. I'm so

happy to hear Riley has adjusted w/o any problems & is already

sleeping in it! He'll have a rounder head in no time. The Patriots

logo sounds very cute, we're big NFL fans too but there was no way

I'd decorate my Abby's band with anything showing we are Detroit

Lions fans! I didnt' want any addt'l strange looks, hehe .

As for your fear of strange looks and/or comments, yeah, you'll get

the looks, whispers, double takes & unfortunately the rude comments,

although I didn't get many mean comments. Do whatever feels

naturally to you, when someone would ask what it was for, I'd simply

tell them the truth, to round out her pretty head. Remember, you

would probably stare too if you didn't know what the band was for,

it's human nature. After a few trips out, you probably won't notice

the stares any longer, I didn't. Good luck though, it was very

stressful for me - but on my first trip out with Abby in her band, I

ran into another banded baby!!! I couldn't beleive it! We talked &

talked. It was such a relief.

Let us know how things progress!

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI