Reid's first day with his band!

[Guest guest]

Reid got his DOC Band today and has been adjusting quite well!! Dh

and I were so afraid he'd remove it constantly (he is almost 19

months old and could easily do so), but each time he reaches for the

velcro, we create a huge diversion. Today was a really positive day,

we really strived to make this a big deal for him, cheering him on,

bought him a few new toys and just had fun! Us having this positive

attitude has really helped us in answering questions from neighbors

and friends who we saw already today. You see, with Reid being

older, the chances of results are much diminished, and this makes it

easy to feel somewhat discouraged at times. But we are trying to be

very confident in our replies to people who may say " but I never even

noticed his head wasn't round " , because we know our attitudes will

ultimately show through to our son.

I think I just needed to get that off my chest for me. Sorry for

rambling, but this has just been (much to our surprise) a great day,

and we are so proud of our little guy.

Thanks for listening and I'll keep you all posted.

Reid's Mom

[Guest guest]

:

Wow, you are just such an upbeat mom! Way to be! I am so happy

things have gone so well for Reid in his first day. I would have

been nervous too about him trying to pull off the band, but it sounds

like you have created good diversions with new toys & stuff!

I will definitely keep my fingers crossed for Reid to hit some growth

spurts over the next few mos.. I really hope he gets some

correction! Please be sure to keep us updated on his progress.

Best of luck!

Debbie abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Reid got his DOC Band today and has been adjusting quite well!! Dh

> and I were so afraid he'd remove it constantly (he is almost 19

> months old and could easily do so), but each time he reaches for

the

> velcro, we create a huge diversion. Today was a really positive

day,

> we really strived to make this a big deal for him, cheering him on,

> bought him a few new toys and just had fun! Us having this

positive

> attitude has really helped us in answering questions from neighbors

> and friends who we saw already today. You see, with Reid being

> older, the chances of results are much diminished, and this makes

it

> easy to feel somewhat discouraged at times. But we are trying to

be

> very confident in our replies to people who may say " but I never

even

> noticed his head wasn't round " , because we know our attitudes will

> ultimately show through to our son.

>

> I think I just needed to get that off my chest for me. Sorry for

> rambling, but this has just been (much to our surprise) a great

day,

> and we are so proud of our little guy.

>

> Thanks for listening and I'll keep you all posted.

>

>

> Reid's Mom

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I am very glad for you that Reid adjusted to his band so quickly and

you had a great time with him.

I sent you a link to the article about treating plagio in older

children. It was very positive and I thought you would like it. It

didn't go through.

Here is the link again:

Dynamic Orthotic Cranioplasty: Treatment of the Older Infant

Great overview on how banding therapy has been successful in children

over 12 months of age!

http://www.neurosurgery.org/focus/sep00/9-3-5.pdf

We are going with Katya to CT today to check if there is any

improvement. I hope there is. I will let you know.

Good luck to you,

Leana, Katya's mom (15 1/2 month old, banded on 03/13/02)

> Reid got his DOC Band today and has been adjusting quite well!! Dh

> and I were so afraid he'd remove it constantly (he is almost 19

> months old and could easily do so), but each time he reaches for

the

> velcro, we create a huge diversion. Today was a really positive

day,

> we really strived to make this a big deal for him, cheering him on,

> bought him a few new toys and just had fun! Us having this

positive

> attitude has really helped us in answering questions from neighbors

> and friends who we saw already today. You see, with Reid being

> older, the chances of results are much diminished, and this makes

it

> easy to feel somewhat discouraged at times. But we are trying to

be

> very confident in our replies to people who may say " but I never

even

> noticed his head wasn't round " , because we know our attitudes will

> ultimately show through to our son.

>

> I think I just needed to get that off my chest for me. Sorry for

> rambling, but this has just been (much to our surprise) a great

day,

> and we are so proud of our little guy.

>

> Thanks for listening and I'll keep you all posted.

>

>

> Reid's Mom