Re: Tami- annicka

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Beck,

She is doing good. Thanks for asking. She doesn't

even know that she has the band on & smiles when its

time to put it back on. My babysitter is doing much

better with it and so life has pretty much gone back

to normal.

We just took Annika in for her 1 year well baby visit.

Her head circumference has not grown in almost 2

months. So we are hoping that means that she is do for

a growth spurt. Fingers are crossed!

I was very pleased with our peds reponse. She was

definitely against the band. But, CT had sent her the

entrance pictures and she commented about how well we

had done with repositioning and how good her head

looked. She never said anything negative about our

decision to band.

We can't wait for our fitting in 2 weeks (that will be

3 weeks in the band). I will keep you posted on the

results.

Thanks,

Tami (mom to Annika)

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> Hey tami how is annicka doing?

> beck

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Tami,

Sounds like everyone is doing great with the band - that is awesome!! I'm

keeping my fingers crossed for a great growth spurt very soon.

Marci (Mom to )

Oklahoma

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Tami:

Things sound like they are going very well thus far!!! It's good to

hear Annika's babysitter is used to it now & it's now part of every

day life . I'm hoping too that she'll hit a good growth spurt

soon. I'm sure you'll start seeing results soon.

I don't remember hearing it was Annika's 1st birthday recently!

Happy belated bday - when was it? Hope she had a great day!

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> > Hey tami how is annicka doing?

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Debbie:

Yes, Annika had her first birthday last Wednesday -

May 22nd. We had a party for her the weekend before.

She had so much fun that she didn't take a nap the

entire day. Needless to say, that night she was super

cranky.

My husband and I had taken videos (2-5 minutes) each

Tuesday for the past year to show how much she had

grown and new accomplishments. We condensed it down

to under an hour and showed it at her party. The

family was quite impressed and it was fun to remember

when she was that small.

I just can't believe it has already been a year since

she was born! Time goes by soooo fast.

Thanks for inquiring.

Tami (mom to Annika)

--- debbieandabby <dj2kirby@...> wrote:

> Tami:

> Things sound like they are going very well thus

> far!!! It's good to

> hear Annika's babysitter is used to it now & it's

> now part of every

> day life . I'm hoping too that she'll hit a good

> growth spurt

> soon. I'm sure you'll start seeing results soon.

> I don't remember hearing it was Annika's 1st

> birthday recently!

> Happy belated bday - when was it? Hope she had a

> great day!

> Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

> MI

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> > > Hey tami how is annicka doing?

> > > beck

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Tami:

Sounds like Annika had a great 1st birthday, napless and all . I

remember after Abby's 1st bday party she napped for 5 hours! Too

much action I suppose.

What a great idea to video her once a week for her 1st year. That's

sooo sweet. I'm sure it's amazing to sit back & watch the tape in

awww of all she has already accomplished in just one years time. Do

you plan to keep doing this? The 1st year really is so amazing! We

condensed Abby's 1st 9 mos videos too & every time I watch it I

actually cry!

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

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Debbie:

Yes, it makes me cry too! It really is amazing to see

the changes that they make over such a short period of

time. Hold old is Abby now? How long has it been

since she graduated?

We are going to try to get a friend of ours to polish

up the tape and maybe put an intro with some music on

it and then give it to the grandparents. But with as

busy as we are, that may not happen for another year

We decided not to continue the videotaping every

week. We are going to tape once a month for the next

year as well as on special occasions.

Before Annika got her band I had read postings from

other parents regarding whether they were going to

tell their kids about the banding when they got older.

I really thought about that, but decided that I didn't

want to stop taking pictures! I love capturing as many

moments as I can. So I decided to just keep on taking

pictures of Annika in the band and when she asks

later, I will tell her all about it.

Anyway, sorry to keep rambling.

Tami (mom to Annika)

--- debbieandabby <dj2kirby@...> wrote:

> Tami:

> Sounds like Annika had a great 1st birthday, napless

> and all . I

> remember after Abby's 1st bday party she napped for

> 5 hours! Too

> much action I suppose.

> What a great idea to video her once a week for her

> 1st year. That's

> sooo sweet. I'm sure it's amazing to sit back &

> watch the tape in

> awww of all she has already accomplished in just one

> years time. Do

> you plan to keep doing this? The 1st year really is

> so amazing! We

> condensed Abby's 1st 9 mos videos too & every time I

> watch it I

> actually cry!

> Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

> MI

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> > > > > Hey tami how is annicka doing?

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Hi Tami:

Abby is 27 mos old already! She graduated from her DOCband almost 1

yr ago already, 6/22/01. I can't believe it's been that long!

I'm still not sure what I'll do about talking with Abby about her

bands. We have so many pics of her in both of them (she was in them

for 8 mos), as well as video, it's inevitable for her not to ask what

was on her head.

For Christmas 2000, Hubby & I did give the grandparents the condensed

video of Abby's 1st 9 mos., and my evil MIL was SO rude about it, the

tape sleeve said " 6 hr tape " on it or something, all the woman could

say was " I hope it's not really 6 whole hrs " ....FOR REAL! How rude!

We've definitely cut down on pictures & videos, but we still do it at

least once a month or so.

Debbie Abby's mom 3/1/00 DOCgrad 6/22/01

MI

> > > > > > Hey tami how is annicka doing?

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[Guest guest]

Tami,

Great news that everything is going well for Annicka!! Happy late 1st

birthday kiddo!! Hope she had a blast!

' Mom

[Guest guest]

Thanks !

--- rella1234@... wrote:

> Tami,

> Great news that everything is going well for

> Annicka!! Happy late 1st

> birthday kiddo!! Hope she had a blast!

>

> ' Mom

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Debbie:

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your

e-mail. Our home computer crashed and I have not been

able to check my e-mail at work this week. It is

Friday night and I am going through 289 new e-mails!

Ugh!

Anyway, I can't believe that your MIL was so rude!

They just don't think before they talk. Abby is such a

big girl. Everyone told me that time would fly by, but

I didn't believe them. Now I understand. Before we

know it Annika will be a Doc band graduate and running

around like a crazy little toddler.

I have also heard that the pictures and videos really

decrease when you have more kids. Annika is our

first, so I am naturally overboard with the pictures.

Every day I get more comfortable with talking about

the band. I went out to dinner last night with some

friends - one has a 3 month old, the other has a 9

month old. I wasn't going to tell them about Annika's

band, but I decided to just lay it all out. Well, as

it turned out, my friend with the 3 month old has been

noticing that her daughter always holds her head on

the same side. She is going to be much more aware of

her daughter's head and sleep positions now. My other

friend with the 9 month old, then told me about her

son's birth defect on his foot.

I just thought I would bring that up, because this

group has really helped me. I am so much more

comfortable with the decision to band and how to

discuss it with others. THANKS EVERYONE!

Tami (mom to Annika)

--- debbieandabby <dj2kirby@...> wrote:

> Hi Tami:

> Abby is 27 mos old already! She graduated from her

> DOCband almost 1

> yr ago already, 6/22/01. I can't believe it's been

> that long!

> I'm still not sure what I'll do about talking with

> Abby about her

> bands. We have so many pics of her in both of them

> (she was in them

> for 8 mos), as well as video, it's inevitable for

> her not to ask what

> was on her head.

> For Christmas 2000, Hubby & I did give the

> grandparents the condensed

> video of Abby's 1st 9 mos., and my evil MIL was SO

> rude about it, the

> tape sleeve said " 6 hr tape " on it or something, all

> the woman could

> say was " I hope it's not really 6 whole hrs " ....FOR

> REAL! How rude!

> We've definitely cut down on pictures & videos, but

> we still do it at

> least once a month or so.

>

> Debbie Abby's mom 3/1/00 DOCgrad 6/22/01

> MI

>

>

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> > > > > > Beck,

> > > > > > She is doing good. Thanks for asking. She

> > > doesn't

> > > > > > even know that she has the band on &

> smiles

> > > when

> > > > > its

> > > > > > time to put it back on. My babysitter is

> > > doing

> > > > > much

> > > > > > better with it and so life has pretty much

> > > gone

> > > > > back

> > > > > > to normal.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > We just took Annika in for her 1 year well

> > > baby

> > > > > visit.

> > > > > > Her head circumference has not grown in

> > > almost 2

> > > > > > months. So we are hoping that means that

> she

> > > is do

> > > > > for

> > > > > > a growth spurt. Fingers are crossed!

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I was very pleased with our peds reponse.

> She

> > > was

> > > > > > definitely against the band. But, CT had

> sent

> > > her

> > > > > the

> > > > > > entrance pictures and she commented about

> how

> > > well

> > > > > we

> > > > > > had done with repositioning and how good

> her

>

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