Re: Please Help...

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Kelli -

You can expect an honest opinion from CT. Obviously the choice to

band is yours! We were told Dane's head would " probably " round out

by our regular ped. My husband and I are pretty conservative and

would prefer to leave the gambling to Vegas trips. Banding isn't

for everyone, but it worked for us. We figure with the band, the

only thing we were risking was not getting our $ back from the

insurance company. That was a lot easier to swallow than regretting

not banding him a couple of years from now when it was too late. If

Grant does have tort, it will be an extra challenge for you to keep

him off that flat spot. We encountered the same problem.

Dane has gotten about 100% correction, so it was worth it for us!

You can see his before picture and a picture of his head about 2

weeks ago by checking message # 31948. Thanks for the compliment on

Dane's name. You wouldn't believe how many people asked us if we

made it up! They ask me where we came up with it. They looked

shocked when I say the baby names book!

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> > Hello,

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> > My name is . I had my first baby, a son named Grant, on

> September 26, 2001. Not long after he was born, we noticed he had

a

> tendency to turn his head to the left. We did see him

occasionally

> turn it to the right, but never to the extent that he turned it to

> the left. We also noticed that when he settled down and fell

> asleep, his head would always fall the left. When his hair

starting

> thickening up, we noticed that he had a lot more hair on the right

> side...like he was wearing away the hair towards the back of the

> left side. I mentioned this at EVERY doc appt and was told about

> positioning opposite directions on changing table, in crib, etc.

> minimize use of bouncy seat, swing, etc. I did all these things,

> but he would just find something new to look at in the left

> direction and we never were really using the bouncy seat, swing,

> etc. anyway. He never really liked those kind of toys. Well,

even

> now, with him sitting up or on his tummy all the time it's growing

> worse. The flattening is getting very noticeable on the left side

> and his ears look misaligned. I don't really notice any asymmetry

> in his face, though. Well, a couple of weeks ago I took him to

> the pediatrician to get his ears checked (he was pulling at

them).

> We saw a different ped..the one who was taking emerg. sick

visits.

> She took one look at him and noticed the head flattening, favoring

> one side with neck, etc. She seemed a bit alarmed (even though

our

> normal ped blows it off constantly and he is one of the top noted

> pediatricians in the city?!). She gave me one exercise to do with

> him, stressed tummy time (we're doing it all day already), and

said

> he needed to come back in 3 weeks and be evaluated for possible

PT.

> Hello? Why wait 3 weeks? I was confused and angry and scared.

> After a couple days of these excruciating exercises (they are

> getting a bit easier now) I called back and demanded to talk to

our

> normal ped. I asked him for a referral to a specialist to see

what

> needed to be done (after much reading up on this stuff on my

> own). He agreed and gave me a name of a craniofacial specialist

> (a pediatric reconstructive/plastic surgery doc)... I call this

guy

> and can't get in until July 18th!!! My baby will be almost 9 mos.

> old then!!! I called my ped back to tell him and see what my

> alternatives where (can he grease the wheels? Is there someone

> else?) and he says just keep doing the exercises...you won't get

in

> anywhere else sooner. HELP...what would you experienced ladies do

> in my spot? What do I do next? Will it be too late to fix his

head

> shape? Would you find someone to call on your own? Help,

please.

> Anyone in the KC area? Thanks so much.

> >

> > R, mom to Grant

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