Re: we have problems...

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I am so upset to read of Mackenzie's unhappiness when her band is

on. I suggest keeping the band off her until the red spots

completely fade away like you are already doing. It's a good idea

not to keep her in the band the full 23 hrs a day until you get into

CT to have the band looked at & possibly adjusted. It might be tight

on her head which could be leading to her fussiness and hopefully

after an adjustment or two, the band will fit better & she'll be a

happy camper with the band on .

You also said she is vomiting & is sick. Does she have a fever? If

so, I recommend keeping the band completely off her until the fever

goes away.

I am sure CT will get you in right away on Tuesday. Give them a call

first thing in the morning.

We have had some babies not adjust well to wearing their bands or

helmets. , Dana's son in Canada, wasn't too thrilled with his

helmet either, hopefully she'll tell you he's adjusted better over

time! Not adjusting is VERY rare & hopefully it's just becuz her

band needs an adjustment.

Keep checking for red areas. Sorry things aren't going too well.

Let us know how it goes tomorrow then if you get in to CT Tues. Good

luck.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Hi,

>

> Well, things aren't going as smoothly with Mackenzie wearing her

band as

> we hoped. She almost seems like two different children...with and

w/o

> band. W/O - she is her relatively happy self...with - she is whiny

and

> very hard to console. She is no longer giving us problems putting

it on

> & taking it off but once she has it on - nobody in the house is a

happy

> camper, so to speak. We still haven't put her in it 23 hours

yet...first

> because she has been sick and vomiting and we didn't want her to

get the

> band in the vomit...secondly, she hasn't had all the red spots

disappear

> w/in an hour yet. She still gets quite the prominient one above the

> hairline above her right eye - this side is where she has the

bossing of

> the forehead. Plus she gets one on the back left top of her head.

These

> do not disappear w/in the hour...when they do...we put the band

back on

> but she turns fussy again. Does anyone think that it is possible

that

> these are actually hurting her and they are more than pressure? I'm

> considering not starting her in it for the full 23 hours until we

can

> get back to CT (hopefully on Tuesday, if they can fit us in) and

have

> those two areas shaved a bit. Did anyone else's baby start off this

> badly but still adapt to it? Any advice for this uncertain mom (who

is

> nervous as to what she has done to her child)? Any advice would be

> appreciated from BTDT parents...thanks.

>

> (mom to an unhappy banded Mackenzie)

> Phoenix, AZ