Re: Timmy got his DOCband yesterday

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It sounds like Timmy is handling his new band wonderfully, as are

you! I know how hard it is for the first couple weeks and the first

trips in public, but you sound very upbeat about it all.! Don't let

anyone's stares and/or comments ever get to you

Timmy's on his way to a rounder head in no time.

Please keep us posted on his progress - good luck!

Debbie Abby's mom dOCGrad

MI

> Hi everyone! Timmy got his DOC band yesterday and so far he is

doing really

> well with it. It seems (to me) to be snug, but Lynn at CT said it

was a

> really good fit. He only gets a few pink spots and they fade pretty

> quickly. Yesterday he only fussed for the car ride home (about an

hour) and

> then he was fine with it. I didn't have him sleep in it last night

because

> I wasn't 100% sure about his skin. But tonight he is sleeping in

it, and so

> far so good.

>

> I took him out today and got lots of stares, but I was ready for

it. We

> went to Gymboree for my older son. I actually thought that the

ladies there

> would be the best because they really aren't strangers. Many of

them I've

> seen once a week since September. They've seen Timmy since he was

two weeks

> old! Well, of all the places we went today, some of the ladies

there were

> the worst! Staring and talking about him as if I couldn't hear.

But a

> couple were very nice and curious about his band and it was no big

deal with

> them. Then we went to a store and to Mc's. Again, some

staring, but

> nothing I couldn't handle.

>

> So, all in all, a great first full day with the band. I'm being

very

> diligent about checking his head and cleaning off the sweat. I'm

really

> hoping it continues to go this well.

>

> ~~

>

>

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