Re: Casting appointment today

[Guest guest]

Hey I am glad mommy and amthew made it through casting- I am impressed you held it together brian screamed bloody murdered and I cried and cowered on the side lines while hubby held him down. The casting process is a real downer but so worth the end result- and essentially quick painless and forgotten quickly. I hope mathew got a special treat and mommy took a long relaxing bath tonight. When did they think his helmet would be ready? Please let us know so we can send positive thoughts your way. I know they have to give you positives and negatives but even judging from brian he really grew and changed alot between 12 months and now 20 months so I think you will see some good correction. We will pray for growth spurts and make him eat his veggies. You did great today mommy keep up the good work snuggle that head and give him lots of kisses!

beck

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouraging words; casting is definitely not a fun

process but it is now over with. They told me at Hanger Orthotics

that it will take about 10 working days before the band comes back

and we also got to pick out a cool-looking pattern to put on the

band. The pattern is called " sky " and is dark blue with tiny little

planets and stars and things on it. it kind of looks like outer

space so I thought would like that. And I certainly hope

that will have a good growth spurt like your son has had

because I certainly don't want to think we're doing all of this for

nothing. I will use your advice and feed him lots of fruits and

vegetables and healthy foods and will pray for good head growth while

he is wearing the band. This board is so helpful and it's great to

know others are going through the same things as we are. Take care-

and

- In Plagiocephaly@y..., bbbhand@a... wrote:

> Hey I am glad mommy and amthew made it through casting- I am

impressed

> you held it together brian screamed bloody murdered and I cried and

cowered

> on the side lines while hubby held him down. The casting process is

a real

> downer but so worth the end result- and essentially quick painless

and

> forgotten quickly. I hope mathew got a special treat and mommy took

a long

> relaxing bath tonight. When did they think his helmet would be

ready? Please

> let us know so we can send positive thoughts your way. I know they

have to

> give you positives and negatives but even judging from brian he

really grew

> and changed alot between 12 months and now 20 months so I think you

will see

> some good correction. We will pray for growth spurts and make him

eat his

> veggies. You did great today mommy keep up the good work snuggle

that head

> and give him lots of kisses!

> beck

[Guest guest]

:

Glad that dreaded casting is now behind you & , the hard part

is over with! The pattern sounds very very cute - I'm sure

will love it. Let us know when the band is in.....don't worry, I'm

sure will hit some good growth spurts for improvement!

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> > Hey I am glad mommy and amthew made it through casting- I am

> impressed

> > you held it together brian screamed bloody murdered and I cried

and

> cowered

> > on the side lines while hubby held him down. The casting process

is

> a real

> > downer but so worth the end result- and essentially quick

painless

> and

> > forgotten quickly. I hope mathew got a special treat and mommy

took

> a long

> > relaxing bath tonight. When did they think his helmet would be

> ready? Please

> > let us know so we can send positive thoughts your way. I know

they

> have to

> > give you positives and negatives but even judging from brian he

> really grew

> > and changed alot between 12 months and now 20 months so I think

you

> will see

> > some good correction. We will pray for growth spurts and make him

> eat his

> > veggies. You did great today mommy keep up the good work snuggle

> that head

> > and give him lots of kisses!

> > beck

[Guest guest]

Way to go and !!! You are definitely doing the right thing and I hope has great results. It is always so nice to see everyone being so positive on this board!!! You are all a big inspiration to me!!!

Taryn

's mom

Casting appointment today

Happy Friday everyone,Just got back from my son 's appointment at Hanger Orthotics to get casted for his band. I must say, it was fairly traumatic, both for me and for . I held it together pretty well, but felt so bad for , especially when they kept putting those pieces of plaster around his head. He just cried and cried and I know it wasn't because it hurt but just because he was scared. I felt so bad for him but realize that is something that needs to be done. I just get so angry when I think of all the pediatricians who dismiss plagiocephaly as a legitimate problem and who say "Oh, his head will round out as he gets older". Give me a break, they are just so uninformed and leave it to the parents to do something about it. It was kind of discouraging because the man at the Orthotics place said that we might not get great results because of 's age (12 months, almost 13). We realize that he is older but know that each chlid is different and they grow differently so you can't generalize the results. I guess he was just trying to give me all the positives and negatives of banding but I have a feeling that will get great results with this band. Well, thanks for listening and I will post more when gets his actual helmet. & For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

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Well, at least you can say the hard part is over, even though it is soo hard

to watch the process and hear your little one crying- but it is for a good

cause. Do you have an active or passive helmet? can still get great

correction for his age- there are plenty of members that started later and

acheived results, so keep the faith. Let us know when the helmet arrives!

' Mom