Re: Re: to push ped or not

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2nd everything said... You are the voice for your child... Speak up now while you can. The window for treatments closes at about 18 mo. old. and the younger you strat the better chance at catching a good growth spurt and the time in the band, if needed, could be shorter.

It NEVER hurts to get a 2nd opinion.

Let us know how it goes!

Jen and Luli - 28 months

Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA

http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jens5th/

Re: to push ped or not

Push, push, push. My daughter was diagnosed at 4 mo and in a band at 5

mo and I'm so glad we went ahead with it. We had Kaiser insurance (we

were in Redwood City) and saw Dr Menard at the Santa Clara facility

(we got a referral from our ped). We got my daughter's band at CIRS in

Palo Alto. They also have an office in Oakland.

I would say treatment is very effective the first year, and can be

less so after that. However, the head grows fastest while the baby is

young, so starting early means less time in a band.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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> My daughter was four months old when they told me she has

> plagiocephaly, five weeks has passed and I see no change. We have

> her sitting, tummy time, and we have her sleeping on her side. What

> more should I do? I am tempted to push her pediatrician to give us a

> referral for a specialist. I rather not wait, I read somewhere after

> a certain amount the treatments are less effective. Anyone have a

> doctor they used in the San Francisco area???

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