Re: First day with band. please give tips

[Guest guest]

Big day for you! When they first put the band on him, I would make a

big deal about it, clapping and cheering for his new hat, so that he

associates wearing it as a good/fun thing. Try not to stress too much

yourself because he might sense your stress and get upset. And resist

the urge to play with it or adjust it once it's on. I really had to

keep myself from trying it push it back out of my son's eyes, and

whenever I would play with it anyway, he would just get annoyed. Your

son should adjust just fine, it's just a matter of if it takes the

first day or a week. Take off the helmet every couple of hours and

wipe his sweaty head and the inside of the band and keep him in cooler

clothes. Just follow the instructions the orthotist gives you (and

don't be afraid to ask questions), and you should be fine.

Good luck!

Jake-18m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08)

Jordan-4

>

> Hello parents,

>

> My little (7 months today) will be wearing his hanger helmet

> starting this morning. I'm so nervous about it that I can't sleep.

> No matter how prepared I think I am I still am not sure if I've

gotten

> ready for it. I'm mainly affraid of how uncomfortable he will be

> although I've read that they will get use to it quickly. The ortho

> have us directions for this first week as far as when long to wear

the

> band, but I wanted to know what others went thru their first week.

> Please let me know how your first day and week went.

>

> TIA

>

[Guest guest]

One other thing, it looks like (from your screen name) that you have

an older daughter as well. Does she have a bike helmet? If she would

be willing to wear it today, I bet your son would get a kick out of

it, and it would help him adjust a little. My daughter wanted to be

just like her baby brother yesterday and wore her bike helmet the

entire day...to the gym, the library, the grocery store, in the house

all afternoon and didn't take it off until bath time. She even handed

it to me and asked me to clean it like I do his band every night. It

was the sweetest thing. That way, she's involved in the process too,

expecially on a day when you're attention is so focused on the little

one.

Again, good luck with everything!

Jake-18m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08)

Jordan-4

>

> Hello parents,

>

> My little (7 months today) will be wearing his hanger helmet

> starting this morning. I'm so nervous about it that I can't sleep.

> No matter how prepared I think I am I still am not sure if I've

gotten

> ready for it. I'm mainly affraid of how uncomfortable he will be

> although I've read that they will get use to it quickly. The ortho

> have us directions for this first week as far as when long to wear

the

> band, but I wanted to know what others went thru their first week.

> Please let me know how your first day and week went.

>

> TIA

>

[Guest guest]

I'm on day 6 of my son wearing his helmet. I know exactly what your

feeling. I was (and still am) the same way. My son hates anything

around his head, but he's fine with the helmet. I was really

suprised. So far I've only had 2 issues. He's waking up more at

night because his pacifier gets stuck between his neck and helmet,

which is easily fixed...I'll put another pacifier in his crib! And

the other is that his head is sweating a lot and I think he has a

heat rash. But wiping his head down with a cold cloth seems to be

helping. Something that I'm slowly realizing is that it's different

for babies than for us. I feel awful because I'd hate to have a

helmet on 23 hrs a day. But, babies are really resilant. It doesn't

seem to really bother them and they just go with it. I think they

have a much easier time adjusting to the helmet than we do!

> >

> > Hello parents,

> >

> > My little (7 months today) will be wearing his hanger

helmet

> > starting this morning. I'm so nervous about it that I can't

sleep.

> > No matter how prepared I think I am I still am not sure if I've

> gotten

> > ready for it. I'm mainly affraid of how uncomfortable he will

be

> > although I've read that they will get use to it quickly. The

ortho

> > have us directions for this first week as far as when long to

wear

> the

> > band, but I wanted to know what others went thru their first

week.

> > Please let me know how your first day and week went.

> >

> > TIA

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Anabel is now on day 7 and she is doing great! At first she didn't like when the helmet went on or off...mainly because I was a bit nervous and unsure of it now I play with her and can get it on and/or off quickly and she doesn't fuss at all. I didn't have to do anything to make her more comfy at night to sleep except I am still trying to get a good combination of house temp and her clothing because she won't fall asleep until the temp is comfy for her. She sweats a lot and her helmet is already stinky! THe technician told me to only use the rubbing alcohol...and wiping cleaning her head/hair.

..it's funny you mention the bike helmet for the older child because my son Diego who is 3 yrs old went with me to get Anabel fitted and he was part of the process and he told the technician that now that Anabel has a helmet that she could ride a bike with him. LOL. The other day I let him wear his helmet to daycare since she "got" to wear one. He thought that was too cool and the daycare thought it was sweet. She accidentally head butted him last night with the helmet on and I though he would fuss....but he thought it was funny and said "do it again" of course he softly bumped heads with her and went on his merry little way. LOL. I think making the older child comfortable with it is important too.

Kerica

Plagiocephaly From: kelly.soder@...Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:02:47 +0000Subject: Re: First day with band. please give tips

I'm on day 6 of my son wearing his helmet. I know exactly what your feeling. I was (and still am) the same way. My son hates anything around his head, but he's fine with the helmet. I was really suprised. So far I've only had 2 issues. He's waking up more at night because his pacifier gets stuck between his neck and helmet, which is easily fixed...I'll put another pacifier in his crib! And the other is that his head is sweating a lot and I think he has a heat rash. But wiping his head down with a cold cloth seems to be helping. Something that I'm slowly realizing is that it's different for babies than for us. I feel awful because I'd hate to have a helmet on 23 hrs a day. But, babies are really resilant. It doesn't seem to really bother them and they just go with it. I think they have a much easier time adjusting to the helmet than we do! > >> > Hello parents,> > > > My little (7 months today) will be wearing his hanger helmet > > starting this morning. I'm so nervous about it that I can't sleep. > > No matter how prepared I think I am I still am not sure if I've > gotten > > ready for it. I'm mainly affraid of how uncomfortable he will be > > although I've read that they will get use to it quickly. The ortho > > have us directions for this first week as far as when long to wear > the > > band, but I wanted to know what others went thru their first week.> > Please let me know how your first day and week went.> > > > TIA> >> Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. Learn more.