Re: Provider at CIRS Palo Alto

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Hi,

We saw Bob at CIRS for my daughter's band. She had severe brachy (flat

in back) and a giant head :-) Bob doesn't have great bedside manner,

but I think he's a good ortho. To me he seems like he's trying to be

friendly, but it isn't natural for him. My daughter had very good

results. For our initial scan we saw Amy, and she is definitely

friendlier. It just turned out that she was on vacation when our band

came in, and generally once one of them starts working on your band,

they stick with it until your done. I'm sure you could change to Amy

if you want to.

About the giant head.... My daughter's head was 50th percentile at

birth, but over 90th percentile at 6 mo. They don't like to see your

child's head change from one growth curve to another so this concerned

our ped. However my daughter's development was very good (on time or

ahead) and her height and weight were 90% or higher. So at 6 mo we got

an ultrasound to check for hydrocephalus. CT scan is a better test,

but since her soft spot was open and there was no sign of delay our

ped recommended ultrasound and monitoring future growth (to avoid the

radiation of a CT scan). Her head was fine and more or less started

mapping to the 95th percentile growth curve. She's 2 yrs old now and

her height, weight and head are all about 97th.

Did you little one always have a big head? Is your ped worried about it?

If you have any questions that I can answer I would be happy to. My

daughters before and after pics are posted under Our Plagio Babies

S/Sydney M.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

>

> Hi all,

> My son Cody (8 mos.) had his Starband eval with Bob last week. We know

> that Cody's head measures off the charts but Bob was like " WOW, his

> HEAD IS HUGE! " and told me that he'd be off the charts as an 18 mo. old

> then went on and on for a while about it. I was like " ok, I get it my

> kid has a big head, can we move on? " I got the feeling that Bob's

> overall demeanor isn't very pleasant, he got very irritated that Cody

> wouldn't hold his neck straight for the scan (torticollis, hello!) and

> now we're having him do his fitting next week. I've heard good things

> about Amy, but figured we should give Bob one more shot. Actually no

> one at the office was very friendly to us. Were they having an off day

> or was I? Anyway, any feedback would be great!

>

> Thanks!

>

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Our son had a jump in head growth around 6 months which concerned

our ped. We went back 6 weeks later to measure growth and to rule

out hydracephalus. The doctor has mentioned before that my husband

has a big head (not in a mean way by any means, just a fact). My

son is 95th-97th in height and head size and about 85-90 for

weight. I do find that clothing companies need to make neck holes

bigger! My son is almost 19 months and wearing 24mos.-2T but some

shirts I will need to put away because they are too hard to get over

his head...any thoughts or brands that work well for kids with big

heads? Back to your son, is your ped concerned or could it be like

my son (just like daddy)?

Good luck.

lisa

> >

> > Hi all,

> > My son Cody (8 mos.) had his Starband eval with Bob last week.

We know

> > that Cody's head measures off the charts but Bob was like " WOW,

his

> > HEAD IS HUGE! " and told me that he'd be off the charts as an 18

mo. old

> > then went on and on for a while about it. I was like " ok, I get

it my

> > kid has a big head, can we move on? " I got the feeling that

Bob's

> > overall demeanor isn't very pleasant, he got very irritated that

Cody

> > wouldn't hold his neck straight for the scan (torticollis,

hello!) and

> > now we're having him do his fitting next week. I've heard good

things

> > about Amy, but figured we should give Bob one more shot.

Actually no

> > one at the office was very friendly to us. Were they having an

off day

> > or was I? Anyway, any feedback would be great!

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I know it isnt always the cuteist stuff, but I have always found that Walmart's Faded Glory brand has large head holes. Actually I think they run large in all aspects... Kamilka_236 <lka_236@...> wrote: Our son had a jump in head growth around 6 months which concerned our ped. We went back 6 weeks later to measure growth and to rule out hydracephalus. The doctor has mentioned before that my husband has a big head (not in a mean way by any means, just a fact). My son is 95th-97th in height and head size and

about 85-90 for weight. I do find that clothing companies need to make neck holes bigger! My son is almost 19 months and wearing 24mos.-2T but some shirts I will need to put away because they are too hard to get over his head...any thoughts or brands that work well for kids with big heads? Back to your son, is your ped concerned or could it be like my son (just like daddy)?Good luck.lisa> >> > Hi all, > > My son Cody (8 mos.) had his Starband eval with Bob last week. We know > > that Cody's head measures off the charts but Bob was like "WOW, his > > HEAD IS HUGE!" and told me that he'd be off the charts as an 18 mo.

old > > then went on and on for a while about it. I was like "ok, I get it my > > kid has a big head, can we move on?" I got the feeling that Bob's > > overall demeanor isn't very pleasant, he got very irritated that Cody > > wouldn't hold his neck straight for the scan (torticollis, hello!) and > > now we're having him do his fitting next week. I've heard good things > > about Amy, but figured we should give Bob one more shot. Actually no > > one at the office was very friendly to us. Were they having an off day > > or was I? Anyway, any feedback would be great!> > > > Thanks!> >>

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I know that my son has a BIG head too. He is also in the 95th percent for this head (thanksto his dad and grandfather) and I found the shirts with buttons down the front work great and also to buy them a size too big.

I hope that helps.

Bradley 8 1/2 months Mod./Sev. Plagio

Re: Provider at CIRS Palo Alto

Our son had a jump in head growth around 6 months which concerned our ped. We went back 6 weeks later to measure growth and to rule out hydracephalus. The doctor has mentioned before that my husband has a big head (not in a mean way by any means, just a fact). My son is 95th-97th in height and head size and about 85-90 for weight. I do find that clothing companies need to make neck holes bigger! My son is almost 19 months and wearing 24mos.-2T but some shirts I will need to put away because they are too hard to get over his head...any thoughts or brands that work well for kids with big heads? Back to your son, is your ped concerned or could it be like my son (just like daddy)?Good luck.lisa> >> > Hi all, > > My son Cody (8 mos.) had his Starband eval with Bob last week. We know > > that Cody's head measures off the charts but Bob was like "WOW, his > > HEAD IS HUGE!" and told me that he'd be off the charts as an 18 mo. old > > then went on and on for a while about it. I was like "ok, I get it my > > kid has a big head, can we move on?" I got the feeling that Bob's > > overall demeanor isn't very pleasant, he got very irritated that Cody > > wouldn't hold his neck straight for the scan (torticollis, hello!) and > > now we're having him do his fitting next week. I've

heard good things > > about Amy, but figured we should give Bob one more shot. Actually no > > one at the office was very friendly to us. Were they having an off day > > or was I? Anyway, any feedback would be great!> > > > Thanks!> >>

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Hi, thanks for your response. We will go ahead and have Bob fit him

and see how things go. I have heard some good things about Bob,

although everyone agrees his bedside manner isn't great, it sounds

like he's been a good ortho for many children. Cody gets his Band in

2 days, i'm nervous!

As for Cody's head, he and my daughter (she's 3) both were off the

charts for head measurement, she had a CT at 6 mos because she was

50th percentile for height and weight and 100th+ percentile for

head.... BUT looking back and talking w/ our parents, both my husband

and I had large heads as infants/children. So, we call it the " big

head gene " . My ped is monitoring him.

Thanks!

> >

> > Hi all,

> > My son Cody (8 mos.) had his Starband eval with Bob last week.

We know

> > that Cody's head measures off the charts but Bob was like " WOW,

his

> > HEAD IS HUGE! " and told me that he'd be off the charts as an 18

mo. old

> > then went on and on for a while about it. I was like " ok, I get

it my

> > kid has a big head, can we move on? " I got the feeling that

Bob's

> > overall demeanor isn't very pleasant, he got very irritated that

Cody

> > wouldn't hold his neck straight for the scan (torticollis,

hello!) and

> > now we're having him do his fitting next week. I've heard good

things

> > about Amy, but figured we should give Bob one more shot.

Actually no

> > one at the office was very friendly to us. Were they having an

off day

> > or was I? Anyway, any feedback would be great!

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

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