Re: Help! DOC Band under 2 weeks left small laceration...

[Guest guest]

If you aren't able to have a friend help with your 2 older ones,

then I would wait a week and just go to your local CT next Monday

and try not to worry about it. If you can get help for the older

children, then it may be worth making the 3 hour trip each way to

get the band adjusted. I know personally I wouldn't want to make

that trip without my husband or a friend. Good luck in your

decision.

lisa

>

> Hi!

>

> I am torn about what to do. My daughter has had her DOC band just

under 2 weeks and she

> has a very small laceration on the side of her head , behind her

ear, near the band opening.

> My local Cranial Tech is closed til next Monday, when we had an

appointment. They want us

> to come in to another of their clinics ASAP to have it adjusted,

rather than have us leave it off

> til Monday. Bu they are a good THREE HOURS DRIVE EACH WAY (with

no traffic). I have two

> other kids I don't know what I'd do with (they have to get picked

up from school etc), my dh

> is working on a big project and is not available. My baby HATES

being in her carseat, even

> for 20 minute rides. UGH.

>

> Any input is appreciated. I just don't know what to do!

>

> Thanks in advance!

> Diane

>

[Guest guest]

when my dd had her band she would scratch her head when it was off for

cleaning. I've heard of other babies doing this too - is that the

kind of cut your baby has? I think I put a little neosporin on it.If

so I would let it heal a little, then try the band again (but keep

your eye on it).

What we ended up doing was lots of distraction and playing while the

band was off to avoid the scratching. if she had a toy in each hand

she couldn't scratch herself.

take care.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

>

> Hi!

>

> I am torn about what to do. My daughter has had her DOC band just

under 2 weeks and she

> has a very small laceration on the side of her head , behind her

ear, near the band opening.

> My local Cranial Tech is closed til next Monday, when we had an

appointment. They want us

> to come in to another of their clinics ASAP to have it adjusted,

rather than have us leave it off

> til Monday. Bu they are a good THREE HOURS DRIVE EACH WAY (with no

traffic). I have two

> other kids I don't know what I'd do with (they have to get picked up

from school etc), my dh

> is working on a big project and is not available. My baby HATES

being in her carseat, even

> for 20 minute rides. UGH.

>

> Any input is appreciated. I just don't know what to do!

>

> Thanks in advance!

> Diane

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter got the same thing after being in the hospital and not

wearing the helmet and then having an adjustment w/out her there.

(She wasn't allowed in places where kids were since they were worried

about her catching anything after having RSV and secondary

pnemonia.) I put antibiotic cream and one of those round bandaids on

the ear and it healed in 2 days (we didn't wear the helmet until it

healed b/c we could see where it rubbed). I then loosened the band

until we could get back to CT to prevent her ear from rubbing again.

This week our OT at CT trimmed it so it wouldn't touch that ear and

we are good to go.

5 month old daughter in Doc Band for 4 weeks now - Dallas Texas

>

> Hi!

>

> I am torn about what to do. My daughter has had her DOC band just

under 2 weeks and she

> has a very small laceration on the side of her head , behind her

ear, near the band opening.

> My local Cranial Tech is closed til next Monday, when we had an

appointment. They want us

> to come in to another of their clinics ASAP to have it adjusted,

rather than have us leave it off

> til Monday. Bu they are a good THREE HOURS DRIVE EACH WAY (with no

traffic). I have two

> other kids I don't know what I'd do with (they have to get picked

up from school etc), my dh

> is working on a big project and is not available. My baby HATES

being in her carseat, even

> for 20 minute rides. UGH.

>

> Any input is appreciated. I just don't know what to do!

>

> Thanks in advance!

> Diane

>