RE: We have decided to go for it

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, I am feeling exactly the same way. My mother told me about the chance of getting flat spot if I do not keep an eye on him and I did look for this, but somehow I missed it, not sure how, because I was turning him around all the time, everybody was making fun of me and saying that I am obsessing about it. He was born with a little pointy head as well, so I was extra careful...but bottom line we got the brachy....I feel horrible, and now I am going crazy re-positing him. My family thinks that he does not need the Doc band and my husband will not let me put it on, so I am really going crazy with repositioning for the last two weeks. I think I am seeing some results. The problem is that I go to work, so I have to rely on the nanny to do the same during the day. I think she is, as I can see the improvement..I just hope it is going to fix as otherwise I do not think I am going to forgive myself. Good luck, with the band, keep us posted Totti <lisa.stach@...> wrote: I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement and for sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning and now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company and to see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for the casting.I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault, like maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this boat? I feel like we

tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am having an extreme case of guilt.

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Please do not feel that way! We are told to put the kids on their back to sleep. Repositioning doesn't always work or else none of us would have kids with helmets. This issue could have happened in the womb.

Plagiocephaly From: lisa.stach@...Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:18:12 +0000Subject: We have decided to go for it

I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement and for sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning and now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company and to see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for the casting.I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault, like maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this boat? I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am having an extreme case of guilt. In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger.

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You really cannot blame yourself. Some of this starts in utero, depending upon how the baby is positioned and how much room there is. Also, it is not humanely possible to always hold a baby, especially if there are other children in the home. I also do not think there is enough education out there for parents about repositioning. I have twins and did not become aware of any of this until their two month appt. by then, it was a little too late. Take care and know you are doing all you can for your child.

We have decided to go for it

I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement and for sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning and now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company and to see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for the casting.I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault, like maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this boat? I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am having an extreme case of guilt.

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Now that I'm more aware, I've been looking closer at my son's

pictures. I believe his head shape started in utero (cone shape).

After being born it just went to another extreme.

But I have learned not to blame myself like I did at first. I just

work within my own abilities and believe for great things to come.

Just in this small time, I've started giving info to people I know.

Not that they need it. I'm hoping the info will spread.

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> You really cannot blame yourself. Some of this starts in utero,

depending upon how the baby is positioned and how much room there

is. Also, it is not humanely possible to always hold a baby,

especially if there are other children in the home. I also do not

think there is enough education out there for parents about

repositioning. I have twins and did not become aware of any of this

until their two month appt. by then, it was a little too late. Take

care and know you are doing all you can for your child.

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> We have decided to go for it

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> I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement

and for

> sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning

and

> now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company

and to

> see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for

the

> casting.

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> I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault,

like

> maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this

boat?

> I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am

having

> an extreme case of guilt.

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[Guest guest]

I agree, I really think some babies are just prone to plagio, more

so than others. Even without tort involved. My daughter was born

with a completely round head, and never developed a real flat spot,

although she did go bald in that one spot on the back and around the

sides, so you know she was getting pressure in those spots. My son

on the other hand, was born with a cone-shaped head, that did pop

out at first, but then started going flat pretty soon after. I

really think his head was just softer than my daughter's and that's

partly why he got so flat. Plus his size made his head heavier and

therefore weight down more. It's all a combination of things, so no

one should beat themselves up about the fact that it happened. Doing

something about it now is what matters.

Jake-19m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 9 weeks)

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> > You really cannot blame yourself. Some of this starts in utero,

> depending upon how the baby is positioned and how much room there

> is. Also, it is not humanely possible to always hold a baby,

> especially if there are other children in the home. I also do not

> think there is enough education out there for parents about

> repositioning. I have twins and did not become aware of any of

this

> until their two month appt. by then, it was a little too late.

Take

> care and know you are doing all you can for your child.

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> > We have decided to go for it

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> > I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement

> and for

> > sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this

morning

> and

> > now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company

> and to

> > see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for

> the

> > casting.

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> > I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their

fault,

> like

> > maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this

> boat?

> > I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am

> having

> > an extreme case of guilt.

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Totti,

If you won't forgive yourself then maybe you need to go get a free consult regardless of what everyone else in your life thinks. It is your baby too and you have a say in what happens to your baby. My husband was against the band at first but now that my son has it and we are seeing results, he is happy with the decision. Sometimes you just have to do what you think is right, regardless. I don't know if this is helpful but I had similar feelings when I was in the debate over whether to band or not.

Sybil

I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement and for sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning and now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company and to see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for the casting.I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault, like maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this boat? I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am having an extreme case of guilt.

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My husband was against banding as well. However, he could tell how

stressed I was and how much I wanted to " fix " my son's head shape that

he was very supportive in going with me to CT and listening to what

they had to say. We banded and BOTH my husband and I are glad we

did. If you don't think you could forgive yourself, then I would talk

with your husband and ask if he'd go to a consult and hear what they

have to say. CT does consults for free. Good luck.

PS: I don't know what your husband's concerns are but here is my

experience. Our son was banded from 7.5-9.5 months. He is now 22

months (today actually) and has/is meeting his milestones ontime. You

would not notice that he had plagiocephally...I can feel that his head

is slightly assymetrical but it is so much better than it would have

been if we didn't band. He continued to be a happy baby the entire

time banded. He slept through the night from night 2 of the band

forward. He could have cared less about the band. Do you have

pictures posted? Maybe we could give opinions.

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Our first son had plagio, corrected with a DOC band. SO, with our

2nd son from day 1 I repositioned. Around 5 weeks, I noticed his

head changing a little for the worse despite doing all the " right "

things. Even though I know for sure with my 2nd that his head was

completely round at birth, I do think positioning in utero did play

into prefering to look one way more than the other. I say this

because based on my 19 week ultrasound pics of both boys they were

facing opposite directions and their plagio was on opposite sides.

My 2nd is only 8.5 weeks so I am going to keep trying to do all the

right things and hopefully his head gets better or stays the same.

If it doesn't we'll band again (but I'm hoping we won't need to).

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> You really cannot blame yourself. Some of this starts in utero,

depending upon how the baby is positioned and how much room there

is. Also, it is not humanely possible to always hold a baby,

especially if there are other children in the home. I also do not

think there is enough education out there for parents about

repositioning. I have twins and did not become aware of any of this

until their two month appt. by then, it was a little too late. Take

care and know you are doing all you can for your child.

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> We have decided to go for it

>

> I just want to thank all of you for your words of encouragement

and for

> sharing your experiences. We made the necessary calls this morning

and

> now we just need to get pre-approval from the insurance company

and to

> see how much they will cover before we make the apppointment for

the

> casting.

>

> I was just wondering if anyone ever felt like it was their fault,

like

> maybe if I tried harder to reposistion him I wouldn't be in this

boat?

> I feel like we tried every thing humanly possible. I guess I am

having

> an extreme case of guilt.

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>

>

>

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