How do you clean your starband? Please give me tips!!!

[Guest guest]

Ok. I clean it everyday I use dial soap just a little a rub it all

around then I use acholol and rub that all around.

But it still has that smell. It is not as bad but it is still there.

How wet do you get yours? I am nervous to get it to wet. Please give me

tips or tell me what you do. He is a really chubby baby 22 pounds and

is 5 1/2 months olds so he sweats a lot.

[Guest guest]

I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I dunk it in the bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her baby wash. I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the sink. I towel dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.

My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot of soap as it leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better surface for dirt and bacteria to hang on to. Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks

[Guest guest]

I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure that you are NEVER

supposed to get a band that wet by submerging it in water or rinsing

it in the sink. I thought that we were told that getting it too wet

could damage the foam. Also, we were told by our Ortho to not use

anything but Alchohol to clean the band.

Jen

(3 1/2 yrs), tort resolved, Hanger Band Grad

(6 yrs)

>

> I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I dunk

it in the

> bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her

baby wash.

> I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the

sink. I towel

> dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.

>

> My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot of

soap as it

> leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better surface

for dirt

> and bacteria to hang on to.

>

>

> Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks

>

[Guest guest]

We had a STARband but I was thinking the same thing. We were told never to submerge it.

Angie

Re: How do you clean your starband? Please give me tips!!!

I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure that you are NEVER supposed to get a band that wet by submerging it in water or rinsing it in the sink. I thought that we were told that getting it too wet could damage the foam. Also, we were told by our Ortho to not use anything but Alchohol to clean the band. Jen (3 1/2 yrs), tort resolved, Hanger Band Grad (6 yrs)>> I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I dunk it in the> bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her baby wash.> I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the sink. I towel> dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.> > My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot of soap as it> leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better surface for dirt> and bacteria to hang on to.> > > Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks>

[Guest guest]

We have a hanger band and we were told to use Dawn or Ivory clean

risne dishwashing liquid and a toothbrush and then rinse with

water. Once a week we use alcohol and let it air dry. We were also

told not to clean it the day before an appointment. The dish soap

and toothbrush seem to work well.

-Chandra

> >

> > I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I

dunk

> it in the

> > bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her

> baby wash.

> > I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the

> sink. I towel

> > dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.

> >

> > My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot

of

> soap as it

> > leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better

surface

> for dirt

> > and bacteria to hang on to.

> >

> >

> > Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know much about the Hanger band specifically, but I thought

I've heard the same thing (about any band), that submerging it is

not a good thing and that alcohol is the best thing to use. I have

heard of individual orthos giving additional options in cleaning, so

I would ask your ortho specifically before trying anything else.

(I'm actually going to do the same thing when we go for an

adjustment on Monday).

For now, I use 91% alcohol with a toothbrush, and yes it's stinky at

the end of the day when I take his band off, but overall, I don't

smell it during the day while it's on. Also, we have a painted

DocBand, so I can't even clean the outside of it (or the paint would

come off). If I had patterned plastic like the Star and Hanger, I

would use alcohol on the outside as well (which is actually what I

do in between paint jobs after I've peeled off the paint).

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

Jordan-4

> >

> > I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I

dunk

> it in the

> > bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her

> baby wash.

> > I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the

> sink. I towel

> > dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.

> >

> > My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot

of

> soap as it

> > leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better

surface

> for dirt

> > and bacteria to hang on to.

> >

> >

> > Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I get my son's STARband real wet and soapy when I clean it and rinse

it a lot. I dry as much as I can with a clean towel before air drying

and it's been fine. If it needs it I'll do twice a day. Maybe you

just need more water? It does get better once they adjust to wearing

and sweat less. Good luck!

[Guest guest]

My orthotist recommended rubbing alcohol, and/or wipes with scent and alcohol. My boy Jack is so sensitive that we are going straight up alcohol. We start the process today....waiting for little man to wake up. Re: How do you clean your starband? Please give me tips!!!

I don't know much about the Hanger band specifically, but I thought

I've heard the same thing (about any band), that submerging it is

not a good thing and that alcohol is the best thing to use. I have

heard of individual orthos giving additional options in cleaning, so

I would ask your ortho specifically before trying anything else.

(I'm actually going to do the same thing when we go for an

adjustment on Monday).

For now, I use 91% alcohol with a toothbrush, and yes it's stinky at

the end of the day when I take his band off, but overall, I don't

smell it during the day while it's on. Also, we have a painted

DocBand, so I can't even clean the outside of it (or the paint would

come off). If I had patterned plastic like the Star and Hanger, I

would use alcohol on the outside as well (which is actually what I

do in between paint jobs after I've peeled off the paint).

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

Jordan-4

> >

> > I swab it with 99% alcohol 2x a day, morning and evening. I

dunk

> it in the

> > bath with her every other day and wash it with just a bit of her

> baby wash.

> > I then take it out of the tub and rinse it really well in the

> sink. I towel

> > dry and give the band a few passes with the hairdryer.

> >

> > My orthotist cautioned me about using stronger soaps and a lot

of

> soap as it

> > leaves a bit of film on the foam and that becomes a better

surface

> for dirt

> > and bacteria to hang on to.

> >

> >

> > Norah, 10 months, Hangar Helmet for 6 weeks

> >

>

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