Re: Too late to start at 15-16 months?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for clarifying, sorry I was confused. Okay, now I'm more

nervous for you if you go with the local band because you actually

have to see the cynical specialist to make adjustments to the band.

That tells me that he may not do the best job he could for you. But

wait, does he use helmets on a semi-regular basis for younger

infants and just thinks it would be a waste of time for your

daughter because of her age? Or is he cynical that helmets work at

all? If it's because he's cynical of helmets working at all, I would

not feel comfortable going to him for adjustments even with a baby 4

months old. But really either way, that would worry me.

It's great that you would get to be in CA for at least a month. The

treatment time really does fly by once you get underway. And at

most, it would be 16 weeks (well, 18 when you add in the 2 weeks

between the scan and the first fitting).

I just posted before and during pictures of my son Jake W. in the

Our Plagio Babies - J, he'll be at the end. Not sure how much help

they'll be, I think I captured the forehead bossing pretty well, but

the flat spot is hard to get. I think I feel more of a difference

than I can see (I can feel where each section has popped out a

little).

Jake-20m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand)

Jordan-4

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Hi,

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > I'm a father of a 15-month old daughter who has a

slight

> > > > > > > positional

> > > > > > > > plagio on the right side at the back of her head. My

> > local

> > > > > > > > craniofacial surgery specialist in Singapore said it

is

> > now

> > > > too

> > > > > > > late

> > > > > > > > to be doing helmet treatment and snickered when i

said

> > i'm

> > > > > > > > considering even going to California to try the DOC

band

> > for

> > > > my

> > > > > > > > child. He said the manufacturers can say whatever

they

> > want

> > > > just

> > > > > > > to

> > > > > > > > make a buck.

> > > > > > > > Obviously this doc was unsympathetic and cynical

with

> > the

> > > > cranial

> > > > > > > > helmet treatment, though he still gave us a referral

> > letter

> > > > to a

> > > > > > > > local orthotist, which i'm not sure if they'll do a

> > proper

> > > > job in

> > > > > > > > creating the helmet. So, the prospect of us getting

the

> > DOC

> > > > band

> > > > > > > in

> > > > > > > > the US is something i still consider.

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > I'm wondering if someone who started late can share

> > their

> > > > > > > experience?

> > > > > > > > Appreciate any info..

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Thanks,

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Anxious dad

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

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> > > > > >

> > > > > > For more plagio info, go to

www.plagiocephaly.org/support

> > > > > >