Re: Star band, here we come!

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Hi ,

Welcome to the group. My daughter wore a starband for brachy (flat in

back) for 5 mo and graduated at 10 mo old. We took her for a follow up

at 14 mo and her head was almost exactly the same, but slightly

bigger. No improvement and no regression. I think it is more or less

the same now at age 3. She still has some flattening, but looks pretty

normal. Most babies adjust quickly to their band, and the time flies

by. Keep us posted on your daughter's progress.

-christine

sydney, 3 yrs, starband grad

>

> Hello all! In my plight to better educate myself, I have been doing

> lots of searches for plagiocephaly online and found this message

> board - woohoo! =) I am a mom to three children ages 4, 2 and 6

> months. My baby, Audrey, was born in July 2008. When she was 4

> weeks old, I noticed that her head had a funny slope down from the

> right side to the left... this was strange to me since neither of my

> other children had that issue. At her 1 month checkup, the

> pediatrition noticed her head tilted to the right and diagnosed right

> torticullus. (Also something I had never heard of!) Since the tort

> seemed mild, we tried to reposition her and encourage her to look to

> her left side, but saw little improvement by her 2 month checkup, so

> she started physical therapy for the torticullus after that. We

> still go to PT about once a month even though the tort has mostly

> worked itself out.

>

> ANYWAYS... bless her heart, but her head is still shaped funny and

> we've seen little improvement over the past several months. It

> doesn't help that she sucks her right thumb when she sleeps, turning

> her head towards that side again. After much thought and with some

> trepidation, we have decided to move forward with the helmet. She

> was scanned in early December and again in early January and we

> actually saw a regression, instead of improvement. In addition to

> the sloping forehead, her ears are misaligned, and her right cheek is

> forward, causing that cheek to look puffier than the other one. We

> ordered the Star band (with butterfly design!) and are picking it up

> on Tuesday. No one is questioning our decision and most of our

> friends and family are supportive, so that helps a lot! I hope that

> she is improved enough to remove the helmet before it gets too hot

> here in the Atlanta area!

>

> And speaking of helmet removal - has anyone who has a child who's

> graduated from a helmet seen any regression? I was just wondering -

> because if she wears the helmet until she is 10 months old, and then

> it is removed and she still sleeps on her right side, will it undo

> all of the good of the helmet in the first place? Any experiences

> with that?

>

> Thanks for reading my really long post! =)

>

> mom to Audrey (6.5 months), soon to be a Star band beauty!

>