Guest guest Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! Jill Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Congrats! It sounds like you made the right decision and gave it a lot of thought and research. We will be facing the same decision when my 6+ month old graduates from his helmet next week and I don't think we'll go on with a second as he has dramatically improved and the area I would want to make more 'perfect' is not very correctable. As my tech said, not all babies are meant to have perfect melon shaped heads. And I agree with what you said - to the casual observer, the imperfections are probably imperceptible. I hope once we all 'graduate' from the bands that we can just look at their adorable little faces and forget all about head shapes. I LOVE the line in your post about being a recovering perfectionist as I am too.. > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > Jill > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > Austin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Jill, I am curious about what you mean when you say " skewed to the left " . Our son's head shape was described as a parallelogram and we notice his helmet is always shifted around so it slightly overlaps his right eye. We have mentioned this to the orthotist and he says its normal given his head shape. Is this what you are referring to? If so, are you implying that this problem will not correct itself while wearing the band/helmet? It's kinda like things are all " off-center " for our son, so I'm hoping that's not the case, but am very interested if that is what you were told. Thanks, > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > Jill > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > Austin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 , When we look at Cade's head from the " birds eye " view, it still has a bit of a swing out to the left...or maybe a better way to put it, it's more " full " on the left side. It has filled in nicely on the back right side now, so not really noticeable when you look at him unless you are looking for it. Looking at him from the front, straight on, his head goes straight back behind his right ear but on the left side, you can actually see a little bit of his head right when you get past his ear. It's sometimes visible in photographs. That's what I mean by " skewed " . That is the best term I could find to describe what we see. I noticed just about a week ago that when his helmet was on, perfectly centered over his nose, it kind of swung out a bit to the left, too, while the other side went straight back. I don't know why it took me so long to notice that. Of course, they had to make the helmet to fit his head shape...and that was/is his head shape. We can see this is the shape of the helmet when the helmet isn't on his head. I posted a few pictures under Our Plagio Babies - C (Cade M). Two are birds eye view pics, one of which that swing/fullness to the left looks really significant. In the other one, it's not very noticeable at all. I'm thinking the one that makes it look really significant was just caught at a hair of a funny angle, since it doesn't look that major to us or in any of the other pics I've taken. Anyway, if you take a look at those pictures, you can see what I'm describing as " skewed " , I think. When we started treatment, things were REALLY off-center, like you mentioned is the case with your son. The improvement we got, I think, is tremendous. While the band does wonders, for sure, my understanding now is that it can't necessarily get that little head back to " perfect " , if there is such a thing. I don't know if different orthotists would debate that or not. Because the new growth was directed to those previously deficient areas on his back right and front left, things don't look off-center anymore, even though the top view shows things still a bit more " full " on the left side. I'm not sure if I've described what you see with your son, but I hope that helps clarify. We never had a problem with the band shifting over one eye. It shifted down some, but pretty evenly over the brows. Hope that helps. Jill > > > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > > > Jill > > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > > Austin > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 We'll be thinking of you next week, too. I have just about rubbed all the hair off of my son's head in the past 2 days. Just can't get enough of his little head...and as you said, that adorable little face. Time to move on now from the shape of his head. :-) Let me know how things go next week. Re: Graduated Congrats! It sounds like you made the right decision and gave it a lot of thought and research. We will be facing the same decision when my 6+ month old graduates from his helmet next week and I don't think we'll go on with a second as he has dramatically improved and the area I would want to make more 'perfect' is not very correctable. As my tech said, not all babies are meant to have perfect melon shaped heads. And I agree with what you said - to the casual observer, the imperfections are probably imperceptible. I hope once we all 'graduate' from the bands that we can just look at their adorable little faces and forget all about head shapes. I LOVE the line in your post about being a recovering perfectionist as I am too..>> Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to "fill in" the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the "left shift"...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.)> > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits!> > Jill> Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH!> Austin> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Congratulations. Sounds like a good decision. -christine sydney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > Jill > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > Austin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Hi , My son's band rotated to the left too. The ortho said that it was normal because there wasn't any place for the band to be held in the back on the left. That reasoning made sense to me, however, I felt Luke's band rotated too much. I would keep an eye on the shape of your son's head. What happened to Luke's head is that the band started to flatten the upper part of his forehead and the left side in the back because it was rotating too much. Overall, the band helped, but we stopped about 3 weeks early because I didn't want the flattening to get any worse and Luke was outgrowing the band. Luke, 9 months, severe brachy & mild left plagio STARband grad 6/09 NYC > > > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > > > Jill > > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > > Austin > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Congratulations! I also wanted to tell that I see the same "left shift" in my LO's head. I looked at so many graduation pictures and many of them have it. We have been in the helmet now for 5 month and I have been hoping that it would sort of get corrected by filling in the front-left side (opposite to the flat back-right), but so far there has been hardly any correction. I should say though that my baby's growth slowed down a lot. On a positive note, my close friends' son has plagio that wasn't very well corrected (he just didn't like the helmet). He is now 3 years old, so even knowing that his head is misshapen,I don't see the "skewedness". From: "jillmckay@..." <jillmckay@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 6:38:05 PMSubject: Graduated Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to "fill in" the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the "left shift"...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.)That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits!JillCade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH!Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks. Hope his graduation day goes well. Deciding whether or not to do a 2nd band is a tough decision in some cases. Sounds like we're in the same boat. Let us know when he graduates! > > > > Just wanted to pass along the news that Cade graduated from his DOC Band yesterday. His total treatment time was 7 weeks in the band. Thanks to those of you who took a look at his pictures. His measurements were better yesterday. He had another 2mm growth during the week, which brought his CV number down another mm (single digits...which is what we were hoping). His mid-face symmetry went from 10 to 3mm; skull base asymmetry from 8 to 4mm and cranial vault from 17 to 9mm. His cephalic index from 84.1 to 78.2. After talking with CT about the area on his left side - which a couple of you had noticed in the pictures - I felt more comfortable with our decision to graduate. > > > > I hadn't asked the question when we started his treatment about what is correctable with the band and what isn't correctable. (Note to parents just starting treatment: ask that question!) Anyway, when you look at him from the top view, his head is a bit skewed to the left and according to CT, that would be very difficult to correct with the band. With the band, the new growth was directed to " fill in " the very deficient areas on the front left and back right. So, while it looks fabulous to us...and light years better than where we started...it will always be a little skewed to the left because of that early shifting of things out of their original place. (The difficulty in correcting the " left shift " ...hard on the kids, hard on the skin, long process, which I suppose is why the goal of treatment is to fill in and balance out.) > > > > That made sense since I had noticed when looking at Cade directly from the front that the helmet kind of sat a little skewed to the left. That's just the way the top of his little head is oriented now. I don't think it is noticeable to the casual observer...probably just to those of us here, who now pay attention to the shape of all the little heads around us! > > > > We thought carefully about our decision to stop or continue on for a bit more change in that CV number, but in the end decided to end our quest for a more perfectly rounded head. I'm a recovering perfectionist, so that was a tough decision...and I hope we've done the right thing. I can say that today has been a VERY good day. We've enjoyed LOTS and LOTS of snuggle time, which has been so sweet. And everywhere we've been, my little guy has had his eyes on the ceiling. He's either looking for that thing that was hanging over his eyebrows or re-discovering the joy of looking up without interference! > > > > Thank you again for all the support offered and questions answered along the way. What a GREAT resource this has been for us. And many thanks to the Austin Cranial Tech team, too. We couldn't say enough good things about them. They've made this process so much easier. I think we're going to miss our weekly visits! > > > > Jill > > Cade's mom (7 mo, DOC Band graduate 8/5/09)YEAH! > > Austin > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hi, I understand. It is very tough. I was hoping 's upper flat spot would improve more. I'm surprised it didn't. That is excellent that you got improvement in the forehead! We haven't seen improvement there even with growth. Maybe, the helmet wasn't precise enough since 's forehead is very mild and we had bad luck there. We have seen a lot of improvement in the back at level 3. I still like to think it is possible for improvement over the years as they grow. Best, Kathy wrote: So graduated Monday at almost 27 mos after 8 1/2 mos in Starband. Very mixed feelings about this. I know it's time but it also brought back all the regrets. He did get better ( at level 3 and forehead) with about 6 mm growth and he was mild to begin with. The asymmetry is pretty much gone but the flat spot at level 5 is still there bigger than it should be and right now the longer hair somehow makes it look worse. One of these days I'll post scan and photostudy. Thank you all. , Tampa, FL ,almost 27 mos, Starband 14 July 09- 29 March 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 On Apr 1, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Kathy Lora Jensen wrote: > I still like to think it is possible for improvement over the years > as they grow. Me too, and since it's been four days, I think what you're seeing today, , is the full extent of any angular regression that is going to occur. Congratulations! I did see Clara's eye straining a bit to adjust over the same period, but I remain satisfied we've got that licked. The day after the helmet was off was most gratifying, when she got on her rocking horse and shook her head like she never could before, imitating the toy's animatronics. It was also nice to put her in her sun hat again, yesterday, without the brim being folded at the occipital prominence. Even her baby sunglasses seemed to work okay, despite significant ear misalignment, though neither of my girls will actually tolerate them for long. I find the Wayfarer type of frame design very forgiving. My goal is to be seen out and about, all matching, with them in Grants for kids, and me in Zenni Optical #2204 (would be #2284 for wider eyes). -- Thad Launderville Montpelier, VT Clara age 23 1/2 months, recent STARband grad (8/09 - 3/10) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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