WE KNOW WHY! HELP! Shaking Head Only While Sleeping (not ear infection)

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Hi Friends!

So we figured out (let's just say Mommy did...) why Keegan's kept

shaking his head only while sleeping!

It was the day after our appointment and his DOCBand had just been

adjusted (shaved) and there was a little fuzzy like surface left

where the shaving had been done in the foam, this was tugging or

scratching at my son's head/hair and making him very uncomfortable!

I figured it out because I had placed a thinly cut piece of cotton in

the helmet just to see if I can put him down for nap without a fuss

and BINGO! That did the trick so I went back into his helmet with

toothbruch and brushed all the surfaces with the fuzz.

Keegan is now napping and sleeping again! =)

I will bring this up at our next appointment that we'd prefer the

adjustments to be VERY smooth.

Melinda

Mommy to Keegan - 6 mon - brachy/plagio (tort resolved) - DOCBand 5

weeks & 5 days

Southern California

>

> Hi!

>

> We had our son's DOCBand adjusted yesterday at his weekly

> appointment... and last night, he slept HORRIBLY!

>

> He kept waking up and shaking his head and ONLY did this while

sleeping.

> So today, I took him to pediatrician to find out if it's an ear

> infection and it's not. He did have wax but no outer nor middle ear

> infection.

>

> Have any other parents experienced this?

>

> I now think that it may have been the adjustment done by an ortho

NEW

> to his case. =(

>

>

> Melinda

> Mommy to Keegan - 6 mon - Brachy/L Plagio (Tort resolved) - DOCBand

5

> weeks 1 day

>

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Thanks for sharing your experience with this. I'll definitely keep that in mind if anything similar happens. It's good to know. Lou Annlawoman1729@...Lou Ann Fugate

[Guest guest]

I always brushed my sons helmet each day when I cleaned it. I guess I was helping him out without realizing it. Glad you got to the source of the issue and your little guy is more comfortable. Good mommy instint! Tammy

From: Melinda <melindz@...>Subject: WE KNOW WHY! HELP! Shaking Head Only While Sleeping (not ear infection)Plagiocephaly Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 11:03 PM

Hi Friends!So we figured out (let's just say Mommy did...) why Keegan's kept shaking his head only while sleeping!It was the day after our appointment and his DOCBand had just been adjusted (shaved) and there was a little fuzzy like surface left where the shaving had been done in the foam, this was tugging or scratching at my son's head/hair and making him very uncomfortable!I figured it out because I had placed a thinly cut piece of cotton in the helmet just to see if I can put him down for nap without a fuss and BINGO! That did the trick so I went back into his helmet with toothbruch and brushed all the surfaces with the fuzz. Keegan is now napping and sleeping again! =)I will bring this up at our next appointment that we'd prefer the adjustments to be VERY smooth.MelindaMommy to Keegan - 6 mon - brachy/plagio (tort resolved) - DOCBand 5 weeks & 5

daysSouthern California>> Hi!> > We had our son's DOCBand adjusted yesterday at his weekly > appointment. .. and last night, he slept HORRIBLY!> > He kept waking up and shaking his head and ONLY did this while sleeping.> So today, I took him to pediatrician to find out if it's an ear > infection and it's not. He did have wax but no outer nor middle ear > infection. > > Have any other parents experienced this?> > I now think that it may have been the adjustment done by an ortho NEW > to his case. =( > > > Melinda> Mommy to Keegan - 6 mon - Brachy/L Plagio (Tort resolved) - DOCBand 5 > weeks 1

day>

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Hi Melinda-

Glad to hear you solved the mystery and it wasn't anything serious!

It must have really been tickling her. We have the DOCBand too and

the areas they shave out are always a little rougher than the non-

shaved areas. I'm not sure how much smoother they can get it, but

you're right, brushing it and cleaning it, plus wearing it, does get

it smoother over time until the next adjustment.

Thanks for sharing the solution to your problem! Good luck!

Jake-21m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 4 weeks)

Jordan-4

> >

> > Hi!

> >

> > We had our son's DOCBand adjusted yesterday at his weekly

> > appointment... and last night, he slept HORRIBLY!

> >

> > He kept waking up and shaking his head and ONLY did this while

> sleeping.

> > So today, I took him to pediatrician to find out if it's an ear

> > infection and it's not. He did have wax but no outer nor middle

ear

> > infection.

> >

> > Have any other parents experienced this?

> >

> > I now think that it may have been the adjustment done by an

ortho

> NEW

> > to his case. =(

> >

> >

> > Melinda

> > Mommy to Keegan - 6 mon - Brachy/L Plagio (Tort resolved) -

DOCBand

> 5

> > weeks 1 day

> >

>