Re: 2nd band for cone head

[Guest guest]

You can't reduce the extra height in her head. The thing you can do is redirect

new growth to a different area (normally to the flat spot). If she has extra

height it is usually the back that is flat so they try to round that out. I

would ask your hanger ortho exactly what they expect to change with her second

band. My daughter had brachy (flat in back) with extra width. In her case the

width became less obvious because they directed the growth to the back, and the

overall proportion of her head changed. She got a lot more length in back, but

almost no change in widths. They should be able to explain what kind of change

you can expect to see with a 2nd band.

-christine

sydney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad

>

> Hi,

> My name is , my baby Faith was born with a prettty bad cone head that

never resolved and she was in a CT helmet for 3 months.Her head shaped improved

but there's still room for that. I asked for a 2nd band but the orthoist said

it's not recommended. She's 7 months old and I insisted on a 2nd band this time

with Hangar. Anyone facing a similar situation? I see that her head is still

kind of tall and narrow on top I think there's still time to make some changes

there.

> Please give some advice.

> Thank you,

>

>

[Guest guest]

I got a 2nd band from CT for the a similar reason. However, my son has both

plagio and brachy, and while the 2nd helmet helped the brachy, it did not help

with the plagio. We realized this a little after a month of him being in it. So

CT is making us a 3rd band for free (NICE!) which will be more like the first

band that helped with both. Check out his before and after photos under " Our

Plagio Babies O-P. They are the last 3. His name is . Even though he was

only in the 2nd helmet for a little over a month, you can see how it helped with

his head. AND he started it around the same age as you daughter is now, so I

definitely think you should try a 2nd helmet if you think there's still room for

improvement.

>

> Hi,

> My name is , my baby Faith was born with a prettty bad cone head that

never resolved and she was in a CT helmet for 3 months.Her head shaped improved

but there's still room for that. I asked for a 2nd band but the orthoist said

it's not recommended. She's 7 months old and I insisted on a 2nd band this time

with Hangar. Anyone facing a similar situation? I see that her head is still

kind of tall and narrow on top I think there's still time to make some changes

there.

> Please give some advice.

> Thank you,

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

> My name is , my baby Faith was born with a prettty bad cone head that

never resolved and she was in a CT helmet for 3 months.Her head shaped improved

but there's still room for that. I asked for a 2nd band but the orthoist said

it's not recommended. She's 7 months old and I insisted on a 2nd band this time

with Hangar. Anyone facing a similar situation? I see that her head is still

kind of tall and narrow on top I think there's still time to make some changes

there.

> Please give some advice.

> Thank you,

>

>

Hi ,

I'm Alaina and my son Zayden (on the front page)had a cone head too due to the

suctioning at birth since she had to do it 3 or 4 times not to mention he had

cogenital torticollis which made it worse. He wor a DOC Band from CT from March

- June and there was massive improvement! The only problem is that later at the

end of June after he had already graduated his head seemed to be regressing and

last night in the bath it looked more oblong than before, but our clinician told

us the same thing and he was 10 months at his exit. She was going to do another

DSI scan but we had to wait an hour after hours that day due to short staffing

just to be seen. Especially since his thick hair covers his head and you can't

really tell. She said his head grew 50% and now it would just be cosmetic. I

don't agree and think I'm going to ask for another appointment before it's too

late since he's already a year old now. The only problem is that I'm not covered

there and we had to get a grant to help pay for most of it. I understand your

frustration. One of the mommies I know on BabyCenter.com in the plagio group

went through the same thing and got a third band for free from CT, needless to

say I'm asking her how and will let you know. There are more pictures of him in

the Z section under Zayden.

Alaina

Zayden DOC Band graduate 6/9/09 (still room for improvement)