Getting helmet tomorrow

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Hi all. New to the group, and new to the whole process of banding. My daughter,

, gets her helmet tomorrow (Weds). I'm nervous about what to ask and how

I'm going to feel about the whole thing. I've been trying to visualize her in

the helmet, but I know that seeing her in it tomorrow will make it real.

The reason I'm having a hard time is because I feel guilty. My daughter's first

daycare left her in her car seat during the day. She was there for 2 months, and

we didn't know until a week before she switched to the place she goes to now

(she had to be 3 months old to get into the school she's at now, so the home

daycare was always going to be a temp thing). I had done all the research on the

home daycare, checked with the state, refs., shown up at various points, etc.,

but I guess you still just never know. I used to pick Em up at the same time

(after work) each day, and had gotten out early one day, so had gone to get her

early. 3 of the 4 infants were strapped into their infant carriers, lined up in

a row. When I took out, she was covered in sweat. No wonder she'd been so

fussy when she came home every night, since she wasn't doing anything during the

day. She's a premie as well, so her development was slightly lagging anyways.

She's now at a GREAT school and has caught up and surpassed development goals.

is 9 and a half months, which is a bit late for banding, from what I

understand. Has anyone else started around this time and seen success? I don't

know the percents for , but I know that her head is off 8.4mm (just enough

for insurance to cover it). Any ideas on how to deal with heat rash? We live in

the desert, so I know it'll happen. It was 105 degrees today, and it's not the

hottest part of the year yet...

Thanks for any tips/advice/ideas.

Trish

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Trish,

Hopefully everything will be fine. It's a bit inconvenient to have her wear the band in the summer and especially in the desert but it will be all worth it in the end. My daughter wore her first DOC band when she was 9.5 months. She had brachy at 98.3% and plagio at 8mm. You may want to check out her blog that is all about her plagio experience. I have pictures, reports, videos and a lot of my own thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Good luck to you,

Leila,

Maysa, 16 months, 6 days till graduationwww.mymaysa.wordpress.com

From: tfeffer786 <tfeffer786@...>Subject: Getting helmet tomorrowPlagiocephaly Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:52 AM

Hi all. New to the group, and new to the whole process of banding. My daughter, , gets her helmet tomorrow (Weds). I'm nervous about what to ask and how I'm going to feel about the whole thing. I've been trying to visualize her in the helmet, but I know that seeing her in it tomorrow will make it real.The reason I'm having a hard time is because I feel guilty. My daughter's first daycare left her in her car seat during the day. She was there for 2 months, and we didn't know until a week before she switched to the place she goes to now (she had to be 3 months old to get into the school she's at now, so the home daycare was always going to be a temp thing). I had done all the research on the home daycare, checked with the state, refs., shown up at various points, etc., but I guess you still just never know. I used to pick Em up at the same time (after work) each day, and had gotten out early one day, so had gone to get her early. 3 of the

4 infants were strapped into their infant carriers, lined up in a row. When I took out, she was covered in sweat. No wonder she'd been so fussy when she came home every night, since she wasn't doing anything during the day. She's a premie as well, so her development was slightly lagging anyways. She's now at a GREAT school and has caught up and surpassed development goals. is 9 and a half months, which is a bit late for banding, from what I understand. Has anyone else started around this time and seen success? I don't know the percents for , but I know that her head is off 8.4mm (just enough for insurance to cover it). Any ideas on how to deal with heat rash? We live in the desert, so I know it'll happen. It was 105 degrees today, and it's not the hottest part of the year yet...Thanks for any tips/advice/ ideas.Trish