I miss his head...

[Guest guest]

Believe it or not, I was excited to get my little guy banded. We'd been doing

aggressive re-positional therapy and after early success, had not been seeing

further improvement. After therapies seemed to stall out on changing his

plagio, I was ready to get started on the next phase of helping him.

So, on July 2nd, Little Man received his DOC band and already we're seeing

marked improvement. He had a fairly sizable growth spurt the first week in the

band and I was thankful we hadn't delayed any longer to get him fitted.

As far as adjustments go, his has been pretty seamless. He doesn't particularly

love the band, but he tolerates it well and seems to have a pretty good

attitude. When we take it off for his shampoo in the evening he seems to really

enjoy getting his scalp rubbed, and will close his eyes in contentment while I

tickle his almost-non-existent-hair.

So yeah, I would consider this whole process a resounding success to date.

However, I will admit that after the initial excitement has worn off, I am

finding myself struggling with how much I miss him without the band. His head

shape is changing, so when I take the band off in the evening, he looks like

such a different little boy. It's a good thing. I know. But it still

pangs my heart that I'm " missing " this.

Last night, after baths, we were waiting for his band to dry. So I sat down on

the couch and cuddled him up to my chin and he just snuggled right up against my

skin and fell asleep. His peach fuzzy hair was so soft against my face and his

head was just the perfect warmth against my chest. I felt so terrible putting

the band back on his head to put him down for bed.

Then this morning, I picked him up to cuddle him after he woke and he did a

little spazzy wiggle and managed to clock me square in the nose with the upper

edge of his DOC band. (Ouch!!)

It's such a silly thing, but this morning I'm really sad about his head. I miss

it. I'm tired of cuddling cold plastic under my chin.

That's all.

[Guest guest]

That is just how I feel. I know we are doing what is best for him and I am happy, but also sad at the same time for the same reasons you are. My sons head is also changing drastically. He has been on his band since early June and we have seen lots of improvement. He is turning 7 months on Friday and I am happy we banded him early. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom: "baby_hopes" Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:46:42 -0000<Plagiocephaly >Subject: I miss his head... Believe it or not, I was excited to get my little guy banded. We'd been doing aggressive re-positional therapy and after early success, had not been seeing further improvement. After therapies seemed to stall out on changing his plagio, I was ready to get started on the next phase of helping him. So, on July 2nd, Little Man received his DOC band and already we're seeing marked improvement. He had a fairly sizable growth spurt the first week in the band and I was thankful we hadn't delayed any longer to get him fitted. As far as adjustments go, his has been pretty seamless. He doesn't particularly love the band, but he tolerates it well and seems to have a pretty good attitude. When we take it off for his shampoo in the evening he seems to really enjoy getting his scalp rubbed, and will close his eyes in contentment while I tickle his almost-non-existent-hair. So yeah, I would consider this whole process a resounding success to date. However, I will admit that after the initial excitement has worn off, I am finding myself struggling with how much I miss him without the band. His head shape is changing, so when I take the band off in the evening, he looks like such a different little boy. It's a good thing. I know. But it still pangs my heart that I'm " missing " this. Last night, after baths, we were waiting for his band to dry. So I sat down on the couch and cuddled him up to my chin and he just snuggled right up against my skin and fell asleep. His peach fuzzy hair was so soft against my face and his head was just the perfect warmth against my chest. I felt so terrible putting the band back on his head to put him down for bed. Then this morning, I picked him up to cuddle him after he woke and he did a little spazzy wiggle and managed to clock me square in the nose with the upper edge of his DOC band. (Ouch!!) It's such a silly thing, but this morning I'm really sad about his head. I miss it. I'm tired of cuddling cold plastic under my chin. That's all.