Re: Re: Do you regret the Doc band?

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yeah our neurosurgeon said that too, that if it didnt you would see adultys with crooked heads, boy did that make sense but then i started looking and i do. ppl with hair it was most noticable in the ears which was an issue for my son but ppl with less hair you could tell on the head or girls who had very straight hair you could tell by the way it laid. i figured if the rate of plagio back when these ppl were babies was only 1 in 250 compared to todays 1 in 60 and i still see all these adults with crooked heads then they must not round out at all

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:59 AM, <nwilkens2275@...> wrote:

I'm going to be blunt here and say straight out, get the DOCBand. I had three doctors (one a neurosurgeon) tell me that my son's head would round out by the time he was 2 as well, and that didn't happen.

We finally banded him at 17 months old (before it was really too late) and even after 2 bands, his head is still not " perfect " (which we didn't want it to be, but it definitely hasn't " rounded out " on it's

own either). The only regret I have is not getting the band sooner. Sorry, the whole " it will round out " argument from doctors is kind of a sore spot for me. Good luck with your decision!

Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)Jordan-4.5 >> We have recently been told by our pediatrician that our baby who is 4

> months old should get the Doc Band. We feel conflicted and are> wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc Band. We've been> told by another ped that the child's head will form normally by the

> time he's two without it, while our current ped told us to get the Doc> Band.> > Any advice?>

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They generally won't recommend banding unless the plagio is bad enough (generally over 10mm difference). You can work towards a rounder head through repositioning, but it doesn't get the results a band does. I would take the pedi's suggestion and get a second opinion from a specialist. We were referred to a craniofacial plastic surgeon at 3 months and ended up getting a helmet at 4 1/2 months. We were heart broken about it, questioned the doctors recommendations and so on. Now that we have the helmet, I regret nothing. In fact I'm glad we made the decision when we did as you generally get the most correction between 4 and 9 months as that's when they are growing the fastest. With banding early you'll generally see results in the first two weeks which for me enforced that we did make the right decision.

Elaine (Twin A) 6 1/2 months old, ~8 weeks helmet

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 6:59 AM, <nwilkens2275@...> wrote:

I'm going to be blunt here and say straight out, get the DOCBand. I had three doctors (one a neurosurgeon) tell me that my son's head would round out by the time he was 2 as well, and that didn't happen.

We finally banded him at 17 months old (before it was really too late) and even after 2 bands, his head is still not " perfect " (which we didn't want it to be, but it definitely hasn't " rounded out " on it's

own either). The only regret I have is not getting the band sooner. Sorry, the whole " it will round out " argument from doctors is kind of a sore spot for me. Good luck with your decision!

Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)Jordan-4.5 >> We have recently been told by our pediatrician that our baby who is 4

> months old should get the Doc Band. We feel conflicted and are> wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc Band. We've been> told by another ped that the child's head will form normally by the

> time he's two without it, while our current ped told us to get the Doc> Band.> > Any advice?>

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my sons was like that, the one side of his head was so flat that the opposite side had a bulge behind his ear. on the flat side his ear was pinned to his head but on the other side the bulge pushed it out as well as forward and down so it was way off. we did see correction of the ears though that was the last to correct, my son wore the docband from 9-12 months. we noticed before 2 mo though, we knew he had plagio at 5 mo though and official dx at 6 mo and wish i had banded sooner.

btw my son was picky, he also hated hats so i was worried the first 15 min in it he didnt fuss but played with it and tried to take it off but once distracted he never noticed but maybe once again the rest of the day. he had a little trouble falling asleep in the car on the way home (it was a 2 hr drive and past nap time) but was fine at bedtime. nursing took some getting used to for me though. it is weird b/c being older he would cover his head as i went to put a hat on and then rip it right off but could care less about the band. actually after bath if he saw it he would try to put it on. i am curious now if he remembers or just asspciates it with a bike helmet (which it looks nothing like) b/c he saw it the other day (he is 2 now so graduated a yr ago) and tried to put it on. and desipte having very sensitive skin it didnt bother him. despite already being a sensitive sleeper it didnt bother him. AND he was fitted in sc during the hottest time of the year, august on the hottest day of the year to that point, it ended up breaking a record as like 14 days over 100 degrees. he did sweat a lot the 1st day but it improved from there not to say he didnt sweat at all outside on a hot day though. i was worried about all these things, ppl on here reassured me but i mostly thought, yeah right, theyve never met my kid, but it really was fine

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM, sjlprl <sjlprl@...> wrote:

Thank you very much for all your replies. My husband and I feel muchbetter about it. I felt so badly about not doing more. We triedre-positioning but he is very stubborn. I thought about a travelpillow, what do you all use that's helped keep his head in place?

I was really worried and anxious about the Doc Band b/c I was afraidof its discomfort for my son, who cries when I even put a little haton him. He can't stand the heat and ironically we live in sunnyCalifornia. We do have an appt tomorrow for a consultation b/c our

ped told us to get the Doc Band immediately as it is one of the worstcases he's ever seen. I never really was aware of how severe it wasuntil he pointed it out to us and told us that the right side is soflat that his right ear is pushed forward. He also told us b/c he's

still only 4 months old, he should only be wearing it for about 2months. Do the ears get corrected as well? I am also afraid of hisflat head coming back when he's done with the Band but I am planningon carrying him in a sling or carrier from now on b/c I've put him in

too many bouncers and swings. In fact, my other ped (the one who saidit'll re-position itself at 2) told us to put him in a carseat for 3hours every day to fix the problem. After reading your posts I amglad we switched to our new ped, who on our first visit filled us a

prescription for the Band and absolutely said we had to go. Thanks for all the imput and sorry about asking so many questions!> > >> > > We have recently been told by our pediatrician that our baby whois 4> > > months old should get the Doc Band. We feel conflicted and are

> > > wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc Band. We've> > been> > > told by another ped that the child's head will form normally by the> > > time he's two without it, while our current ped told us to get the

> > Doc> > > Band.> > >> > > Any advice?> > >> >> > > >>

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I am so glad you are feeling better. You can never ask to many questions. That is what the group is here for. Please keep us updated.

Angie

Re: Do you regret the Doc band?

Thank you very much for all your replies. My husband and I feel muchbetter about it. I felt so badly about not doing more. We triedre-positioning but he is very stubborn. I thought about a travelpillow, what do you all use that's helped keep his head in place?I was really worried and anxious about the Doc Band b/c I was afraidof its discomfort for my son, who cries when I even put a little haton him. He can't stand the heat and ironically we live in sunnyCalifornia. We do have an appt tomorrow for a consultation b/c ourped told us to get the Doc Band immediately as it is one of the worstcases he's ever seen. I never really was aware of how severe it wasuntil he pointed it out to us and told us that the right side is soflat that his right ear is pushed forward. He also told us b/c he'sstill only 4 months old, he should only be wearing it for about 2months. Do the ears get corrected as well? I am also afraid of hisflat head coming back when he's done with the Band but I am planningon carrying him in a sling or carrier from now on b/c I've put him intoo many bouncers and swings. In fact, my other ped (the one who saidit'll re-position itself at 2) told us to put him in a carseat for 3hours every day to fix the problem. After reading your posts I amglad we switched to our new ped, who on our first visit filled us aprescription for the Band and absolutely said we had to go. Thanks for all the imput and sorry about asking so many questions!> > >> > > We have recently been told by our pediatrician that our baby whois 4> > > months old should get the Doc Band. We feel conflicted and are> > > wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc Band. We've> > been> > > told by another ped that the child's head will form normally by the> > > time he's two without it, while our current ped told us to get the> > Doc> > > Band.> > >> > > Any advice?> > >> >> > > >>

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DITTO to ! We heard the same song and dance from our pedi and by 9 month

s we had switched pedis to another one that said that was nonsense. That there

was some chance that it might round out by 6 months, but from that point on ,

b/c repositioining is so hard to do, that chance was unlikely. The new pedi

actually knew our old pedi, they'd gone to school together and he highly

respected the old one, but DID NOT agree with his prognosis. At least look for

another opinion if you are unsure!

> From: <nwilkens2275@...>

> Subject: Re: Do you regret the Doc band?

> Plagiocephaly

> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 5:59 AM

> I'm going to be blunt here and say straight out, get the

> DOCBand. I

> had three doctors (one a neurosurgeon) tell me that my

> son's head

> would round out by the time he was 2 as well, and that

> didn't happen.

> We finally banded him at 17 months old (before it was

> really too late)

> and even after 2 bands, his head is still not

> " perfect " (which we

> didn't want it to be, but it definitely hasn't

> " rounded out " on it's

> own either). The only regret I have is not getting the band

> sooner.

>

> Sorry, the whole " it will round out " argument

> from doctors is kind of

> a sore spot for me. Good luck with your decision!

>

>

> Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)

> Jordan-4.5

>

>

> >

> > We have recently been told by our pediatrician that

> our baby who is 4

> > months old should get the Doc Band. We feel

> conflicted and are

> > wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc

> Band. We've

> been

> > told by another ped that the child's head will

> form normally by the

> > time he's two without it, while our current ped

> told us to get the

> Doc

> > Band.

> >

> > Any advice?

> >

>

>

>

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>

> For more plagio info

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It's possible to regress, but fairly rare to happen. The older they get the slower the growth and the less mold-able the skull. Unless you have another issue in tandem (like tort) between the head rounding out and them being more mobile, you shouldn't have an issue with them continuing to lie on the same flat spot.

Facial asymmetry and lopsided ears and so on will also be corrected at least partially. Those things are generally the last things to correct.

I'm glad you and your husband are feeling better about getting a band. As hard as it is now I'm sure you'll be happy with your decision as soon as you start seeing improvement. As bad as it sounds he is, you could be looking at a second band, depending on how much he improves in the first. Just something to prepare for. KUP!

Elaine (Twin A) 6 1/2 months old, ~8 weeks helmet

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM, sjlprl <sjlprl@...> wrote:

Thank you very much for all your replies. My husband and I feel muchbetter about it. I felt so badly about not doing more. We triedre-positioning but he is very stubborn. I thought about a travelpillow, what do you all use that's helped keep his head in place?

I was really worried and anxious about the Doc Band b/c I was afraidof its discomfort for my son, who cries when I even put a little haton him. He can't stand the heat and ironically we live in sunnyCalifornia. We do have an appt tomorrow for a consultation b/c our

ped told us to get the Doc Band immediately as it is one of the worstcases he's ever seen. I never really was aware of how severe it wasuntil he pointed it out to us and told us that the right side is soflat that his right ear is pushed forward. He also told us b/c he's

still only 4 months old, he should only be wearing it for about 2months. Do the ears get corrected as well? I am also afraid of hisflat head coming back when he's done with the Band but I am planningon carrying him in a sling or carrier from now on b/c I've put him in

too many bouncers and swings. In fact, my other ped (the one who saidit'll re-position itself at 2) told us to put him in a carseat for 3hours every day to fix the problem. After reading your posts I amglad we switched to our new ped, who on our first visit filled us a

prescription for the Band and absolutely said we had to go. Thanks for all the imput and sorry about asking so many questions!> > >> > > We have recently been told by our pediatrician that our baby whois 4> > > months old should get the Doc Band. We feel conflicted and are

> > > wondering if any of you ever regretted doing the Doc Band. We've> > been> > > told by another ped that the child's head will form normally by the> > > time he's two without it, while our current ped told us to get the

> > Doc> > > Band.> > >> > > Any advice?> > >> >> > > >>