Re: Help! First night problems!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Faith--

I went through this as well when my LO first got the band. I was

convinced that it was the beginning of skin breakdown and kept the band

off quite a bit. It turned out that it was heat rash. The thing that I

neglected to understand at first is that it is an adjustment period, so

keep that in mind. A lot of it is your instinct. We ended up having to

use hydrocotrizone cream for a few days in the beginning, and that

helped. What helped us was to remove the band and wipe down the sweat

and just having him wear it and adjust to it. We kept him in very light

clothing--only a short sleeved onsie at night and left the ceiling fan

on. Because the spots are fading, I think it might be related to hot

spots versus any breakdown, but hard to tell without seeing them. So,

go with what feels right for tonight, and if it's convinient, take them

into CT in the morning to have them take a look. If you can, have them

in the bands at least for a bit prior so that they can see the type of

spots you are getting. During that adjustment period, they did shave

down a couple spots that were getting really red.

Hang in there, I know how worrisome it can be, and you have that times

two . Work with CT to get the right fit, and their bodies really will

adjust.

H.

>

> Tonight is the first night for my twins Paige and Chase in their DOC

> Bands. Paige keeps having a red spot on the back of her head and has

a

> little lump, and she is also having a red spot between her eyes. it

> took prety far over an hour for the marks to fade completely. She is

> also screaming with discomfort. Chase has a rash where the band

was.

> Could this be a heat rash from all of the sweating?? He also has a

> couple of red marks that took over an hour to fade, and a mark that

the

> helmet made on his face where his sideburn area is. Is this normal

or

> should I keep both of their bands off for the night until I can get a

> hold of CT in the morning??

>

[Guest guest]

Hi -

We noticed similar problems with Lucy with red spots not fading over an hour

even

during her first few days when she was only wearing it 2 or 4 hours at a time -

I went

straight over to Hanger and he shaved down those areas and we haven't had a

problem

since. I would have CT just check it out - it's better to get it looked at I

think than risk

skin breakdown. But also, go with your mommy instinct - that is normally the

best

indicator!

- Meg, mom to Lucy STARband day #5

>

> Tonight is the first night for my twins Paige and Chase in their DOC

> Bands. Paige keeps having a red spot on the back of her head and has a

> little lump, and she is also having a red spot between her eyes. it

> took prety far over an hour for the marks to fade completely. She is

> also screaming with discomfort. Chase has a rash where the band was.

> Could this be a heat rash from all of the sweating?? He also has a

> couple of red marks that took over an hour to fade, and a mark that the

> helmet made on his face where his sideburn area is. Is this normal or

> should I keep both of their bands off for the night until I can get a

> hold of CT in the morning??

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We had same problem for our son during the first few days as well.

After 3 hr trial period there were some red spots on theh side of his

head they wouldn't go away within an hour.

Do call CT ASAP; they usually expect this kind of situation at the

beginning and they are very good at making last miniute appointments. I

went there EVERY DAY for the first three days, each time the clinician

marked those areas with lipstick and adjusted the band. Each time she

re-assured us that it's normal and we were doing the right thing keep

coming back for adjustment. The band is designed to apply gentle

pressure on the head so they are very conservative about it when it's

first made, only adjust it according to the red spots. So don't worry

it's normal.

We also had one terrible night at the beginning. My son developed heat

rash during the middle of the night and he started to scratch and cry.

We immediately took it off (and left it off for the rest of the night).

We also used hydrocotrizone cream to ease the rash. The next day I went

to CT again; the clinician told me to dress him one layer, lower the

temperature of the room. I wasn't willing to do that because it's

winter time but I followed the instruction. We saw great improvement

after that. A week later after he got used to the band and we gradually

dress him more but for our poor babies they really need to be kept

cool~~

I got pretty worried at the beginning because I felt that I couldn't

even keep the 3 hr on 1 hr off protocol, how am I supposed to have it

on him 23 hr! Then the clinician told me it's OK to take a few days to

adjust per our own pace. I didn't put the band on him the first two

nights, I left it off whenever I felt the skin breakdown isn't go away.

But on the 4th day everything went normal and he stopped sweating. From

there it's smooth sailing~

So just hang in there and it will get better!

Jie

>

> Tonight is the first night for my twins Paige and Chase in their DOC

> Bands. Paige keeps having a red spot on the back of her head and has

a

> little lump, and she is also having a red spot between her eyes. it

> took prety far over an hour for the marks to fade completely. She is

> also screaming with discomfort. Chase has a rash where the band

was.

> Could this be a heat rash from all of the sweating?? He also has a

> couple of red marks that took over an hour to fade, and a mark that

the

> helmet made on his face where his sideburn area is. Is this normal

or

> should I keep both of their bands off for the night until I can get a

> hold of CT in the morning??

>