Re: Done with DOC Band sooner than expected and having a hard time acceping it!

[Guest guest]

Sharyn,

What numbers did your daughter have at graduation? Did you ask CT about doing a

second band?

Tatiana ( mom to , 11 months, almost one month in Doc band)

>

> My daughter, Lexi (who turned 6 months on February 4), was in her DOC Band for

7 weeks. She was supposed to have her last adjustment today, wear the band for

another week, then have her exit appointment next Friday. With the recent

snowstorm that hit the South, we had to cancel our adjustment today and couldn't

really reschedule for Monday since we're traveling to CT from another state.

Since the band wasn't adjusted last week, our tech advised us to remove the band

today and she'll still have her exit appointment on Friday the 19th.

>

> Her head looks better, but her ears still aren't aligned and there is still a

flat spot on her right side (she has left tort). I think some of the flatness

she has on her right side started in utero, and I've heard that can be difficult

to correct, but I've never understood why it's so harder to correct than plagio

that occurs after the baby is born...?

>

> I know it was only a week, but I really wanted that extra week to get all the

benefit we could from the DOC Band. I just wasn't ready for this, and I'm

already obsessing about her laying on her right side during diaper changes or

playing on the floor. (She rolls wherever she wants to at night - probably

nothing I can do about that!)

>

> Do you think it's really that big a deal to lose this week? If she was born

with some of this remaining asymmetry, can it really be impossible to correct

anyway? I'm just so disappointed we couldn't give her all the time possible.

(BTW, our tech didn't think one week would make a visual difference, and we

adore him and trust him, but the mom in me is just having a hard time with

this!)

>

> Thanks,

> Sharyn

> Lexi DOC Band graduate 2/19/10

>

[Guest guest]

Her exit appointment is this Friday, the 19th, so I don't have her exit

measurements yet. Her head doesn't bother me as much as the ears still being out

of alignment and the cheek asymmetry. She does have tort too, so some of the

fuller cheek issue may be due to muscle weakness on that side, but since her

ears aren't lined up, that could also be contributing to the face. She started

at 10 mm CVA, 4 mm mid-face, and 5 mm skull base.

> >

> > My daughter, Lexi (who turned 6 months on February 4), was in her DOC Band

for 7 weeks. She was supposed to have her last adjustment today, wear the band

for another week, then have her exit appointment next Friday. With the recent

snowstorm that hit the South, we had to cancel our adjustment today and couldn't

really reschedule for Monday since we're traveling to CT from another state.

Since the band wasn't adjusted last week, our tech advised us to remove the band

today and she'll still have her exit appointment on Friday the 19th.

> >

> > Her head looks better, but her ears still aren't aligned and there is still

a flat spot on her right side (she has left tort). I think some of the flatness

she has on her right side started in utero, and I've heard that can be difficult

to correct, but I've never understood why it's so harder to correct than plagio

that occurs after the baby is born...?

> >

> > I know it was only a week, but I really wanted that extra week to get all

the benefit we could from the DOC Band. I just wasn't ready for this, and I'm

already obsessing about her laying on her right side during diaper changes or

playing on the floor. (She rolls wherever she wants to at night - probably

nothing I can do about that!)

> >

> > Do you think it's really that big a deal to lose this week? If she was born

with some of this remaining asymmetry, can it really be impossible to correct

anyway? I'm just so disappointed we couldn't give her all the time possible.

(BTW, our tech didn't think one week would make a visual difference, and we

adore him and trust him, but the mom in me is just having a hard time with

this!)

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Sharyn

> > Lexi DOC Band graduate 2/19/10

> >

>

[Guest guest]

If the second band isn't an option, you could still try alternative treatments.

I started taking my son to CST a couple weeks before he started wearing his Doc

Band. I felt like the therapy improved his ears quite a bit. I haven't measured

anything on my own, but visually I don't see that his ears are off anymore. I

understand that CST can also help with tort. Like with anything though,the

challenge is to find a good therapist who has a lot of experience with plagio

babies.

I learned about this therapy from other moms in this group. I found our

therapist through this website www.upledger.com

Tatiana

> > >

> > > My daughter, Lexi (who turned 6 months on February 4), was in her DOC Band

for 7 weeks. She was supposed to have her last adjustment today, wear the band

for another week, then have her exit appointment next Friday. With the recent

snowstorm that hit the South, we had to cancel our adjustment today and couldn't

really reschedule for Monday since we're traveling to CT from another state.

Since the band wasn't adjusted last week, our tech advised us to remove the band

today and she'll still have her exit appointment on Friday the 19th.

> > >

> > > Her head looks better, but her ears still aren't aligned and there is

still a flat spot on her right side (she has left tort). I think some of the

flatness she has on her right side started in utero, and I've heard that can be

difficult to correct, but I've never understood why it's so harder to correct

than plagio that occurs after the baby is born...?

> > >

> > > I know it was only a week, but I really wanted that extra week to get all

the benefit we could from the DOC Band. I just wasn't ready for this, and I'm

already obsessing about her laying on her right side during diaper changes or

playing on the floor. (She rolls wherever she wants to at night - probably

nothing I can do about that!)

> > >

> > > Do you think it's really that big a deal to lose this week? If she was

born with some of this remaining asymmetry, can it really be impossible to

correct anyway? I'm just so disappointed we couldn't give her all the time

possible. (BTW, our tech didn't think one week would make a visual difference,

and we adore him and trust him, but the mom in me is just having a hard time

with this!)

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > Sharyn

> > > Lexi DOC Band graduate 2/19/10

> > >

> >

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