Re: 10 Month Start-DOC Band

[Guest guest]

Hi Kristi,

My daughter had brachy. I mentioned it at the 2 month appt and was told " don't

worry " . I mentioned it at 4 mo and was told " oh, that looks pretty bad " .

Unfortunately this is pretty common. At 10 months you still may get decent

correction. I would definitely band. My daughter graduated at 10 mo, but we went

back for a follow up measurement at 14 months. Even then her head had grown

significantly. Unfortunately she wasn't banded then, so growth was all over and

the proportions didn't improve. However she did get a lot of correction in her

band. I would definitely do it again, even if we were getting a later start.

-christine

sydney, 5 yrs, starband grad

>

> Hi All,

> I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just

evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe "

brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with

a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was

about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month

appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at

her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated.

>

> It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our daughter's

numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment because

she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we are

going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering if

any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and

condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw.

> Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Kristi

>

[Guest guest]

Kristi,

Hey there! We too have decided to embark on the " helmet journey " and our

son turned 9 months 1/19. We were scanned yesterday and our helmet/band has

been ordered...expected to arrive on Wednesday 2/2. We went with STAR Cranial

Center of Excellence after much research. I can't say they are " the best " I can

just say that they are the best for us. Our son was born 6 weeks premature and

was diagnosed with torticollus and plagio around 4 months. Our ped told us to

try different stretching exercises and re-positioning. The torticollus is much

better but his back left side of his head is still very flat and we've started

to notice a change in his left eye.

I can keep you posted on our journey...we just decided that better late

than not at all. Our hopes and prayers are that even though we are starting

" late " , the STARband will still be beneficial for our little guy. Hope this

helps. Good luck!!

~

>

> Hi All,

> I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just

evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe "

brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with

a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was

about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month

appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at

her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated.

>

> It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our daughter's

numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment because

she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we are

going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering if

any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and

condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw.

> Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated!

>

> Kristi

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, ! It's nice to know that there are others in the same boat! I'd

love to hear how your little guy does. I'll keep you posted on our progress as

well. Good luck!

Kristi

> >

> > Hi All,

> > I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just

evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe "

brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with

a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was

about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month

appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at

her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated.

> >

> > It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our

daughter's numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment

because she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we

are going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering

if any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and

condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw.

> > Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated!

> >

> > Kristi

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, . I think we're gonna go for it! At least we'll be able to say

we tried.

> >

> > Hi All,

> > I am new to this group and have a 9.5 month old little girl who was just

evaluated at Cranial Technologies. She was found to have " moderate to severe "

brachycephaly with flattening along the back and widening from side to side with

a raised top of the skull. My husband and I noticed the flatness when she was

about 3 months old, but were told by our pediatrician at her 4 and 6 month

appointments not to worry about it. It wasn't until we saw a different doctor at

her 9 month appointment that we got a recommendation to have her evaluated.

> >

> > It's looking like our insurance would cover the band, based on our

daughter's numbers, but we are still torn about going through with the treatment

because she is in the older age range and we're not sure how much improvement we

are going to see. I know that improvement differs per case, but I was wondering

if any of you have a child who was in a similar situation (age-wise and

condition-wise) and what kind of results you saw.

> > Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated!

> >

> > Kristi

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, that all makes sense. Thanks for the info! Good luck to you and your little

guy!

>

> My son started with his StarBand on Saturday, a little less than a week

> after his 10 month " birthday " I too, was worried about having such a late

> start.

>

> In the three weeks between his helmet scan and actually receiving the helmet

> (because we waited FOREVER for insurance to DENY us, ugh) his head

> circumference had a 3 mm growth. Which means? Their heads are still very

> much growing and changing at this age!!

>

> I firmly believe that they would not be allowed to make and advertise these

> helmets for use in children 3 - 18 months if they ONLY worked in that 3-6

> month " sweet spots " that most kids are banded.

>

> I've also heard of children being banded from 4-6 months of age and then

> running into problems again a few months later after not wearing the helmet,

> which makes sense to me - we had great success with repositioning (went down

> 5 mm) up until he was 8 months old, so I feel like the later banding

> prevents fixing it to have to RE-FIX it later, although I don't know if that

> happens very often, it still makes me feel good that that definitely won't

> be an issue for us since he'll be over a year when he gets his helmet off.

>

> Hope that helps!

>