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

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Are you considering a second helmet? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom: "smccown615" <smccown615@...>Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:22:46 -0000<Plagiocephaly >Subject: Done with DOC Band sooner than expected and having a hard time acceping it! 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,SharynLexi DOC Band graduate 2/19/10

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No, I don't think they would make one for her.

>

> Are you considering a second helmet?

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

>

> Done with DOC Band sooner than expected and having a hard

time acceping it!

>

> 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]

Just in case you want a second helmet, you could try a Starband.

At one point CT couldn't make us a helmet. My son has improved since

then in his older Starband. (From about 5.5mm to 3.5 asymmetry, which

is visually a big difference.) There was another case turned down on

this group. She then got a Starband and the last I heard has seen

improvement.

Sorry, you had to end the band early.

-Kathy, mom to , 20.5 months, 8.5 months in Starband

smccown615 wrote:

No, I don't think they would make one for her.

>

> Are you considering a second helmet?

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

>

> Done with DOC Band sooner than expected and

having a hard time acceping it!

>

> 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

>