Re: Son can't seem to adjust

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Hi,Your son will adjust to the helmet in no time once it's on for 23 hours per day. My daughter tugged at it the first time I put it on her and never paid it any attention after that. My daughter has never been a laid back baby, so that might be why I didn't notice much of a change in her. However, she always screamed when I either put the helmet on or took it off. Babies hate to be restrained and they will scream and fuss for that reason alone. Hang in there--it does get better!Good luck!-AmyFrom: jjackson2786 <jjackson2786@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 11:56:09 AMSubject: Son can't seem to adjust

Hello,

I'm new to the group. My son, who is 7 1/2 months, was a breech baby and was diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months and after repositioning techniques failed it was determined at 4 months that he would need to wear some sort of cranial band. After getting the run around with Cranial Tech we were left with no choice but to go with Hanger. I liked Cranial Tech much better, because they were very professional and knowledgeable on cranial banding, whereas Hanger didn't give off that same vibe and our orthotist is far from friendly. But, we had no choice but to go with Hanger unless we could come up with the $3800 for the DOC Band. My son has been in the Hanger helmet for a week and a half and can't seem to adjust. The first few days were a piece of cake. The next few days were much more difficult and all he did was whine/cry when it was on. We went for our 7 day follow up appointment and some adjustments needed to be made because it was too loose and his

left ear, the one that is more forward than the other, was getting covered up by the helmet and our orthotist put what looks like a makeup pad on the inside of the helmet by the base of his skull to get it to stop moving around. Now when we put the helmet on him he just screams bloody murder. Have anyone else's children had a hard time with the helmet? We're supposed to be at 23 hours a day at this point.

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately we did not have good luck with Hanger. At our very first

appointment they let an intern shave out the foam and he really made a mess of

it. After several appointments and attempts to fix it (including adding pads

back to it), they agreed to order us a new helmet. The 2nd helmet was so tight

it took both me and my husband to PRY it open to get it on the baby. Once on, it

rotated so much that his ear was nearly bent in half.

We didn't even bother to try to work it out after that......we just went

straight to Cranial Tech.

We wasted over 2months from the time we ordered the first Hanger band to the

time we received our DOC Band.

If you really feel that something is wrong and they can't make it right, it

might be time to reevaluate. Good Luck!

>

> Hi,

>

> Your son will adjust to the helmet in no time once it's on for 23 hours per

day.

> My daughter tugged at it the first time I put it on her and never paid it any

> attention after that. My daughter has never been a laid back baby, so that

might

> be why I didn't notice much of a change in her. However, she always screamed

> when I either put the helmet on or took it off. Babies hate to be restrained

and

> they will scream and fuss for that reason alone. Hang in there--it does get

> better!

>

> Good luck!

> -Amy

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: jjackson2786 <jjackson2786@...>

> Plagiocephaly

> Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 11:56:09 AM

> Subject: Son can't seem to adjust

>

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm new to the group. My son, who is 7 1/2 months, was a breech baby and was

> diagnosed with torticollis at 2 months and after repositioning techniques

failed

> it was determined at 4 months that he would need to wear some sort of cranial

> band. After getting the run around with Cranial Tech we were left with no

choice

> but to go with Hanger. I liked Cranial Tech much better, because they were

very

> professional and knowledgeable on cranial banding, whereas Hanger didn't give

> off that same vibe and our orthotist is far from friendly. But, we had no

choice

> but to go with Hanger unless we could come up with the $3800 for the DOC Band.

> My son has been in the Hanger helmet for a week and a half and can't seem to

> adjust. The first few days were a piece of cake. The next few days were much

> more difficult and all he did was whine/cry when it was on. We went for our 7

> day follow up appointment and some adjustments needed to be made because it

was

> too loose and his left ear, the one that is more forward than the other, was

> getting covered up by the helmet and our orthotist put what looks like a

makeup

> pad on the inside of the helmet by the base of his skull to get it to stop

> moving around. Now when we put the helmet on him he just screams bloody

murder.

> Have anyone else's children had a hard time with the helmet? We're supposed to

> be at 23 hours a day at this point.

>