Daddy doesn't like the band

July 31, 2010

Alright Guys, I've been following you for 3 months now and I've run into my

1st dilemma. Trevor is 5 months old now, got his Hanger band 1 week ago and

pretty much, Daddy just does not like it. He was all for it at our initial

appts, but now that he has it, DH says " his head really isn't that bad. " And I

agree, at some angles it looks " not so bad " , then at other angles it looks

terrible. He has probably been in the band for a total of 6 hours in the past

week. Granted, we did go to Busch Gardens for 3 days(for the older kids) and it

was very hot. He was OK with him wearing it on the 4 hour trip though, but as

soon as we would stop to eat, he would take it off before we got out of the car.

I think he is embarrassed of it. I am a nurse and work 12 hour night shifts

over the weekend so I take care of Trevor Mon thru Fri, then Daddy takes over

Fri afternoon and does baby duty until Mon morning. (we do this to avoid

daycares.) As soon as I lay down to take a nap (before coming in for the night

shift) or in the mornings when I come in and put the band on, then go to bed,

within 5 minutes of lying down, I can hear the infamous sound of the rip of the

velcro. I don't even bother to get up and argue about it. At that point of

being awake for sometimes 28-30 hours I'm too tired to deal with it. I don't

understand why he won't accept it. I try over and over to explain the benefits

of the band now. He is not in the medical field, so I have done all the

research and pretty much all of the decisions. I guess my question is, if he

only wears it part-time while I am doing baby duty, will he pretty much still

get alot of benefit from it? Or am I just wasting my time? I'm too embarrassed

to even tell the orthotist this. sorry I was so winded. I just needed to get

this off my mind. By the way, Trevor has a 10mm plagio on the right side.

Thanks guys,

P.S. I even decorated it in the Disney Cars theme since Daddy likes cars so

much, and it was initially blue from Hanger so it is cute-not the medical white.

The back has Mater (Tow Mater) on it with the words " just fixin' my flat. " When

Daddy came home from work and saw it all he had to say was " your words aren't

centered. " I guess that was a clue, huh?

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