Re: question for a new DOC band user

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Several days into my sons first week in his DOC Band he developed a heat rash on both sides near his temples. CT told me to leave it off until it looked the same color as the rest of his head. They also said I could apply hydrocortisone cream or aquafor. I used the hydrocortisone and it took about a day and a half. I have since been way more diligent about removing his band to wipe away any sweat. We've had some really hot and humid temps here in southern California so it's been challenging. I'll be glad when we're finally going to get fall weatherCheri & 6 moOn Oct 2, 2010, at 6:41 AM, "gavsmom72" <magagl72@...> wrote:

My 5 month old got his band last monday. The first few days of head checks went well. All the red spots went away within 20 min or so.

last night when I took it off for the hour his forhead had two red patches. They were dry looking. After ther hour they seemed to fade away almost completly so I put the band back on. I took it off this morning for neck exercises and the same spots looked really red. It almost looked like a scrape. I've kept the band off and its been over an hour and its not fading much at all. Is this normal? Should I keep the band off? Of course this happens on the weekend when nobody is at the cranial tech office!! Thanks for any help for this newbie!