Re: Re: baby is at 7.5 months with 8 mm diagonal todiagonal, doctor says wait till 9 mo

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I really agree with Ed and I was against it myself because of the stigma and wondering if my baby would be uncomfortable. Best decision we made was to get her band. The time really flew, she didn't mind it and she actually looked adorable in it after all. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeedFrom: Lulei <cllulei@...>Sender: Plagiocephaly Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:51:28 -0400<plagiocephaly >Reply Plagiocephaly Subject: RE: Re: baby is at 7.5 months with 8 mm diagonal todiagonal, doctor says wait till 9 mo Very well said Ed. Completely agree. , Tampa, FL, 29 mos, Starband grad Mar 2010 Plagiocephaly From: edpsp Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:12:34 +0000Subject: Re: baby is at 7.5 months with 8 mm diagonal to diagonal, doctor says wait till 9 mo I'd say get the helmet and get it now. If you see the asymmetry now, you always will and will always wonder if you should have gotten it corrected. I'm going to take a guess here and say that you are against and your wife is for it. It always seems that way. That's even more reason to just get it done. You don't want this between you later on. My question is always why not do it? The babies do not mind. Really. If it's the cost of the helmet, then you have to make the judgment for yourselves whether your family can find the funds or not. If you can afford it there is no reason not to do it other than that it is a bit of an inconvenience to go to the appointments. I think the reason most parents want to avoid it is they are uncomfortable with the potential stigma. Honestly, that's something you just need to get over. Most who've been through it will tell you it's not as bad as you think. Besides better you suffer a few funny looks than you kid have a lopsided head forever.From my experience and from what I have read here repeatedly it is not going to get better on it's own. For us it actually looked worse as the baby got older and lost some of the babyfat that was masking the problem. You will also have more trouble getting full correction waiting even another 6 weeks. On the advice of ill-informed pediatricians we waited until 9 months and that's my biggest regret. Six months and 2 bands later, we can still see asymmetry. We should have been in the band at 5 months, out in 3-4 and had better results.The hardest part is the decision and the wait to start. After that you're just surprised at how much easier it is than you expected and you're happy to see progress. Good luck,ED >> Hi all,> > Wife just got off the phone with the pediatrician. She told him about our appt with Hanger Orthopedics, and their determination that our 7.5 mo. old boy has a mild to moderate (8 mm) plagiocephaly (difference between the diagonals). Our pediatrician has been telling us from the beginning that he did not think our son had enough lopsidedness to need the helmet treatment. Today he told us basically the same and that we can wait until 9 months to decide, since the skull doesn't fuse until around 16 months. To me, our boy's head has been looking less and less lopsided. I wonder if that extra 1.5 months will allow his head to look even better? That was what our pediatrician has been telling us, that he expects our boys head shape to improve and improve. Any one else go through this, with their child being on the cusp of needing or not needing helmet treatment? thanks.>