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April 1, 2011

Hello everybody I am so happy I found parents that are experiencing the same

things we are.

I never noticed my sons flat head until a lactation consulted came over when he

was almost 2 months. She told me do you know your sons face is lopsided? NO! She

told me he has torticollis and started babbling on about his flat head, and so

on. I made an appointment to the pediatrician the next day. She told me he had

mild torticollis and repositioning should help, nothing to worry about. Then

around the 3 1/2 months I started to notice that the right eye is much bigger

than the left, also the left side of his is a little slanted. I brought this up

to the pediatrician at the next appointment, and she said it is a jaw deformity,

it is common and will resolve on its own.

Oh and I bought him a noggin nest for the flat head which seemed to help a lot!

However, he is now 5 months old and I am started to notice that he has

plagiocephaly, it is much more visible now, the jaw is still slanted and the eye

is smaller, the other cheek looks much fuller. My son had a wellness check up on

Wednesday and of course the doctor said it is getting better, but I do not know

what she is talking about if anything it is getting WORSE IT IS MORE VISIBLE

NOW! She never even noticed that the right side of the head is higher than the

left (plagiocephaly).

I keep hearing the same old sh-peal " it will fix on its own " the problem is I

cannot take that risk. See I have a underbite and cross bite that can only be

fixed now by orthonathic surgery, because my mom did not do anything about it

when I was nine, I also have vision problems, and who knows maybe I had this

when I was little as well. The point is I will not take a risk for it to fix on

its own, I must take some sort of action whether it be PT or DocBand. I do not

want my son going through what I am. I do not want him to question why I did not

do anything!

So I called the Pedi yesterday and told her that I want a referral to a

specialist which she agreed, since I had her on the phone I asked her about the

DOC BAND and I quote this was her reply:

" It is a scam, it is not FDA approved, it is a waste of money and essentially

does not work. "

I do not understand why she is so against it!

Well I went ahead and called DOC Band in Pasadena today, made a consult for

April 14th, We live in Vegas so we will have to travel to each appointment by

car. They said they have some old school pediatricians that just are not

knowledgeable on the DOC Band so that is why some are against it.

Here is the crazy part, I have to ask my Pedi for a prescription for the DOC

Band. Any tips on how to get this done? Since she is so against it?

Anyways I will keep everyone posted on how the consult goes as well as any PT!

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