Re: update about almost 2 year old

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy,

thanks for posting your update. I'm glad you are seeing some progress, even if

it doesn't show up in her measurements. When you have time I would like to see

your pictures and images.

-christine

sydney, almost 5 yrs, starband grad

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> >> My boys have been wearing the helmets for 2 months now. They love

> >> taking off the helmets on their own and chewing the gap stoppers.

> >> I'm still not sure about how long the grandparents have the

> >> helmets taken off during the day while they watch the children.

> >> Also when I put them to sleep at night, I have to take the helmets

> >> off otherwise they refuse to sleep. When they fall into sound

> >> sleep, I'll put them back on. On some bad days when my husband

> >> watches them, he takes off the helmets for many many hours... I

> >> just don't have control of how my other families do it.

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> >> So my boys only wear the helmets max 20 hours a day. I kind of

> >> start to realize that it's not doing what it's supposed to do with

> >> not wearing full time, but it could be just my boys old ages. They

> >> are over 16 months now.

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> >> Plagiocephaly

> >> From: annekbui@

> >> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 19:31:42 +0000

> >> Subject: Less Than 23 hrs/Day?

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> >> Hi,

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> >> Anyone keep the band (Star band on our case) on their kids for

> >> less than 23hrs/day and still have a successful outcome? I'm not

> >> talking about an extreme deviation, but keeping it on for

> >> something like maybe 20 hrs/day? I realize that this may prolong

> >> the treatment, but can it potentially derail it?

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> >> Our caregiver reports that our son gets extremely fussy in the

> >> early afternoon, and I wonder if it would be OK for him to get an

> >> extended break (4 hrs) on a daily basis. Less fussiness would

> >> enable our caregiver to devote more time to our older child, whom

> >> she also takes care of. I realize that she could take off his

> >> helmet, wipe his head and allow him to have a good scratch, and

> >> then put the helmet back on, but our son hates having his helmet

> >> put back on multiple times. He gets his bath, and the helmet is

> >> cleaned when my husband and I get home from work (7pm-ish).

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> >> Thanks,

> >> Anne

> >> (7-month old son wearing Starband for almost 4 weeks now)

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