Re: Those of you who did not band/helmet

[Guest guest]

The sooner you band the better results you will have. Remember that the process

isn't instant. We started the process with our son at 7 mths and he didn't get

his band until 8.5mths. We tryed everything we could and listened to our peds

that it would correct itself and it just continued to get worse. We finally went

to see a CT specialist because its a free consult and what can it hurt? We were

told our son was severe just like we thought. Our PT told us that we were

stepping into the process late and we will get results just not as good of

results as if we would have gone earlier in our sons life. The CT website is a

great website. They have pictures on their website of different types of Plagio,

my husband was unsure until I went on the CT website and he saw the pictures of

the Brachy baby and realized that yes this was our son and we did need to get it

fixed! We are so happy we did it, his head looks great and we are so glad that

we took our own advice and didn't listen to our peds that it would get better.

After listening to a bunch of parents, it can go either way-it can get better

and it can get worse. All myself or anyone on here can do is tell you our

experiences and help you make an informed dicision based on these experiences. I

went with my gut and pushed until my husband finally saw what I saw and then we

went in. Our peds is out on maternity leave and still doesn't know that our son

got a DOC band, another peds wrote the script for us...she is our new peds. All

I can say is go with your gut, if you are unsure I believe they all offer free

consults so what can it hurt? Good luck with your decision it is a hard one, I

know you will do whats best!

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> My son (8 mo next week) was diagnosed with mild/mod. plagio. THe neurosurgeon

feels that it will correct itself. My husband and I will are on the fence on

what to do. We will be repositioning him as much as possible and take weekly

pictures to see if we see any change. At his 9 mo appointment we will then

re-evaluate his head shape and decide if we need to band him.

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> My question is will repositioning help? Will I see a difference if we only

reposition him?

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> I am also looking into CST but my husband is a little skepitical about it.

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> Mahalo,

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[Guest guest]

Hi heather,

We also tried repositioning for a month, with the help of an OT - when our son

was 5 months. It did nothing to correct the flatness. I was about to get his

helmet ordered when I ran into someone at the mall who told me about CST with an

Osteopath. We've gone twice now and I can see a difference in his head shape.

It's not as different as I want, but we still have two more sessions. We will

make the decision about the helmet when he turns 7 months in several weeks. My

husband was skeptical of the CST too, but he did some research and found that

lots of people have found success with it, and it can do no damage. Now he's

even going to visit the Osteopath for some issues himself tomorrow! I would

recommend finding someone who has a lot of training in CST, because you can just

take a few classes and claim to be proficient in CST. Our Osteopath takes our

insurance so we just pay the co-pay each time. Good luck to you!

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> My son (8 mo next week) was diagnosed with mild/mod. plagio. THe neurosurgeon

feels that it will correct itself. My husband and I will are on the fence on

what to do. We will be repositioning him as much as possible and take weekly

pictures to see if we see any change. At his 9 mo appointment we will then

re-evaluate his head shape and decide if we need to band him.

>

> My question is will repositioning help? Will I see a difference if we only

reposition him?

>

> I am also looking into CST but my husband is a little skepitical about it.

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> Mahalo,

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