Re: Help about my 6.5month baby girl's head, pictures attached

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I am very surprised that Hanger did not suggest a helmet at 10 mm, or at least

tell you that you could choose to get a helmet. The measurement is not as bad as

many babies, but she still does have plagiocephaly. You should have the choice

to treat her or not.

From the pictures, I notice that your beautiful Bella has a head shape like my

son's. He has 11 mm of asymmetry. I am getting him a DOC Band. I also see that

Bella's ears are uneven, but her eyes look close to symmetrical. My son's eyes

are very uneven, so you are lucky!

I brought my son to a neurosurgeon at Yale who I thought was very good. I will

tell you the advice my son's neurosurgeon gave since your daughter has similar

measurements. He said that we did not have to use a helmet and some of the

asymmetry would go away, but it would still be noticeable. If we use the helmet,

he said the head shape would get about 80% better in 3 months. He said it was

our choice since my son's head was not likely to cause problems with his jaw.

So, if you want to get a helmet/band for your daughter, go ahead. I probably

would if I were you. But, if you don't want to get the helmet/band, don't feel

badly about it. You will not be hurting her.

Here is another band maker's site. You can check and see if they are nearby.

http://www.orthomerica.com/technology/scan_locations.htm

You could also try going back to Hanger and see if they will make the helmet

even though they didn't recommend it. Good luck!

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> > Dear all, my baby girl Bella was found of plagio and brach from her 2 months

old. We continously used the repositional stratagy to try to correct it and it

do looks better right now. However, I still think its quite severe, since there

still be a big spot of flat and we can see the facial asymmestry from mirror.

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> > We mentioned that from her 3 months old and her ped never think about it

seriously. He always told us her head will round out itself gradually. We also

got a free evaluation from hanger but they also do not suggest helmet treatment.

Unfotunataly, we do not have a docband closeby.

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> > I put she sleep on her tummy from her 5.5 month old and hope it will help.

But now she just roll over all around the crib. I don't know what I can do

except waitting for the time.

> > Could you please give me some suggestions about that and tell me is the ped

tell us the truth or not?  Thanks a lot!

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> > By the way, the pictures are named by the date which I capture them.

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