Re: PROBLEMS! STARband-erin

[Guest guest]

Gaby,

Just to let you know, CT will band up until 2 years old. :-) If they

graduate him and your still not happy with the results you can also

go to CT. Just a thought.

> erin --

> yes, it went away pretty quickly but what she added put too much

pressure

> there and caused the abrasion. after _that_ we got another helmet

and that

> one was cut horridly! it moved all around and came up to his left

eye and

> partially covered his right ear. we went back to her twice to fix

it and

> finally we asked for the old helmet back but cut a little better

where the

> abrasion had been. i was so disgusted and self-doubting that i

called CT and

> spoke to charlotte. she advised that if we had had some progress

that we

> should just stick with it. my son was 16 months at that time and

they only

> band up until 18 and i think she thought we'd lose time. adam is

still in

> his band (the first one). he's 17 months now. he's been in it 4.5

months.

> we're seeing rounding at the bottom of the skull (which is nice)

and the back

> isn't as flat as it was (also nice!). so we're pretty happy with

the

> correction so far. i just wish the middle would pop out, you

know? we don't

> have much time left for him to wear it. i think in another 2

months they'll

> graduate him and i'm afraid his head will still be flat. let's all

cross our

> fingers ... did you get a new helmet? your son had a knob

too? did it

> go away as well?

> /gaby

>

> In a message dated 12/17/02 10:59:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> erink8373@a... writes:

>

>

> > Gaby,

> > Did the knob over your son's ear go away? Did you get another

STARband

> > after this happened? I think the band was cut too much around

the ear in

> > the beginning to keep it from sliding and then when the band got

pretty

> > snug it started to appear. We had the same problem in the

beginning with

> > it covering his ear and almost his entire eye and that is when I

think it

> > was cut too much. Did your son outgrow his band?

> >

> >