Re: Parent of plagio child/ Aurora, IL

February 19, 2003

Hi,

Welcome to the group. First of all, it is entirely up to you whether

or not you band your son! It's not the decision of your ped or

neurosurgeon. The only thing your ped or the ns need to do is write

you a script. They can't tell you, you can't band your baby!!!

We have quite a few members that have used/use the Oakbrook CT. They

all rave about it. While repositioning can correct plagio, it doesn't

work for everyone! It is up to you if you want to continue to

reposition or not. Does your son have torticollis, it's a tight neck

muscle. Some babies have a tilt too. If you notice your son really

only looks to one side it could be torticollis.

When it comes to banding, the younger you band a baby the better and

faster the correction will be. I am all for repositioning, if you're

seeing improvement and the baby doesn't have torticollis. If not,

you could very well be wasting your time. If you were to band your

son now, you would most likely get 100% correction.

It really makes me mad that your pediatricain told you to do nothing.

How ignorant is he/she? I'm sorry if you think that is rude, but he

really has no right telling parent to do nothing. He can't guarantee

you that your son's plagio will correct on it's own. Some babies do

round out but some babies don't. I think most don't.

Like I said, it's YOUR decision to make, not your peds or the ns, if

you want to band your son, do it!!

No matter what you decide to do, you'll have our support. Please keep

us posted and good luck.

> I have a son that is 4 months old. We have taken him to my

> pediatrician. My pediatrician told me his head would round out

> eventually. He told me to stay offline and not to worry...he said

> not to buy any positioners...he said not to do anything at all.

> Anyways the first thing I did when I got home was made an

> appointment with a neurosurgen. He said that same thing that

> everything would be fine and just to start repositioning. So then I

> proceeded to go to Cranial Tech in Oakbrook. They said to

reposition

> for a month and see how it goes. I feel like no one is taking my

> concerns seriously. I have been repositioning for about 3wks and

> haven't seen any changes good or bad. Am I wasting precious time

> with repositioning ? Should I give repositioning more time or

> what ? I'm so worried...Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

February 19, 2003

Thanks for your support it nice to know that I'm not alone out here.

Just had a question. How long does it usually take to get a band ? Assuming that you already have a perscription.

"stripes6060 <taime@...>" <taime@...> wrote:

Hi,Welcome to the group. First of all, it is entirely up to you whether or not you band your son! It's not the decision of your ped or neurosurgeon. The only thing your ped or the ns need to do is write you a script. They can't tell you, you can't band your baby!!!We have quite a few members that have used/use the Oakbrook CT. They all rave about it. While repositioning can correct plagio, it doesn't work for everyone! It is up to you if you want to continue to reposition or not. Does your son have torticollis, it's a tight neck muscle. Some babies have a tilt too. If you notice your son really only looks to one side it could be torticollis. When it comes to banding, the younger you band a baby the better and faster the correction will be. I am all for repositioning, if you're seeing improvement and the baby doesn't have torticollis. If not, you could very well be wasting your time. If you were to band your son now, you would most likely get 100% correction. It really makes me mad that your pediatricain told you to do nothing. How ignorant is he/she? I'm sorry if you think that is rude, but he really has no right telling parent to do nothing. He can't guarantee you that your son's plagio will correct on it's own. Some babies do round out but some babies don't. I think most don't.Like I said, it's YOUR decision to make, not your peds or the ns, if you want to band your son, do it!!No matter what you decide to do, you'll have our support. Please keep us posted and good luck.> I have a son that is 4 months old. We have taken him to my > pediatrician. My pediatrician told me his head would round out > eventually. He told me to stay offline and not to worry...he said > not to buy any positioners...he said not to do anything at all. > Anyways the first thing I did when I got home was made an > appointment with a neurosurgen. He said that same thing that > everything would be fine and just to start repositioning. So then I > proceeded to go to Cranial Tech in Oakbrook. They said to reposition > for a month and see how it goes. I feel like no one is taking my > concerns seriously. I have been repositioning for about 3wks and > haven't seen any changes good or bad. Am I wasting precious time > with repositioning ? Should I give repositioning more time or > what ? I'm so worried...Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.For more plagio info

February 20, 2003

Welcome to

the group! You are definitely not

alone. There seems to be so many

physicians out there who are simply not educated about tort and plagio and the

benefits of early intervention. A

band or helmet usually takes up to two weeks to get in after your little one

has been measured or “casted” for one.

They try to keep the window of time under two weeks because those little

brains are growing rapidly.

Have you

considered going to another pediatrician?

& JD (casted for DOCband)

TX

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Subject: Re: Re: Parent

of plagio child/ Aurora, IL

Thanks for your support it nice to know

that I'm not alone out here.

Just had a question. How long does it

usually take to get a band ? Assuming that you already have a

perscription.

" stripes6060 <taime@...> "

<taime@...> wrote: