Re: Hannah, Velcro Queen-

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That's such a funny image - Hannah with the velcro sticking right

out! Glad to hear it won't affect the band, just your nerves LOL.

Wow, you and your hubby must have it rough with your schedules!

is doing well - getting big, and enjoying her band-free

head. I'm so glad I did this though. My older daughter had her gym

class this morning, for the first time since June, and a few of the

mom's asked about 's band, and mentioned seeing the article in

our paper - it's great to see that I've helped in some way to raise

awareness about this! Yes, we submitted a picture of , but

they told us that the lighting may be off a bit (it was an outside

pic), so they don't know if it will work for the calendar. It was

the only good one I had on a 35mm camera though (the rest were

digital...) Hannah's pic is adorable - hopefully we'll see her and

some of the other babies from this board in the calendar

Kerri

> > > Hi guys,

> > > I just thought I'd share what Hannah is up to nowadays, and

it's

> > all

> > > about the velcro! While we were moving my sister into college

> > > yesterday, Hannah became totally obsessed with the closure on

> her

> > > DOCband. And I mean like HUNDREDS of times!! All day long,

all

> > she

> > > did was open and close it. Everyone on campus thought she was

> > very

> > > cute though, and she loved showing off her new trick. To make

> > > matters worse, this new trick actually kept her up last night.

> It

> > > was all I kept hearing on the monitor and she got up 2 hours

> > earlier

> > > than normal. This did not make my husband (who works till 2am

> and

> > > has to get up with her so I can go to work) very happy, lol.

> I'm

> > > getting very ready to put a safety pin on it, but she has such

a

> > > temper I'm not sure that would work either. I tried holding it

> > > closed from the bottom where she couldn't feel my fingers and

> she

> > > got so mad and frustrated that it wouldn't pull out of the loop

> > that

> > > she started screaming and turning all red, lol. I'm starting

to

> > > wonder though, will the band still worked if it's un-done all

> the

> > > time? It's not like you pull it tight to make the pressure,

but

> > I'm

> > > not sure. Just when her skin is well enough to get back into

it

> > > full time, she had to figure this out! I really thought I had

> it

> > > made getting her banded young in that we would never have this

> > > problem .

> > > , mom to Hannah (Velcro Queen) DOCbanded 5/12 and 8/12

> > > Cape Cod, Ma