Re: loose helmet adjustment

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Hi :

Yikes! He seriously told you he could wear the band in the tub or

pool? Um yeah, there's a big old red flag for sure!

The blue vinyl piece which was added also concerns me a bit. I

suppose because in my baby's ill fitted STARband, her orthotist also

added a blue foam (not vinly) pc to the back of her band to increase

pressure to compensate for lack of correction (genius move, grrr).

How is the band fitting now? Any better? Any bad red spots? Too

tight? (sorry, 20 ?'s here!).Whether or not it's ok to have gaps now

where there weren't any last night, is a tough one to answer w/o

seeing the band or the baby so I'd hate to comment on that! Are the

new gaps in an area that NEEDS to be filled in (such as the flat area

(s) of his head)? If so, then I'd say it was ok. But again, not

sure w/o seeing.

Do you have any pics you can add to our PHOTOS of him in the band?

How long has he had it again?

Sorry you're so concerned, but you're doing everything you should

be. Great job researching & questioning all this! Please keep us

posted. Hope things work out.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> I live in Bartlesville and drive to Tulsa (1hour). Tulsa has 2

orthotists and OKC (3 hours) has one. Both of the places in Tulsa

have less experience than I would like. I am not really sure about

the place in OKC. The wrong information I am talking about is he

said he could go in the pool or bath with his helmet. He didn't know

what to do about a heat rash, except say it would probably go away.

He was pretty relaxed about the time period adjustments in the

beginning. He did give me written instructions that contradicted all

of that and that is what I have been following. I do feel like he

made a good casting. I don't know. I just like to follow

instructions to a T, especially when it comes to my son.

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> Re: loose helmet adjustment

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> Hi ,

> I didn't have a starband, let alone an active band, so I am not

the

> person to address this. I have never heard of this being done,

but

> that doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't. I am sure someone with a

> Star or DOC will chime in soon.

>

> I am a bit unsettled by the fact that this guy has given you

wrong

> information before and has little experience with bands. Has

anyone

> in this group been to this orthotist before?

>

> Where are you at ?

>

> , mom to Makenna LLUMC helmet grad.

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> --- In Plagiocephaly , " mlendan " <mlendan@c...>

wrote:

> > I went to the orthotist today and he said Nate's STARband

helmet

> was too loose. First he took out the spacer, but that scrunched

up

> his forehead and eyes too much so he put it back in. He decided

to

> glue a oval shaped piece of blue vinyl/plastic to the forehead

part

> of his helmet. His helmet does not shift anymore, but it has a

big

> gap in the front where it didn't before. I am going to a guy

that

> makes probably a dozen helmets a year so I want to make sure he

knows

> what he is talking about. He has already given me wrong

information

> concerning some of the little things that have to do with the

care of

> the helmet, so I want to at least know he knows what to do about

the

> big things. Has anyone else had vinyl pieces glued to their

baby's

> helmet? Is it ok to have gaps where he didn't just yesterday?

Any

> insight would be appreciated. Sometimes I feel like the only

ones

> who really know anything about plagiocephaly are this group.

Thanks

> again!

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