GILLETTE to Sheila and

[Guest guest]

Howdy girls and welcome again,

I am also a CranioCap mom and if there are any questions, please let

me know. Dr. Wood is famous for his very very quick visits, and you

almost have to hold him down to not get out the door so fast. He

does know his stuff tho, albeit a bit gruff. My son is 8 mo's old

and started the CranioCap at 5 & 1/2 mo's old, so he's been in it 11

weeks. We were told he'd be in it till 16 weeks, yet I feel he will

not get enough mileage out of his helmet, so am getting an eval done

w/ Hanger up North here on the Range. I'd rather have him in an

active helmet, since Dr. Wood seems to be famous for telling parents

once their child grows out the CranioCap to " let nature takes it's

course and finish the rounding out on it's own " . If that were the

case, we would have never helmeted them in the first place, now,

would we? And as Christie pointed out, Jaden's before and after

pics are in the photos section/before and after/local helmets if you

want to see the progress he has made. He did have some good

rounding out, but still has a ways to go in my opinion, and which

also seems the general concensus of this support group after I

posted the pics last nite.

If you girls have any questions, I'd be more than happy to talk to

ya. I hope you all find the support and answers to your questions

here. It's a good group, and a nice bunch of people.

~Amy, mommy to Jaden 8 mo's MN, plagio/mild tort/mild scoliosis,

started CranioCap 4/23/04, started Chiro 6/29/04

> > > Hi. My name is Shiela and I am new to this group. I had no

> idea

> > so

> > > many children had Plagio. My daughter, Amelia, is 6 months

> and

> > has

> > > been wearing a cranio cap for about 6 weeks. I first

noticed

> the

> > > problem at 2 months and brought it to my peds attention.

> (there

> > are

> > > 2 other kids in my playgroup who have had the cranio cap, so

I

> new

> > > what to look for) My ped gave me some stretching excercises

> to do

> > > for Amelia's torticollis and said to wait until the 4 month

> check

> > to

> > > see if her head was better. At 4 months her head was still

> quite

> > > flat so she referred me to a wonderful cranio-facial surgeon

> at

> > > Gillettes Childrens Hospital in St. , MN. He

reccommended

> the

> > > cap saying hers was one of the more severe cases he had

seen.

> But

> > > thanks to my peds advice about stretching her neck her tort

> was

> > > almost gone and she did not need p.t. She had to endure the

> > > plastering process 2 times because the first helmet they

made

> was

> > > too small. ( The process only takes 5 minutes from start to

> > finish,

> > > so that wasn't too bad) The first 4 weeks were very rough

> because

> > > she is growing so fast that her helmet would be too snug

> within a

> > > matter of days. But we are able to see our orthotist once a

> week

> > > and things are getting better. When we first started the

> helmet

> > she

> > > would shut down and just sort of lie there. Now she is her

> happy

> > > self and her head is changing shape. (Although we are still

no

> > where

> > > near the reccommended 22 hours a day with the helmet

on....she

> > can't

> > > sleep in it)Anyway, I'm glad there are so many other parents

> out

> > > there dealing with these issues. And it's nice to know that

> if I

> > > have a concern one of you have been there and can help me

> through

> > it!

> > >

> > > Shiela--Amelia 6 months-cranio cap: June 2004

> >

> >

> >

> > For more plagio info