RE: Treyton Graduated!!! :)

[Guest guest]

Yeah Treyton!

You're a DOC Grad!

Congratulations!!!!

Cristi,

I can't wait to see the B & A pics. He sounds so proud of himself - LOL! He will learn very quickly that he doesn't have it on anymore. na graduated at 8 1/2 months. She too liked to throw herself back and listen to the thud. She learned in a matter of days before any real damage was done that it was gone. Good luck.

Cristi <naive_angel@...> wrote:

Hey all;My 1 year old son was taken out of the DOCband this morning for good. He's been wearing it since July 7th, and has now outgrown it. The tech announced that he was graduated, and my little man started clapping away I'm told. I couldn't be there, my husband had to take him in since I'm at work, but I couldn't be prouder :)I can't wait to take pictures to show results. I'm amazed at what 4 months has done for me, and I'm incredibly glad I decided to persue it no matter what the doctors were telling me. His head shape used to be awful, flat, bumpy and incredibly asymmetrical. It was starting to throw his facial features out of whack. Even so, I had a neurologist himself tell me my son was fine, and everyone has a 'weird head'. I decided to push as hard as I could for a

band anyway, and I'm glad I did. He has a large bald spot, but his head is entirely rounded. Even when his hair is wet in the tub (whereas I used to cry while bathing him because wetting his hair showed off the imperfections to a T) his little round head is just beautiful.The next few weeks are going to be hard. My son had grown quite accustomed to ignoring our pleas for him to stop, and head banging everything he could. Instead of sitting down from standing, he'd fling himself backwards and his little helmet would make a thud on the carpet which would make him giggle. He'd take toys and start thumping them on the helmet just to hear the noise. No matter what we did to try and stop him, he loved that helmet because it made noise and protected his little noggin, and now that he's out of it.. well I'm fearing the worst and picturing fractures and cuts galore ;)I'm really happy though.

I miss seeing my son without it. Naturally he was still adorable even with it on, but I miss being able to put little hats on him, hooded sweaters, etc, without having to buy a large size to fit over the helmet ;)I just wanted to throw another thanks out there, to everyone here who was there for me when I was confused and didn't know what to do. And to anyone who's thinking about banding but not sure what to do? Just do it. If I had listened to the doctors instead of fighting against them for this - I'd still be crying over my poor babe's head. I've done everything I could do to make it better, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. It made the 4 months of inconvenience, hardships and questions SO worth it. I think dealing with the issue despite everyone being against me, was seriously the most important thing I've done yet as a mother.Thanks again everyone, I hope to get

pictures up soon :)Cristi & *GRADUATED* Trey!For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Congratulations Trey and Cristi!!!!! I am so excited for you guys. I

can't wait to see the photos.

Angie and Jenna

Treyton Graduated!!!

>

>

> Hey all;

>

> My 1 year old son was taken out of the DOCband this morning for

> good. He's been wearing it since July 7th, and has now outgrown it.

> The tech announced that he was graduated, and my little man started

> clapping away I'm told. I couldn't be there, my husband had to take

> him in since I'm at work, but I couldn't be prouder

>

> I can't wait to take pictures to show results. I'm amazed at what 4

> months has done for me, and I'm incredibly glad I decided to persue

> it no matter what the doctors were telling me. His head shape used

> to be awful, flat, bumpy and incredibly asymmetrical. It was

> starting to throw his facial features out of whack. Even so, I had a

> neurologist himself tell me my son was fine, and everyone has

> a 'weird head'. I decided to push as hard as I could for a band

> anyway, and I'm glad I did. He has a large bald spot, but his head

> is entirely rounded. Even when his hair is wet in the tub (whereas I

> used to cry while bathing him because wetting his hair showed off the

> imperfections to a T) his little round head is just beautiful.

>

> The next few weeks are going to be hard. My son had grown quite

> accustomed to ignoring our pleas for him to stop, and head banging

> everything he could. Instead of sitting down from standing, he'd

> fling himself backwards and his little helmet would make a thud on

> the carpet which would make him giggle. He'd take toys and start

> thumping them on the helmet just to hear the noise. No matter what

> we did to try and stop him, he loved that helmet because it made

> noise and protected his little noggin, and now that he's out of it..

> well I'm fearing the worst and picturing fractures and cuts galore

> I'm really happy though. I miss seeing my son without it. Naturally

> he was still adorable even with it on, but I miss being able to put

> little hats on him, hooded sweaters, etc, without having to buy a

> large size to fit over the helmet

>

> I just wanted to throw another thanks out there, to everyone here who

> was there for me when I was confused and didn't know what to do. And

> to anyone who's thinking about banding but not sure what to do? Just

> do it. If I had listened to the doctors instead of fighting against

> them for this - I'd still be crying over my poor babe's head. I've

> done everything I could do to make it better, and I'm incredibly

> happy with the results. It made the 4 months of inconvenience,

> hardships and questions SO worth it. I think dealing with the issue

> despite everyone being against me, was seriously the most important

> thing I've done yet as a mother.

>

> Thanks again everyone, I hope to get pictures up soon

>

> Cristi & *GRADUATED* Trey!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Way to go Cristi! We started this leg of the journey at the same time and now Trey is finished...Angelina won't be out of her helmet until Dec but she is doing well. Glad to hear your good news...

, mommy to Angelina 13 mos with tort, plagio, local helmet 07/09/04

-----Original Message-----From: Cristi [mailto:naive_angel@...]Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:09 AMPlagiocephaly Subject: Treyton Graduated!!! :)Hey all;My 1 year old son was taken out of the DOCband this morning for good. He's been wearing it since July 7th, and has now outgrown it. The tech announced that he was graduated, and my little man started clapping away I'm told. I couldn't be there, my husband had to take him in since I'm at work, but I couldn't be prouder :)I can't wait to take pictures to show results. I'm amazed at what 4 months has done for me, and I'm incredibly glad I decided to persue it no matter what the doctors were telling me. His head shape used to be awful, flat, bumpy and incredibly asymmetrical. It was starting to throw his facial features out of whack. Even so, I had a neurologist himself tell me my son was fine, and everyone has a 'weird head'. I decided to push as hard as I could for a band anyway, and I'm glad I did. He has a large bald spot, but his head is entirely rounded. Even when his hair is wet in the tub (whereas I used to cry while bathing him because wetting his hair showed off the imperfections to a T) his little round head is just beautiful.The next few weeks are going to be hard. My son had grown quite accustomed to ignoring our pleas for him to stop, and head banging everything he could. Instead of sitting down from standing, he'd fling himself backwards and his little helmet would make a thud on the carpet which would make him giggle. He'd take toys and start thumping them on the helmet just to hear the noise. No matter what we did to try and stop him, he loved that helmet because it made noise and protected his little noggin, and now that he's out of it.. well I'm fearing the worst and picturing fractures and cuts galore ;)I'm really happy though. I miss seeing my son without it. Naturally he was still adorable even with it on, but I miss being able to put little hats on him, hooded sweaters, etc, without having to buy a large size to fit over the helmet ;)I just wanted to throw another thanks out there, to everyone here who was there for me when I was confused and didn't know what to do. And to anyone who's thinking about banding but not sure what to do? Just do it. If I had listened to the doctors instead of fighting against them for this - I'd still be crying over my poor babe's head. I've done everything I could do to make it better, and I'm incredibly happy with the results. It made the 4 months of inconvenience, hardships and questions SO worth it. I think dealing with the issue despite everyone being against me, was seriously the most important thing I've done yet as a mother.Thanks again everyone, I hope to get pictures up soon :)Cristi & *GRADUATED* Trey!For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Go Treyton! Congratulations on your

graduation!

Becky (’s mom) in Pgh, PA

Treyton

Graduated!!!

Hey all;

My 1 year old son was taken out of the DOCband

this morning for

good. He's been wearing it since July 7th,

and has now outgrown it.

The tech announced that he was graduated, and my

little man started

clapping away I'm told. I couldn't be there,

my husband had to take

him in since I'm at work, but I couldn't be

prouder

I can't wait to take pictures to show

results. I'm amazed at what 4

months has done for me, and I'm incredibly glad I

decided to persue

it no matter what the doctors were telling

me. His head shape used

to be awful, flat, bumpy and incredibly

asymmetrical. It was

starting to throw his facial features out of

whack. Even so, I had a

neurologist himself tell me my son was fine, and

everyone has

a 'weird head'. I decided to push as hard as

I could for a band

anyway, and I'm glad I did. He has a large

bald spot, but his head

is entirely rounded. Even when his hair is

wet in the tub (whereas I

used to cry while bathing him because wetting his

hair showed off the

imperfections to a T) his little round head is

just beautiful.

The next few weeks are going to be hard. My

son had grown quite

accustomed to ignoring our pleas for him to stop,

and head banging

everything he could. Instead of sitting down

from standing, he'd

fling himself backwards and his little helmet

would make a thud on

the carpet which would make him giggle. He'd

take toys and start

thumping them on the helmet just to hear the

noise. No matter what

we did to try and stop him, he loved that helmet

because it made

noise and protected his little noggin, and now

that he's out of it..

well I'm fearing the worst and picturing fractures

and cuts galore

I'm really happy though. I miss seeing my

son without it. Naturally

he was still adorable even with it on, but I miss

being able to put

little hats on him, hooded sweaters, etc, without

having to buy a

large size to fit over the helmet

I just wanted to throw another thanks out there,

to everyone here who

was there for me when I was confused and didn't

know what to do. And

to anyone who's thinking about banding but not

sure what to do? Just

do it. If I had listened to the doctors

instead of fighting against

them for this - I'd still be crying over my poor

babe's head. I've

done everything I could do to make it better, and

I'm incredibly

happy with the results. It made the 4 months

of inconvenience,

hardships and questions SO worth it. I think

dealing with the issue

despite everyone being against me, was seriously

the most important

thing I've done yet as a mother.

Thanks again everyone, I hope to get pictures up

soon

Cristi & *GRADUATED* Trey!

For more

plagio info