Re: Baby Sam

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Good luck to you! It sounds like your baby Sam is just about the

same age as my Baby Sam. (Mine will be 8 months old on the 29th.)

Mommy to , 7.5 months (plagio/tort/STARband 2/7/05) and ,

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> >>> > > Hello Everyone! My name is and I am the mother to

baby

> > Sam. He was

> >>> > > diagnosed with Torticollis at 5 weeks and has been getting

PT

> > since shortly

> >>> > > after the diagnosis. Amazingly enough the Pediatric Surgeon

that

> > our Ped sent

> >>> > > us to for the diagnosis recommended that we just do some

> > stretching at home.

> >>> > > Luckily our Ped thought that was a bad idea and got us into

PT

> > twice a week.

> >>> > > We have even recently added OT for an additional two days a

week.

> >>> > > Unfortunately no one made us aware of the connection

between Tort

> > and

> >>> > > Plagiocephaly. So here we are about to pick up the Sam¹s

STARband

> > on Monday or

> >>> > > Tuesday. It has been a long and agonizing decision for

us. More

> > so because

> >>> > > everyone from the Ped, Neurosurgeon, to the Orthotist said

that

> > he was a

> >>> > > borderline case for a helmet. We kept thinking about it and

> > talking about it

> >>> > > and suddenly it was a month later. Hopefully our delay

won¹t

> > make him have to

> >>> > > wear the helmet longer. Just like (¹s Mom)

I

feel

> > sad for my

> >>> > > baby.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Really glad to have found this group.

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

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