Re: still undecided and need help... FRANCES

May 25, 2005

Frances,

Deciding whether or not to band your child is a difficult decision,

but one you need to make confidently. Do not band Jakub if you

aren't completely confident with your decision b/c odds are you

won't keep it on him 23 hrs a day if you heart isn't in it. If

someone wrote you the prescription than they think Jakub needs a

band. If agreed to band him than she thinks he needs a band.

You have to keep in mind that Cranial Tech has a great reputation

and that is because babies consistently have positive experiences

and change wearing DOCbands. If they banded babies who didn't have

enough plagio/brachy/scaphy to see positive change in a DOCband than

parents would NOT be happy and Cranial Tech would not have the great

reputation they have. All the orthos at Cranial Tech are trained in

the same way by the same people at their corporate headquarters in

Arizona. We have had many parents on this board who were told by

Cranial Tech that their child should NOT be banded because they were

too mild. In some cases this was for a first band, and in other it

was for a second or third band. You have absolutely no reason to be

nervous about the band. Babies are not bothered by them and while

they may be stared at, they will not know why. Jakub will just

figure it's because people think he's cute! If he's older and still

has a flat head he will also get started at, but then he'll probably

know why. He probably wasn't ever bothered by his apnea monitor

either, so I really wouldn't feel bad. The helmet won't make him

miserable. Another thing to take into account is your saying repo

isn't going well and that you're not able to do it 24/7 b/c of work

and also that he hates tummy time. This is not a very good formula

for self rounding and he absolutely could still get worse. I don't

remember if you've ever mentioned how old Jakub is, but if he's

still fairly young and you truly could be committed to 24/7 repo for

3 weeks or so then you could have CT help you evaluate him to see if

you are seeing progress--but again, it doesn't sound like you're

able to truly repo 24/7 and I don't know how old Jakub is.

, mom to Hannah, DOCgrad

Cape Cod, Ma

http://hannahsnoggin.typepad.com

> > > hi everyone im just not sure if i should go therough with

this..

> i

> > have

> > > made the decision and have already notified the baby's doctor

> for

> > the

> > > prescription but its still ibn my mind if i should or not..

they

> > said

> > > its a mild case.. only 4 standard deviations below the mean,

no

> > facial

> > > assymetry, only his head is wider in the back.. it can be

fixed

> > with

> > > repo i guess but my only concern is that i will not know if

its

> > > better .. or how long i should give it.. what if it gets

worse..

> > im not

> > > home with him in the day to do repo.. i work and his grandma

is

> > home..

> > > she is really not all aware of how to repo... and im not sure

if

> > she

> > > will know how to do it.. i dont think its that bad now that i

> look

> > at

> > > it everyday.. should i ask the therapist whodid consult with

us

> > for the

> > > cephalic index????>i still am unsure.. im so afraid of making

> the

> > wrong

> > > deciision will he look different after the band???

> >

> > For more plagio info

May 25, 2005