Guest guest Report post Posted February 20, 2006 Hi , I looked at your pictures of and first of all what a cutie pie. I was wondering how old is he now? I am definately not an ortho but my opinion would be that he looks like he could be in a helmet. If you have tried repositioning and haven't seen much results and if he is like 7 or 8 months old I would say try to get him in a helmet. Again I am kind of new to this and I am not an expert it is just my opinion. Isabelle 6 mos STARband 1/31/06 > > Hello. I've been a memeber for a month or two, and have just been > reading what everyone has to say.. now I think its time for me to > chime it.... here's my situation... > > I had noticed at birth 's head shape. I expressed my concern at > all his well baby check ups and finally, around November/December (6 > months), we were able to see someone from the Cranial Facial > Dept. At the time, I was with a PPO and was going to have to pay 20% > When i got pregnant, we didnt have insurance, and about 3 months > before I had , I was offered benefits through my job. I picked > the PPO over our HMO (Kaiser) so I could stay with the doctor I had > been seeing for my whole pregnancy. I filed paperwork to change to a > HMO in January. > So... My Cranial Facial appt went good. the doc said he thought he > should get a helmet.. and that he would try to get the ball rolling > before the new year hit. They would be calling me for an appt... > January came and I heard nothing, so I made an appointment with a Ped > with Kaiser. They got me in within a few days and referred me to a > specialist. Their cranial team was pretty far, but I was told that > they use the hospital that I had started everything with, whew!! That > was good news since we had already spoke to someone there and took xrays... > ok, this is getting long... I got to see the specialist and they said > that they didnt think he needed a helmet! That he looked more like a > patient that had just finished helmet therapy! > Now, I will say that he started rolling over and sleeping on his > belly right after I met with the first specialist, and maybe i dont > see a big difference bc im with him everyday... but i cant help but > think that it has something to do with $$$ > when i had to pay for a portion of it, we definitely needed it.. but > when it should have all been paid for, it was no longer an issue. > has anyone gone through this?? I posted some pics of him in the > Photo Album " " > Thanks in advance everyone!! > > ~*~~*~ > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 20, 2006 Hi , I looked at your pictures of and first of all what a cutie pie. I was wondering how old is he now? I am definately not an ortho but my opinion would be that he looks like he could be in a helmet. If you have tried repositioning and haven't seen much results and if he is like 7 or 8 months old I would say try to get him in a helmet. Again I am kind of new to this and I am not an expert it is just my opinion. Isabelle 6 mos STARband 1/31/06 > > Hello. I've been a memeber for a month or two, and have just been > reading what everyone has to say.. now I think its time for me to > chime it.... here's my situation... > > I had noticed at birth 's head shape. I expressed my concern at > all his well baby check ups and finally, around November/December (6 > months), we were able to see someone from the Cranial Facial > Dept. At the time, I was with a PPO and was going to have to pay 20% > When i got pregnant, we didnt have insurance, and about 3 months > before I had , I was offered benefits through my job. I picked > the PPO over our HMO (Kaiser) so I could stay with the doctor I had > been seeing for my whole pregnancy. I filed paperwork to change to a > HMO in January. > So... My Cranial Facial appt went good. the doc said he thought he > should get a helmet.. and that he would try to get the ball rolling > before the new year hit. They would be calling me for an appt... > January came and I heard nothing, so I made an appointment with a Ped > with Kaiser. They got me in within a few days and referred me to a > specialist. Their cranial team was pretty far, but I was told that > they use the hospital that I had started everything with, whew!! That > was good news since we had already spoke to someone there and took xrays... > ok, this is getting long... I got to see the specialist and they said > that they didnt think he needed a helmet! That he looked more like a > patient that had just finished helmet therapy! > Now, I will say that he started rolling over and sleeping on his > belly right after I met with the first specialist, and maybe i dont > see a big difference bc im with him everyday... but i cant help but > think that it has something to do with $$$ > when i had to pay for a portion of it, we definitely needed it.. but > when it should have all been paid for, it was no longer an issue. > has anyone gone through this?? I posted some pics of him in the > Photo Album " " > Thanks in advance everyone!! > > ~*~~*~ > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
