Guest guest Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hi Dawn, I am new, too. We have three sons - the first of which had a perfect, round head. Our second son had a very flat head that bulged out in the front. His was determined (via CT scan) to be a result of a malformed C1 vertebrae and he was placed in a Philadephia collar (neck brace) to correct the situation. However, positioning him helped A LOT. We used a pillowcase and stuffed two rolls of batting (we rolled them up to the correct thickness, then cut them to fit in the pillowcase) along each end - wedging him in the middle, on his side. He accepted his new sleeping position readily (he was 3 months old at the time) and it really, really worked. However, our third son also has a very flat head, and we were not able to correct his through positioning. He is just too wild to accept laying on his side with the contraption we made for our second son. He is starting in his STARband this week - and he is almost 8 months old. I would have loved to have started it sooner, but we thought we'd give the positioning a try. It didn't work for him, but it worked great for his brother! Jill - Tru's mom > > > > > > > > > > > > We are getting ready to start the Doc Band with Cranial > > > Technologies > > > > > > in Annondale, VA. Anyone else currently or have recently > >undergone > > > > > > treatment there? Just wondering about wait times, traffic > >and > > > staff. > > > > > > My appointment was 9:45am so traffic was not so bad and > >everyone at > > > > > > the office seemed nice. I have a 5 1/2 month old son with > >what > > > they > > > > > > termed moderate plagiocephaly (22mm difference; corner of > >eye to > > > > > > opposite rear of head on each side...I am still figuring out > >the > > > > > > terminologies). We have gone for our initial visit and have > > > just made > > > > > > the decision to move forward with the treatment. I am of > >course > > > > > > worried about the casting process and adapting to the head > > > piece...my > > > > > > son definately already has a strong will. It will be hard > >going > > > > > > through 2 months of not being able to rub my hand over his > >little > > > > > > hairy noggin. Any suggestions concerning scheduling > >appointment > > > times > > > > > > or things to bring with us to appointments to keep the > >little one > > > > > > happy? I saw that some one suggested a sucker for the > > > casting...any > > > > > > other little tricks that might help smooth the process? He > >does > > > not > > > > > > take a bottle or pacifier...strickly nursed and a thumb > > > > > > sucker...Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/? href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx? wx_action=create & wx_url=/friends.aspx & mkt=en-us > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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