Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 He was not terribly early--34 weeker. But we seem to have had a perfect storm--soft head, motor delay, great back sleeper, tort, etc. I don't thing just one of those factors would be enough to make a head regress. We are really, really bummed on the one hand. But, besides his head and the tort, he has no other preemie issues, so we also know that we could have lots more complicated things to deal with, too. If you have the option, an exit cast can set your mind at ease. We were certainly glad to have ours. > > > > I thought I might as well re-introduce myself. Our son was banded in > > February for brachy/plagio and wore his band for 2 months. I usually > > just lurk as we are still working on our insurance appeal. > > > > Unfortuantely, we had him banded again this week because he > > regressed. Before I cause any panic, he was VERY delayed rolling over > > and just slept his little head flat again (12 hrs/night flat on his > > back). He also was born prematurely so his head has (evidently) not > > hardened as fast as most babies probably would. He is 10 months now > > and actually adjusting much better to this band than he did the first > > time around. He finally does sleep on his stomach and crawl, so the > > band just does not get in his way at all this time. We are really, > > really sad to have to do this again, but glad that his precious little > > head is fixable (once again). > > > > Just thought I would say Hi--Stacey > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Hi Stacey, sorry you had to go through this, but thanks for posting. our daughter has been in a band for 2 months and is 7 months old. the doc told us he wants her to stay in the band until she's at least 9 mo so that her head is " hard enough " so she doesn't regress. this gives me another data point that his advice is probably good. i just hope her band fits her for 2 more months so we don't need a 2nd. She still needs a lot of corrections for her brachy. I hope it goes quickly this time and glad to hear he ajusted well. take care, -christine mom to sydney/ 7 mo/ starband 5-31-06 > > I thought I might as well re-introduce myself. Our son was banded in > February for brachy/plagio and wore his band for 2 months. I usually > just lurk as we are still working on our insurance appeal. > > Unfortuantely, we had him banded again this week because he > regressed. Before I cause any panic, he was VERY delayed rolling over > and just slept his little head flat again (12 hrs/night flat on his > back). He also was born prematurely so his head has (evidently) not > hardened as fast as most babies probably would. He is 10 months now > and actually adjusting much better to this band than he did the first > time around. He finally does sleep on his stomach and crawl, so the > band just does not get in his way at all this time. We are really, > really sad to have to do this again, but glad that his precious little > head is fixable (once again). > > Just thought I would say Hi--Stacey > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 What is an exit cast? From: "oscaredwink" <oscaredwink@...>Reply-Plagiocephaly To: Plagiocephaly Subject: Re: We're BackDate: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:11:18 -0000 He was not terribly early--34 weeker. But we seem to have had a perfect storm--soft head, motor delay, great back sleeper, tort, etc. I don't thing just one of those factors would be enough to make a head regress.We are really, really bummed on the one hand. But, besides his head and the tort, he has no other preemie issues, so we also know that we could have lots more complicated things to deal with, too. If you have the option, an exit cast can set your mind at ease. We were certainly glad to have ours.> >> > I thought I might as well re-introduce myself. Our son was banded in > > February for brachy/plagio and wore his band for 2 months. I usually > > just lurk as we are still working on our insurance appeal.> > > > Unfortuantely, we had him banded again this week because he > > regressed. Before I cause any panic, he was VERY delayed rolling over > > and just slept his little head flat again (12 hrs/night flat on his > > back). He also was born prematurely so his head has (evidently) not > > hardened as fast as most babies probably would. He is 10 months now > > and actually adjusting much better to this band than he did the first > > time around. He finally does sleep on his stomach and crawl, so the > > band just does not get in his way at all this time. We are really, > > really sad to have to do this again, but glad that his precious little > > head is fixable (once again).> > > > Just thought I would say Hi--Stacey> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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