Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Hi, I'm so happy to hear things are going in a positive direction for you now! Let us know when her band is in and how she's adjusting. > > > > I can explain the limp left arm. Phoebe had delayed > development of > her > > right side because she looks to the left, and we have to > stretch her > > to the right (opposite of you guys). They told me that it > would fix > > itself as we stretched her neck and she started being able to > see the > > right side. It was true! After a few weeks, she discovered her > right > > hand. I guess " out of site, out of mind " applies here. Help > your baby > > notice the left side when you're playing. Eventually it will > all > > click, and then the left side will start getting as much use > as the > > right. Hugs! > > > > > > She's right! My son had the same thing happening on > his left > side. After just a few weeks of doing the correct stretches, he > > started using his left side. I'm just saying that we saw him > getting > worse for 6 weeks and I hit my breaking point and got referred > to a top > pediatric PT in our area at our hospital and immediately we were > told > we were not stretching the correct side and that is why he > wasn't > improving. Once we started the correct exercises within a few > weeks he > was fine. We also saw the facial asymmetry get worse through > the > course of that. Good luck with the DOC Band, you should rest > easier > now! > > Donna, mom to , 10 months old, waiting for 2nd DOC Band > > > > > > > > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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