Re: 's a DOC Band graduate!

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Hi ,

Most bands need to be worn 23 hours/7 days a week. This sounds like

a lot but once you get into the routine it is really no big deal and

it is SO worth it! My son was the same happy baby during the time

he wore his band. The reason babies need to wear the band 23

hours/7 days a week and not just when they sleep is because the head

is always growing and you want all growth directed to the correct

areas. If they only wear it during sleep but they are growing during

the day then the head will continue to grow in the 'wrong' way.

Your band provider can explain this better. As far as repositioning

after the band, we didn't. My son was 9.5 months when he

graduated. He also had started sleeping on his tummy. At 13

months, I took him back to CT because I was sure he had

regressed...he had not. It is possible for heads to regress but

they should never regress back to where they were when treatment was

started. It is very rare so I wouldn't worry about it. Regression

only happens in about 1% of cases and my hunch (just from what CT

had told me) is that the babies that regress have uncorrected

torticollis when they graduate or when they graduate they are really

young and aren't sitting, crawling, etc. Good luck.

14 month old, DOC graduate

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> > Hi,

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> > Just wanted to shout from the rooftops that graduated from

> her

> > DOC Band today!!! It's been 6 weeks and we've seen amazing

> results.

> > She's got a big noggin so it must have grown extra quickly. I

> > will post the before/after pics when I get them next week.

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> > Thank you to everyone I've met here and to everyone that has

> offered a

> > kind word or help with getting information (we're still in the

> appeals

> > process!)...I couldn't have made it through all this without you

> all!

> > You don't know how much you've impacted my life...and I'm

grateful

> to

> > have found you through this message board!!!

> >

> > Lori

> > Mom to , 7 months

> > DOC Band graduate TODAY!!!

> >

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