Re: Second band- advice needed

[Guest guest]

Hi,

You situation is almost the same as us. Few week ago, CT graduated my

son, . He out grow his band (in it for 11 week total).

Both my husband and me see the improvement, and we are really happy

with it, and even decide not to do second band before our last app

with CT. And to our big supprise, the measurements indicate that, our

son still have severe brachy.

So, ask yourself this question : Without knowing the measurement, are

you happy with his head shape ? Try to compare your son head shape

with others kids in general (your friends etc), is his look 'normal' ?

Like my ped say, everyone's head and face is asymmetry. You won't get

any 'award' for having the most symmetry head shape. I just want my

son's to look normal. We are lucky because travel time to CT is only

abt 30min, and insurance cover 100%. Anyway, we decide not to band.

This is just me.

Good luck with your decision.

ps. we went to CT at conn too. is our clinician.

peishan.

>

> We went for our app. at CT this week. Our clinician said that Logan

> will have another 4 weeks in this band, as he is quickly outgrowing

> it. That will make 13 weeks total in the band. There are still some

> areas that are asymmetrical and she said we will not see 100%

> correction. Logan had moderate plagio to start with (8mm) We took

> some new measurements but he was extremely active during the

> measurements (so I am not sure how accurate they are) but they didn't

> show as much improvement as we thought we were seeing. Now the

> clinician said if she was seeing Logan for the first time, he would be

> borderline as to if she would recommend banding or not. We aren't sure

> what we want to do now! We drive 3 hours each way to our CT apps. and

> were really looking forward to being done. Also, we were happy with

> the improvements that had been made until we heard the current

> measurements and then started really scrutinizing his head again.

> Logan is almost 10 mos. now so she couldn't guarantee we would see a

> lot more correction but thought we would see some. I'm really confused

> at this point and am looking for advice from others who have been

> there. Thanks, Amy in NY

> Logan 9 1/2 mos old in Doc band 9 weeks

>

[Guest guest]

You could always post pictures to get the opinions of other moms

here. I would go off of if you are happy with his headshape without

knowing the measurements. If no, then consider a 2nd band. If you

are, then great and stop. If you aren't sure, then think in the

long run what is " best " for your child. Good luck.

PS What were his measurements this time?

>

> We went for our app. at CT this week. Our clinician said that

Logan

> will have another 4 weeks in this band, as he is quickly

outgrowing

> it. That will make 13 weeks total in the band. There are still

some

> areas that are asymmetrical and she said we will not see 100%

> correction. Logan had moderate plagio to start with (8mm) We

took

> some new measurements but he was extremely active during the

> measurements (so I am not sure how accurate they are) but they

didn't

> show as much improvement as we thought we were seeing. Now the

> clinician said if she was seeing Logan for the first time, he

would be

> borderline as to if she would recommend banding or not. We aren't

sure

> what we want to do now! We drive 3 hours each way to our CT apps.

and

> were really looking forward to being done. Also, we were happy

with

> the improvements that had been made until we heard the current

> measurements and then started really scrutinizing his head again.

> Logan is almost 10 mos. now so she couldn't guarantee we would see

a

> lot more correction but thought we would see some. I'm really

confused

> at this point and am looking for advice from others who have been

> there. Thanks, Amy in NY

> Logan 9 1/2 mos old in Doc band 9 weeks

>

[Guest guest]

Our measurements were/are:

eyes- went from 6mm to 4mm

ears- went from 7mm to 1 mm

back of head- 8mm to no change?! (but we do see change)

Plagiocephaly From: peishanz04@...Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:28:32 +0000Subject: Re: Second band- advice needed

Hi,You situation is almost the same as us. Few week ago, CT graduated myson, . He out grow his band (in it for 11 week total).Both my husband and me see the improvement, and we are really happywith it, and even decide not to do second band before our last appwith CT. And to our big supprise, the measurements indicate that, ourson still have severe brachy. So, ask yourself this question : Without knowing the measurement, areyou happy with his head shape ? Try to compare your son head shapewith others kids in general (your friends etc), is his look 'normal' ? Like my ped say, everyone's head and face is asymmetry. You won't getany 'award' for having the most symmetry head shape. I just want myson's to look normal. We are lucky because travel time to CT is onlyabt 30min, and insurance cover 100%. Anyway, we decide not to band.This is just me.Good luck with your decision.ps. we went to CT at conn too. is our clinician.peishan.>> We went for our app. at CT this week. Our clinician said that Logan > will have another 4 weeks in this band, as he is quickly outgrowing > it. That will make 13 weeks total in the band. There are still some > areas that are asymmetrical and she said we will not see 100% > correction. Logan had moderate plagio to start with (8mm) We took > some new measurements but he was extremely active during the > measurements (so I am not sure how accurate they are) but they didn't > show as much improvement as we thought we were seeing. Now the > clinician said if she was seeing Logan for the first time, he would be > borderline as to if she would recommend banding or not. We aren't sure > what we want to do now! We drive 3 hours each way to our CT apps. and > were really looking forward to being done. Also, we were happy with > the improvements that had been made until we heard the current > measurements and then started really scrutinizing his head again. > Logan is almost 10 mos. now so she couldn't guarantee we would see a > lot more correction but thought we would see some. I'm really confused > at this point and am looking for advice from others who have been > there. Thanks, Amy in NY > Logan 9 1/2 mos old in Doc band 9 weeks> In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger.

[Guest guest]

I would focus on two things. First, he has one more month in the

band and I have a heard that a lot of parents who stuck out the last

or an extra month have been rewarded with a lot of additional

correction. So I wouldn't try to make the decision for a second band

just yet. A month can be a long time (in a good way) in a band.

Second, I would try to focus on the actual look of your son's head

more than the numbers. I know it's hard, but the numbers can be

deceiving, especially in this case where you say your son was

squirmy during the measurements (plus one mom posted earlier that

she received 3 different measurements from 3 different band

providers, it just depends on who is taking the measurements and at

what angle). I know they're nice because you know from the beginning

where you're starting at and the level of severity you're dealing

with. But if you're happy with the way his head looks at the end, it

shouldn't really matter what the numbers are. Just from a numbers

standpoint though, it seems unlikely that a baby starting at 8mm

would need a second band, exspecially if you visually see a big

difference and think he looks great. Bottomline is, if you're happy

with the way he looks, I wouldn't push for a second band. But I

would also wait until the end of the 4 weeks to decide that for

sure.

Good luck! I hope you get a lot more correction in the last month

and the decision will be easier for you.

Jake-19m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand 10 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> We went for our app. at CT this week. Our clinician said that

Logan

> will have another 4 weeks in this band, as he is quickly

outgrowing

> it. That will make 13 weeks total in the band. There are still

some

> areas that are asymmetrical and she said we will not see 100%

> correction. Logan had moderate plagio to start with (8mm) We

took

> some new measurements but he was extremely active during the

> measurements (so I am not sure how accurate they are) but they

didn't

> show as much improvement as we thought we were seeing. Now the

> clinician said if she was seeing Logan for the first time, he

would be

> borderline as to if she would recommend banding or not. We aren't

sure

> what we want to do now! We drive 3 hours each way to our CT apps.

and

> were really looking forward to being done. Also, we were happy

with

> the improvements that had been made until we heard the current

> measurements and then started really scrutinizing his head again.

> Logan is almost 10 mos. now so she couldn't guarantee we would see

a

> lot more correction but thought we would see some. I'm really

confused

> at this point and am looking for advice from others who have been

> there. Thanks, Amy in NY

> Logan 9 1/2 mos old in Doc band 9 weeks

>