Re: Brachy - repositioning

[Guest guest]

How old is your baby. I think reposition works better

for baby under 6 month. There is repo photo fold some

parents post their before and after pictures. You can

check.

--- tparusheva <tparusheva@...> wrote:

> We had our appointment with CT in NJ yesterday, and

> this is what the

> result is. We have no asymmetry, but we have brachy.

> The lady was

> really nice and I can see from the pictures that we

> have it, but by

> all means is anything even close to what I saw on

> their catalog for

> example. My husband is really skeptical about the

> band, so we decided

> to wait for another 3 weeks and see if there is any

> improvement with

> repositioning, just him starting to sit, etc.

> Anybody who had similar

> experience and were able to correct brachy only with

> repositioning?

> Any tips will be greatly appreciated. They said that

> the index they

> measure is 4.25 standard deviation from the mean. I

> do not want him to

> have perfect head, neither my husband no I have one,

> but I would like

> to be able to reduce the difference at least to 2

> standard deviation.

> Also I was wondering if anybody knows where I can

> buy the meters they

> use to measure babies head. I would really want to

> be able to measure

> him and see if his head is growing and I do not see

> improvement than I

> really need to convince my husband to put the band.

> Thank you in advance.

> Totti

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son also has brachy. 4 standard

deviations from the mean sounds pretty severe. You didn’t mention how old

your son is, but if he is 5 months or older I would definitely band. Younger

than that, if you area very dedicated, you may have success with repositioning –

but you will need to be vigilant about laying his head to each side and never

letting him rest on the back of his head. (I tried this with minimal success

and my son was banded at 6 months.)

The things I would consider are whether or

not his head is growing high in the back, if he is getting bulges above the

ears ( “normal” heads are slightly concave just above the ears), and

if his head looks especially wide relative to the other babies you see –

these are things that the band cannot change – so the longer you wait,

the more obvious these things will look when he gets older. If these things

aren’t too obvious already, re-positioning may do the trick for you.

If you do decide that you are in favor of

banding and your husband isn’t sure, it may help to have both of you look

at the back of a lot of other babies heads. I knew my son’s head looked

a bit strange, but when I really started to look at his peers’ head

shapes, I was 100 percent convinced we needed to band.

Good luck with your decision. I know it is

tough!

From:

Plagiocephaly [mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of tparusheva

Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:26

AM

Plagiocephaly

Subject: Brachy - repositioning

We had our appointment with CT in NJ yesterday, and

this is what the

result is. We have no asymmetry, but we have brachy. The lady was

really nice and I can see from the pictures that we have it, but by

all means is anything even close to what I saw on their catalog for

example. My husband is really skeptical about the band, so we decided

to wait for another 3 weeks and see if there is any improvement with

repositioning, just him starting to sit, etc. Anybody who had similar

experience and were able to correct brachy only with repositioning?

Any tips will be greatly appreciated. They said that the index they

measure is 4.25 standard deviation from the mean. I do not want him to

have perfect head, neither my husband no I have one, but I would like

to be able to reduce the difference at least to 2 standard deviation.

Also I was wondering if anybody knows where I can buy the meters they

use to measure babies head. I would really want to be able to measure

him and see if his head is growing and I do not see improvement than I

really need to convince my husband to put the band.

Thank you in advance.

Totti

[Guest guest]

The band works wonders. Repositioning (for plagio) did not work for

us. Like said, you have to be very dedicated and make sure he

lays on both sides equally and not the back of the head. I've heard

that repoing for brachy is much harder (I'm not sure why but that's

what I've heard). We had a great experience with CT. My husband

too was skeptical of the band but knew how much I was NOT happy with

our son's headshape. Looking back, he is glad we banded. My son

has been out of the band for a year now. The time goes quick. The

earlier you band, the better. Good luck with your decision. Oh, I

think Babies R US has a sleep positioner with caliper things for

measuring.

>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> My son also has brachy. 4 standard deviations from the mean

sounds pretty

> severe. You didn't mention how old your son is, but if he is 5

months or

> older I would definitely band. Younger than that, if you area very

> dedicated, you may have success with repositioning - but you will

need to be

> vigilant about laying his head to each side and never letting him

rest on

> the back of his head. (I tried this with minimal success and my

son was

> banded at 6 months.)

>

>

>

> The things I would consider are whether or not his head is growing

high in

> the back, if he is getting bulges above the ears ( " normal " heads

are

> slightly concave just above the ears), and if his head looks

especially wide

> relative to the other babies you see - these are things that the

band cannot

> change - so the longer you wait, the more obvious these things

will look

> when he gets older. If these things aren't too obvious already,

> re-positioning may do the trick for you.

>

>

>

> If you do decide that you are in favor of banding and your husband

isn't

> sure, it may help to have both of you look at the back of a lot of

other

> babies heads. I knew my son's head looked a bit strange, but when

I really

> started to look at his peers' head shapes, I was 100 percent

convinced we

> needed to band.

>

>

>

> Good luck with your decision. I know it is tough!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ]

> On Behalf Of tparusheva

> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:26 AM

> Plagiocephaly

> Subject: Brachy - repositioning

>

>

>

> We had our appointment with CT in NJ yesterday, and this is what

the

> result is. We have no asymmetry, but we have brachy. The lady was

> really nice and I can see from the pictures that we have it, but

by

> all means is anything even close to what I saw on their catalog

for

> example. My husband is really skeptical about the band, so we

decided

> to wait for another 3 weeks and see if there is any improvement

with

> repositioning, just him starting to sit, etc. Anybody who had

similar

> experience and were able to correct brachy only with

repositioning?

> Any tips will be greatly appreciated. They said that the index

they

> measure is 4.25 standard deviation from the mean. I do not want

him to

> have perfect head, neither my husband no I have one, but I would

like

> to be able to reduce the difference at least to 2 standard

deviation.

> Also I was wondering if anybody knows where I can buy the meters

they

> use to measure babies head. I would really want to be able to

measure

> him and see if his head is growing and I do not see improvement

than I

> really need to convince my husband to put the band.

> Thank you in advance.

> Totti

>