new to group, getting helmet 1-5

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Hello everyone. I noticed my son's head was flat in the back and

also lopsided when he was 2 months. Mentioned it to ped and he said

no big deal-4 month appt it was really significant. He said he would

refer me to a specialist if no improvement by 6 month . I went home

and researched plagio and was not comfortable waiting that long. I

was referred to Dr. at Vanderbilt (TN). We had a 3D CT

scan a month later and then saw Dr. a month after that. He said

my son needed a helmet and sent us right over to the orthotist. We

had a casting a week later and are due to get our helmet Friday. My

son will be 6 1/2 months old. I just feel a little lost. Our

consultation lasted about 5 minutes with Dr. who my ped told me

was the only Doctor around who treated this. I read posts with

measurements concerning severity of the plagio but we were not given

any of this info. Most people's children seemed to have been

prescribed the DOC band. We are getting the RHS helmet- I can't find

any info from the group resources on this one other than the fact

that it is FDA approved. My insurance (Cigna) said no way would they

cover the helmet or treatment by Dr. unless it was post

surgery. Anyone with info on Dr. , or the RHS helmet?

Thanks for listening.

Whitney