Re: new Hanger Band

[Guest guest]

It is possible the band is too tight. You should get the band within 2

weeks of the casting/scan. Also she might have had a big growth spurt

during that time. you shouldn't put the band on until it has been

checked and adjusted,since the bump over her ear has been there more

than one hour.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

>

> We are in our first week of our Hanger Cranial Band. I have read

> several postings that said the bands are usually loose in the

> beginning. Ours seems pretty tight on her head. When we take it off

> she has red lines on her fat cheeks. They go away but it seems like it

> would be uncomfortable. Today was our first day of all day wear and

> when we took it off she has a red knot above her ear about the size of

> a dime. It has been three hours and it still looks the same. She is

> supposed to sleep in it tonight but I'm not going to put it back on

> till that swelling goes away. So, I guess my question is could the

> helmet be too tight or is it supposed to fit this way?

> Thanks,

> (Mom to Emma)

>

[Guest guest]

I agree, leave it off and have it adjusted. I remember past posts where kids had slight ridges grow where the band had been resting if it was too tight. I believe those ridges never went away. Not to scare you but, I would be very concerned if it was squizing on my childs face and near the ear. My sons band had good movement so that it never really squeezed anywher. It had alot of movement at first over the forehead but this gradually got better as his head bossing went back to place. This is personally why I didn't go with hanger, too many issues and stories like this. I hope yours is easly corrected. I would go in an make sure my ortho was very experienced and make sure they shave out some foam or get me a new helmet. You dont want your childs head being squeezed, the process is gradual and the changes

happen slowly due to the helmet design to be passive. Tammy

From: christineashok <christineashok@...>Subject: Re: new Hanger BandPlagiocephaly Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 3:05 AM

It is possible the band is too tight. You should get the band within 2weeks of the casting/scan. Also she might have had a big growth spurtduring that time. you shouldn't put the band on until it has beenchecked and adjusted,since the bump over her ear has been there morethan one hour.-christinesydney 2.5 yrs starband grad>> We are in our first week of our Hanger Cranial Band. I have read > several postings that said the bands are usually loose in the > beginning. Ours seems pretty tight on her head. When we take it off > she has red lines on her fat cheeks. They go away but it seems like it > would be uncomfortable. Today was our first day of all day wear and > when we took it off she has a red knot above her ear

about the size of > a dime. It has been three hours and it still looks the same. She is > supposed to sleep in it tonight but I'm not going to put it back on > till that swelling goes away. So, I guess my question is could the > helmet be too tight or is it supposed to fit this way?> Thanks,> (Mom to Emma)>

[Guest guest]

It sounds like it may be too tight? I was told by my sons orthitist

that the redness should go away in 30 minutes otherwise to call them

anand let them know. We are only in the first week of this ourselves

so maybe someone else has better advice. Good luck!

-Bre (mom to Tyler 6 months old/plagio/cranio-cap 8/13/08)

>

> We are in our first week of our Hanger Cranial Band. I have read

> several postings that said the bands are usually loose in the

> beginning. Ours seems pretty tight on her head. When we take it off

> she has red lines on her fat cheeks. They go away but it seems like

it

> would be uncomfortable. Today was our first day of all day wear and

> when we took it off she has a red knot above her ear about the size

of

> a dime. It has been three hours and it still looks the same. She is

> supposed to sleep in it tonight but I'm not going to put it back on

> till that swelling goes away. So, I guess my question is could the

> helmet be too tight or is it supposed to fit this way?

> Thanks,

> (Mom to Emma)

>

[Guest guest]

,

My son has been in a Hanger Cranial Band for over a month now and he

still gets red lines/spots on his head. His are due to the fact that

the helmet is rubbing on his skin during a growth spurt.

I would recommend putting some Aveeno baby lotion on your daughters red

spots.....that lotion worked wonders for my son. He still gets red, raw

areas on his head, and when he gets those I take the helmet off for thw

day to allow those spots to heal while applying lotion to them every 1-

2 hours.

Hope this helps and that you have a much better experience with Hanger

than I have had here in Phoenix.

~~

>

> We are in our first week of our Hanger Cranial Band. I have read

> several postings that said the bands are usually loose in the

> beginning. Ours seems pretty tight on her head. When we take it off

> she has red lines on her fat cheeks. They go away but it seems like

it

> would be uncomfortable. Today was our first day of all day wear and

> when we took it off she has a red knot above her ear about the size

of

> a dime. It has been three hours and it still looks the same. She is

> supposed to sleep in it tonight but I'm not going to put it back on

> till that swelling goes away. So, I guess my question is could the

> helmet be too tight or is it supposed to fit this way?

> Thanks,

> (Mom to Emma)

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My daughter used to get spots after a growth spurt too. We would take

her in for an adjustment at that time. I'm wondering if you just leave

the band off for the day then put it back without adjusting it? I

wouldn't think this is good, since the red spots usually indicate the

band it too tight in that area. The skin shouldn't really be getting

" raw " .

Sorry to hear you're not having a good experience with Hanger. I hope

your son's head is improving. It is possible for a badly made band to

make the head worse - keep your eye out for this. The reason I mention

it is that i'm not sure what your bad experience is (can't remember if

I read other posts about it), but I want to make sure this doesn't

happen to you.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

> >

> > We are in our first week of our Hanger Cranial Band. I have read

> > several postings that said the bands are usually loose in the

> > beginning. Ours seems pretty tight on her head. When we take it off

> > she has red lines on her fat cheeks. They go away but it seems like

> it

> > would be uncomfortable. Today was our first day of all day wear and

> > when we took it off she has a red knot above her ear about the size

> of

> > a dime. It has been three hours and it still looks the same. She is

> > supposed to sleep in it tonight but I'm not going to put it back on

> > till that swelling goes away. So, I guess my question is could the

> > helmet be too tight or is it supposed to fit this way?

> > Thanks,

> > (Mom to Emma)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

We too have a hanger band and though the occassional red spots still

appear, we've always taken our daughter in for an adjustment if any

spot stays red for longer than an hour. Once during a growth spurt

she developed a knot above her ear and we left the band off until we

could get an adjustment the next day. No knots since the adjustment.

So, when in doubt about tightness/red spots, I would leave it off and

contact your ortho right away.

kristine (mom to ava, 7 weeks in hanger band)