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Our ped first notcied Dylan's flat spot at his 3 month check. We

couldn't see it before because he had so much hair. We were told to

just keep an eye on it and it would probably round itself out. Our

next appt was at 4 months and we were told to take him to an

Occupational Therapist for his tort. We couldn't get an appt until

almost a month later. After a month of repositioning and tort

exercises we were able to resolve the tort but there were no changes

with the flat spot. We were told that it was now up to us whether or

not we wanted to do helmet therapy or just wait it out. We were

really upset because out of the 4 doctors we saw, none of them would

say yes you need it or no you don't. After joining this group and

reading everyone's positive stories we decided to proceed. I just

couldn't live with myself if it got worse and I hadn't done anything

about it. Hopefully Dylan will adjust well. He is a really happy baby

and usually goes with the flow anyways. He will be 7 months by the

time he is in the helmet so I hope he still has good results even

though we waited so long. I just wish the doctors would have pushed

us to do something at 3 months rather than wait.

I am glad to meet someone from San Diego too, especially one that is

going to the same place as us. We live in El Cajon.

> > >

> > > Hello,

> > >

> > > I just discovered this board.. My 3rd son born in nov 07, was

dx

> > as

> > > having plagio (12mm) at 6 months. He is now almost 7 mos (on

> june

> > > 9th). We went ahead and decided to do treatment. We received

his

> > > helmet yesterday. I was really unaware of this type of problem.

> > we

> > > first started to notice his head getting flat at around 3 1/2

to

> 4

> > > mos. His ped told us to reposition.. .blah blah ...that did'nt

> > work

> > > so at his 6 month check up she referred us to U Of M...we

> ordered

> > the

> > > helmet a couple of days after the appt. we were really unaware

> > that

> > > their were other bands/helmets available (doc/ starband). Well

> > now

> > > after doing research on here...I'm really worried that his

> helmet

> > is

> > > not going to work as well as the doc/star. anyone with

> expierence

> > > from the U of M? It was custom made (they did the scanner thing

> > not

> > > the casting) if anyone has any info on them please share

it...We

> > > already paid for 1/2 of it $600 our insurance paid for the

other

> > > half. this seems cheap to me after seeing how much some of you

> > have

> > > paid for yours. Of course you get what you pay for...so I am

> > pretty

> > > concerned..

> > >

> > > next ? I plan on painting it and decorating it with stickers..I

> > see

> > > alot of people do paint, stickers and then mod podge? if I do

it

> > in

> > > this order...am I stuck with the stickers or is there a way to

> > remove

> > > them and re do or repaint it?

> > >

> > > I will post some pictures of him when I get a chance...

> > >

> > >

> > > Thank you,

> > >

> > > , mom to 7 1/2, Christian 4 1/2 & Chase almost 7

months

> > >

> >

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