Re: To band or not to band....

[Guest guest]

Hi -

There are some repo success stories on our board but the majority of

active members did decide to band. If you haven't already, you might

want to check out the Older Plagio board and get their take on it.

There are many parents on that board that were never told to band or

dididn't band for one reason or another and are still living with

their regret. Their posts really motivated me to band my son even

though he was much older than was recommended, just to say I tried

what I could. Here is the link:

OlderPlag/

Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)

Jordan-4.5

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> Hello All,

> Has anyone out there chose not to band your baby when it has been

recommended to do so? If you chose not to band, what was your

reasoning? Do you wish you had banded or are you glad you didnt band?

How has your childs head turned out from deciding not to band?

> I am trying to gather as much info as I can before our CT

consultation on the 7th.

> Thanks,

> 5 month old baby with plagio

>

[Guest guest]

Hi -

There are some repo success stories on our board but the majority of

active members did decide to band. If you haven't already, you might

want to check out the Older Plagio board and get their take on it.

There are many parents on that board that were never told to band or

dididn't band for one reason or another and are still living with

their regret. Their posts really motivated me to band my son even

though he was much older than was recommended, just to say I tried

what I could. Here is the link:

OlderPlag/

Jake-2 (DOCBand Grad 9/19/08)

Jordan-4.5

>

> Hello All,

> Has anyone out there chose not to band your baby when it has been

recommended to do so? If you chose not to band, what was your

reasoning? Do you wish you had banded or are you glad you didnt band?

How has your childs head turned out from deciding not to band?

> I am trying to gather as much info as I can before our CT

consultation on the 7th.

> Thanks,

> 5 month old baby with plagio

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

If you don't band you should still try aggressive repo - in other

words keep pressure off the flat part and put gentle pressure on the

prominent part (e.g. lay baby on that part of the head while resting).

However part of the decision to band or repo should be based on

severity of the head. If it is severe you are unlikely to get enough

correction from repo to avoid banding, so better to get started sooner

than later. If it is mild or mild-moderate you can try repo for a

while (2 mo?) and see how it is going. If you do repo taking good

pictures that show the plagio are needed, so you can see if you're

making progress. Top view often shows the shape the best.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

>

> Hello All,

> Has anyone out there chose not to band your baby when it has been

recommended to do so? If you chose not to band, what was your

reasoning? Do you wish you had banded or are you glad you didnt band?

How has your childs head turned out from deciding not to band?

> I am trying to gather as much info as I can before our CT

consultation on the 7th.

> Thanks,

> 5 month old baby with plagio

>