Re: [SPAM]Re: We made the decision to band

October 18, 2008

Another warning about the Noggin Nest, I have heard of people

using it too much and their babies develop a spot on their head from their head

growing into the hole on the nest.

From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of Knapp

Sent: 18 October 2008 01:11

Plagiocephaly

Subject: [sPAM]Re: We made the decision to band

Do you know if

it isnt recommended due to suffocation risk or because its bad for their heads

to lay on something like that at night? Thanks.

We made the decision to band

>

> Hello--

>

> I have been lurking around for about a month, so thought that I

would

> officially introduce myself and share the beginning of my story,

as

> you will probably go through the rest with us .

>

> My son Merrick is 16-weeks old and 5-weeks ago our peditrician

> referred us to CT as she was worried about the flat spot on his

head

> and his favor turning to the left. She gave us stretches. When we

> went to CT we heard the words plagio and tort for the first time,

and

> they put Merrick into the severe category with his plagio and mild

> for tort. They recommended repositioning for a month. I had a lot

of

> guilt towards myself in the case that we did anything to cause the

> plagio. I had to get past that! My husband and I were very

agressive

> with repositioning. I have read through much of the past posts on

> this group and was looking for success stories on repositioning

and

> din't find much, so I set out to attempt to be that success story.

>

> Today we went back to CT for our check-in. I would say that we

were

> very successful with repositioning, going down from the severe

> category of plagio to moderate...a big difference in the photos--I

> will try to post them soon. So if anyone is out there wondering

about

> repositioning, especially if your child is young, there is some

> improvement that can be made! You don't have to just sit around

> waiting for appointments, you can mimmick the helmet with

> repositioning. Just let me know if you want some help with

> strategies. I also made some major improvement with tummy time--

> Merrick hated it in the beginning and now he has fun with it and

we

> made major improvements with his tort.

>

> Anyways, because of this great window of time we have with Merrick

> for head growth, CT is recommending that we band. Because I have

read

> all of the posts here, that no longer freaks me out! We are so

> blessed that our insurance (Aetna) should cover this (they will

> confirm with me soon) and that our peditrician caught this early.

> With that said, you will probably get more posts from me when we

> actually get the helmet, but for now I am at peace.

>

> I made sure to get a copy of his measurements. I recall someone

> writing a post that explained what the numbers mean, and I will

try

> to look for that, but if anyone has input, feel free.

>

> Cranial Vault Asymmetry--11mm

> Mid-Face Asymmetry--5mm

> Skull-Base Asymmetry--8mm

>

> One more thing that I learned from my plagio buddy, , that

> helped me with CT today. AETNA requires two months of

repositioning

> prior to banding, but tummy time counts! So if you were doing

tummy

> time from when they were a baby, let CT or whomever know that. It

> really is powerful to read through the posts, because I felt that

I

> was able to ask educated questions this time at CT instead of

sitting

> there wanting to cry my head off.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mother to Merrick, 16 weeks

>

> ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ __

>

October 18, 2008

Oh lovely. Man, nothing is safe these days! Thanks for the info. We made the decision to band

>