Re: To Band or Not - Thank You, Decision Made!

[Guest guest]

Good luck with the casting. I was still on the fence even after

Maggie got her band. After a few days when I saw that she wasn't

having fits I bcame very comfortable with the decision. Give

yourself some time and it will become as natural as dressing your

child. Maggie adjusted immediately an she was 1 week shy of her 1st

b-day. She slept all night and didn't pull at it after the first

couple of hours. She cries when you take it away from her. She

knows that she can hit her head on things now that she has the band

and it won't hurt. She does this and cracks herself up! It will be

tough on her when the band is off - she'll be in for a rude and

painful awakening. Good luck.

Kaycee Albany, NY

In Plagiocephalyegroups, gpfeiff@m... wrote:

> Hello,

> For all of you who responded to my request for advice, thank you

very

> much for your insights and your support. It's comforting to know

> that we're not alone and so many others have gone through a similar

> situation. This is a great egroup and I'm really glad to have

found

> it.

> We took Drew to Cranial Tech for a consultation yesterday. We were

a

> little surprised to hear that the technician considered

> Drew " moderate " , not " mild " as we thought, in severity. The reason

> he is considered moderate is that in addition to the flatness, his

> ears are misaligned. He said that as Drew gets older the

abnormality

> will appear to lessen, but it would never go away and his ears

would

> never realign without banding.

> Based on what we learned yesterday, and the information I've

gathered

> from this egroup and other websites, we've decided to go ahead with

> the band. As many of you recommended, I'm going with my gut feel.

I

> am still hesitant. I don't think I'll feel completely comfortable

> until we get the band and Drew adjusts to it. I'm very worried

that

> he won't like it. But I know if we don't do this, I will continue

to

> worry for his well-being as he gets older. So, we go in for

casting

> tomorrow!

> My husband is very supportive, unfortunately, the rest of my family

> is still pretty lukewarm to the idea. Hopefully, as one of you

> mentioned, they'll come around after we get the band and start

seeing

> changes.

> Thanks again for your help. If you have any additional words of

> wisdom, things we should be aware of prior to casting/banding,

please

> let me know. If you'd like to email me directly, we're at

> gpfeiff@m...

>

> Regards,

> Lily