Wow, I am slacking on the blog! Case in point – Harper got her Doc Band back in December (6 weeks ago) and I’m just now getting around to writing about it.
If you remember, both boys wore the band as well to re shape their heads. Our pediatrician said that she believes some babies just have softer skulls than others. Apparently our kids have pretty soft skulls – but don’t think that means they aren’t hard-headed toddlers! Oh my, can they be hard-headed. Sorry, back to Harper…
From day 1, Harper has always turned her head to the side when she sleeps. I would go in and turn her head the other way all day long, but no matter how many times I turned it, she just turned it back. We even let her sleep on her tummy during the day, yes her tummy….her pediatrician okayed it, so we’re all good. None of that helped and her head just continued to get mis-shaped.
So we decided to get her evaluated by Cranial Technologies, which is who we used for Hayden and Ian’s Doc Bands. We had a great experience with them and now their heads are beautiful! The only issue we had was that Cranial Tech wasn’t in network for our insurance. Our pediatrician office just wrote a letter of medical necessity for that specific band and we got it approved. This time, we didn’t have to do any of that. They automatically approved it, so a few weeks later she was getting her band.
She has worn it for about 6 weeks now and there is such a big difference in her head shape. She will probably wear it for a few more weeks, unless we get a pleasant surprise next week at her check up.
I decorated her band with some stickers and decals and it really turned out cute! We actually had an appointment to get it wrapped from a company that does free wraps for orthotic devices (www.wrapbuddies.com) but I didn’t think it was going to be as cute as hers is now, so we cancelled the appointment and just left her band as it is now.
