DocBand

Preston finally got his Doc Band! Poor little guy has moderate Brachycephaly, which means that the back of his head is flatter than it should be. It's attributed to him liking to sleep on his back all the time and spending too much time in the bouncy chair. We've been considering it since he was about 5 or 6 months old and even took him to a consultation. When the results came back and the insurance denied coverage, I kind of let the issue go thinking that it will get better. At about 9 months, I thought I saw some improvement and wanted to make sure, so we took him back for a second consultation. I was pretty determined to go ahead and get it even if we had to pay for it out of pocket. However, I decided to put up a fight with insurance since he was so close to meeting their standard deviation requirement.

The second consultation yielded a slightly "worst" result for Preston...but it was good news for us because now he met insurance requirements. A week or so later, we heard back that we now have coverage, so we made another appointment to get his measurements, and then another appointment to fit him with his custom made helmet. The closest Cranial Tech to us is in Annandale..which is about an hour away, I am so thankful that Jack's flexible schedule allows him to take Preston on his now bi-weekly appointments. So on Preston's 10 months bday, he started wearing his band and I think we should be done in 3 months! Jack's been a wonderful dad through this whole ordeal and is great about taking Preston to his appointments. Thank you babe.

I think it looks so cute on him and i love how it's protecting his head as he's now crawling, climbing, falling, and bumping his head more than ever. A perfect example happened just as I was typing this entry last night, we heard a loud "thump" upstairs. I ran as fast as I could and found Preston on his tummy on our bedroom floor. He was sleeping, woke up, and rolled off our bed. I was so worried that he was hurt, but little guy stopped crying when I picked him up, he had his helmet on, and we walked away without a scratch! I officially love the helmet.

I will document his progress as we go through the treatment. So far so good. The downside I want to mention, and didn't read on other sites was how sweaty his head gets on the parts that the band covers. This makes it tricky in regards to how to dress him for bedtime and I wonder how do babies do this in the warmer months? Preston is lucky he's getting it now..

I want to share some pictures of how cute he looks with the band. We thought he'd hate it because he hated wearing hats...but he doesn't mind at all!