Flattening on Head

A friend's son had it, and it did wonders. It doesn't impede the baby, so I would say get it. Hope this helps!

My son had the same thing, flat head at nine months the Peditrican refered us to a specialist before we even considered a band or helmet. I have heard that if you go to Caranial Technologies they will ALWAYS tell you that you need one weather or not your child needs one, because they are trying to make money. We went to see Dr Fearon who specilizes in this, he said my son did not need a band or Helmet and that his head would correct itself on its own, he was right, our son is 3 now and his head is completly normal Im glad we did not waste our money. Dr Fearon is very honest about this. He has children come from all over the country just to see him,with all kinds of deformities, I highley recomend him before considering this. He will be able to tell if your daughter really needs this or not and will help you make your decsion. His number is ###-###-####. Keep me posted.

I had twins with flatheads; one worse than the other. We got pretty scared by the doctors, but the people at Cranial rated them about a 4 or 5 with 10 being bad. We opted against the head band because it's just terrible to think of leaving them in it for 23 hours per day. We tried instead to reposition the heads and we used a little upside down donut to give head different angles. For our daughters, it cleared up well by itself. for what it's worth

My daughter has a flat spot in about the same place. Her old pedi said it wasn't bad enough to worry about, new pedi suggested banding but it was too late - she was 13 months by then and we were told it wouldn't work.

She has long hair and you honestly wouldn't see it if you didn't know about it. However, I would have done the band if it had been an option.

My daughter had one b/c she was a preemie and her head was totally flat. We went to CT in Dallas too. Its the best thing we could have ever done. Her head is completly normal now.

Our son had a flat spot on one side of his head because that is the way he always slept. It was b/c he had torticullus we took him to physical therapy to strenghten his neck and the flat spot went away, we were advised to do this before the cranial band. Hope this helps/

We went through the same thing with our son. We decided to go ahead with it. I still wonder if we didn't really need to, but this way I have no regrets. I would hate to think he could have been teased at school or anything like that if we hadn't done it. He took to it just fine. In fact he took a nap about an hour after we got home with it. He barely even noticed it was there. His sleep wasn't disturbed at night either. I did take special care to keep him cool be keeping the fan on his his room and always cooling the car before putting him in it (we did it last summer). I still have his in case you would like to see one up close. Send me a PM if you'd like. Good luck. I know it's hard.

M.,
Our son's head was quite flat on the back side b/c he refused to lay any other way. We bought a Noggin Nest (made by Boppy) and put it in his car seat, swing, etc and it straightened out on its own. However, he was much younger than your daughter. Let us know how this turns out!

Hi M.,

Our son needed one when he was 8 months old. You could barely tell his one side was flat unless you looked for it. We went to CT and they told us he too would benefit. We had it done and it was the best thing. His head was so much better in no time. He actually got it off a few weeks earlier than expected. It was harder on me then on him. Be prepared at the casting for lots and lots of crying. It will pass. Apparently all babies do it because they are scared. He did fine with it on and it was like it wasn't even there. I was the one who had a hard time with it. People do stare and that bothered me. If we had to do it again, we would. If you need to talk or have more questions, feel free to e-mail me. ____@____.com

Best of luck to you,
Patricia