DOC band moms---explaining to strangers

[orval]

I just said he had a flat head and the helmet would help make it more round.

[sparty04]

Feb 17, 2014 15:08:17 GMT -5 orval said:

I just said he had a flat head and the helmet would help make it more round.

Same. But I tended to get a lot of assumptions before needing to offer up an explanation. "Did he just have surgery?" "Does he bang his head on the wall?"

[yellowbrkrd]

I just say that it's to help shape his head.

[BAMFMrsB]

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we added this sticker to the back of his helmet. People seemed to 'get' it more this way. But yes, a very few asked "what is the helmet for?" and I'd usually keep it really simple and say "he developed a flat spot on the back of his head. He was born 6 weeks early and his skull was very soft. This will correct that flat spot and give him a round head!" said brightly, of couse*.

This is only funny if you follow ML and Suesue.

[Pilsy]

Feb 17, 2014 16:20:18 GMT -5 BAMFMrsB said:

This is only funny if you follow ML and Suesue.

I don't, but I still find it funny/cute/clever.    



What does DOC stand for?  I Googled and didn't look at all the results, but the main page I read only used the acronym (assuming it is one).  

[CloudBee]

I really hated when people started talking and assumed DS was wearing a helmet because he spent too much time on his back. It made me feel like they thought I was a bad mom. His head shape was like this from day one and was documented in his records as congenital.

I would just say he had deformity with the shape of his head, and that the helmet was helping to guide the plates back into the place. Complete truth, and more to the point, IMO. DS didn't have a flat head, though. His entire head was sort of shifted so there was no visible flat area. The angles were just really off.

[BAMFMrsB]

Feb 17, 2014 16:23:38 GMT -5 Pilsy said:

Feb 17, 2014 16:20:18 GMT -5 BAMFMrsB said:

This is only funny if you follow ML and Suesue.

I don't, but I still find it funny/cute/clever.    



What does DOC stand for?  I Googled and didn't look at all the results, but the main page I read only used the acronym (assuming it is one).  

www.cranialtech.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69:about-the-doc-band&catid=75:treatment-info&Itemid=114

just the brand.

Re: Suesue's advice - if you give a negative response, you should always say it brightly. Like a "bless your heart" kind of thing.

[Deleted]

I tell people she was born with a flat head and torticollis and the helmet is helping re-shape her head. Surprisingly, a lot of the stares I get are from other moms and then when I catch their stare, they apologize and tell me their son/daughter also wore a helmet too.

[livinitup]

This is completely antidotal but I have NEVER thought a helmet was the result bad parenting or care. (BTW we don't have one.) Quite the opposite, I often think the helmet means extremely attentive and highly invested parenting.

[karinothing]

Feb 18, 2014 12:13:44 GMT -5 livinitup said:

This is completely antidotal but I have NEVER thought a helmet was the result bad parenting or care. (BTW we don't have one.) Quite the opposite, I often think the helmet means extremely attentive and highly invested parenting.

ditto this

[Purple]

Only got 1 or 2 people actually ask and we said she has torticollis and a flat spot. Most people would say they know someone who also had a helmet.