The girls’ appointment with the Cranial-facial Doctor went well this
morning… well minus my “grand entrance” that included me struggling to get
the limo stroller in the tiny door/ narrow hallway while hitting my big
booty on a sliding door behind me and knocking it slightly off the hinges
and then proceeding to knock a frame off the wall with the stroller
handlebar (I did catch it, however– impressive, I know)… all the while, a
lovely father and daughter watched the whole thing and didn’t lift a finger
to assist a poor clumsy mother.  Oh well. ha!

Anyway– the nurse practitioner and dr said as Cranial Tech and the pedi did
that they have NEVER seen staph from a Doc Band… it’s a mystery.  

They evaluated the girl’s heads and said Reese is great without any
treatment- you can even see the back of her head rounding out from last
week- it really is taking shape.  

They said Riley’s is NOT severe (as Cranial Tech said), but he said it was
moderate- average to what he sees in his office.  They reassured me that
plagiocephaly ALWAYS corrects itself when it’s positional plagiocephaly:
they said Riley’s clearly started from her positioning in the womb along
with her tortocolis (also from womb) and then she just continued laying that
way etc… It can take years to fix itself, BUT it ALWAYS does fix itself.
They also said that plagiocephaly DOES NOT effect ANYTHING else.  Not the
brain development, not eyesight, not the jaw, nothing– just the shape of
the head- that’s it.  So that’s good.

As far as the Doc Bands- they help and faster than doing nothing, but doing
nothing works too.  He said if we do decide to continue with the bands we
should wait 1-2 months for their staph to clear up.  By then they’ll be 10
months old and the older they get, the slower it takes with the bands… so
is it worth it??  I don’t know…

He said the only time he puts a baby in a band if when you look at the baby
and it’s so noticeable or severe that you feel they might get made fun of at
school.  Well Riley’s is not noticeable when looking straight at her, but is
from the right.  So we’ll probably leave Reese as is and I don’t know about Riley…
but Richey and I will talk more about it…

What a mess!  Oh but the biggest blessing of the day is that a sweet high
school girl was “working” there for school for one of her classes and she
entertained one twin while the dr/nurse pract. looked at the other- it was
AWESOME.  She was even doing full out motions and songs- ha!  I told her she
needed to come EVERYWHERE with me and it’d prevent lots of tears.  My babies
are easily distracted-ha!  It helped me so much.  

So pray for us that we make the right decision and that we stay staph-free
around here!  Thank you!

PS- Reese has been rocking on her hands and knees this week!!!!!  We’ll have a crawler
before we know it!

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