The Big Day!

I am FINALLY getting around to posting about Noah's big day of getting his DOC band on!!! :) Life has been crazy busy to say the least & am happy to be sitting down writing it all out.

On August 1st Noah was scheduled to get his DOC band fitted! To tell you the truth the night before I was having a lot of nerves & anxiety about the whole thing. I felt a lot of mommy guilt that he would have to be spending the next 4 months straight with this thing on! Noah hasn't been the easiest baby, so I was really worried about how he was going to react to it & just praying that somehow it wouldn't effect him too much.

My alarm went off at 6am that morning. It was ROUGH! I didn't sleep the night before due to my nerves -- looking back on it now I shouldn't have stressed out AT ALL! :) That morning I may have kissed his sweet little misshaped head more than ever before. I got ready, got the kids ready & headed out. On the way I picked up my mom. I always need my mom when something big is happening - I know I'm not the only one. ;) Once we arrived at Cranial Tech. the technician started with the fitting right away.

Here is my mom & Noah right before the technician came in - he had no clue what was about to happen.

First they placed it on his head to see where it needed trimming -- it needed a lot of trimming! He wasn't to sure what to think. 

They made him lay all sorts of ways to see where it would hit his neck & if it would come over his eyes ect. 

They also had to trim all around his ears. 

We were so impressed with how well Noah did!!! The tech was messing with his head, touching him & figuring out what was best & Noah sat there with his hands folded just waiting for them to finish up. He was an angel! 

From there the tech described how to clean it, take care of it, the rules & guidelines on how to wear it ect.  When we left that appointment they told us just to hang out in the area for a few hours to see how he does with the band & make sure there was no irritation. We said "NOT A PROBLEM" & off to Cheesecake Factory we went. ;) (it was delicious) 

After lunch we went back to the office for them to check on how his head was taking it. We had to follow a schedule for a few days since he was having "holding spots" - or red spots from the band that weren't going away. They didn't want blisters or a rash to form or we would have to postpone wearing the band until it cleared up which would then be a couple weeks.

It took a good week to get the band to fit just right. I had to go back to Cranial Tech a couple times for adjustments but eventually it fit perfect & his "holding spots" were fading. YAY!

He didn't love the DOC band at first! He would get very frustrated, hot, & was only comfortable if I held him... That's NOT okay when  you are a stay at home mom with a 2 year old, laundry, cleaning, cooking, errands ect. but I made it work & he was 1 happy little boy - my back though, not so much.  Have you seen this kid?!?! He's huge! 

Night time was rough & honestly even 4 weeks later still is a bit rough. During the day though he doesn't seem to even notice that it's on & is very use to it.

On August 11 we had another follow up appointment to get the band shaved out to make more room for his head to grow. By this appointment it was already amazing to see the difference only  a week and half made! They showed me the mold of his head before the band & put it next to his head to see the progress. (it was a little creepy seeing your kids head on a stick!) The tech was SUPER happy & amazed with how fast it was already taking shape. 

We had another appointment today to get the band shaved out & again the tech was super pleased & happy with how quickly everything is moving. So far so good & couldn't be more happy with Cranial Tech in Lombard.