Yesterday, (her Daddy’s birthday), Sydney was 5 months old! She is beginning to roll from her belly to her back as long as she is prompted. She has figured out she can suck her thumb while on her belly so instead of lifting her big noggin, she would rather just lie there and suck on her thumb…it didn’t take her long to figure that out! Her head control is getting much better and she’s starting to be interested in grabbing at toys. She is most interested in toys that make noise and have lights. Here is her 5 month picture:
Today was the appointment to get Sydney’s DOC Band. First, the technician put the band on her head to make sure it fit properly. She had to make a few adjustments before it was just right. Then Sydney had to wear the band for 15 minutes so the technician could check for redness on her skin. She had a couple of red spots and tweaked the inside of band a little more. After the technician was satisfied with how the band was fitting she showed Steve and I the proper way to put the band on and take it off and told us how to properly care of the band. Between tonight and tomorrow we have to check her every 3-4 hours to see if she continues to get any redness. If she does, we have to leave the band off until the redness goes away. If everything goes okay, she should be wearing the band for 23 hours a day by this Sunday. One of the most important things they told us was to keep her cool because the band will hold in body heat…Steve is glad of these so called “doctor’s orders” so he can keep the house cooler! LOL! They also gave us a leaflet on things to use to decorate the band – I plan to hit the craft store tomorrow! Sydney doesn’t seem to mind the band and was smiling at the technician the entire time today. Here are some pictures of her with the band on:
at the Cranial Technologies office
front view
top view
reveiw view
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