Decorating the DOC Band

I finally finished decorating Avery's Band the other day. I put a rhinestone tiara on the front for our princess, and added butterflies and a big flower to the back and sides.

I came across a website that made t-shirts, onesies, and bibs for children with plagiocephaly. These were some of the funny sayings on their clothes:

"Plagio Princess"

"Don't mind me, I'm just reshaping my head"

"It's called plagiocephaly, look it up"

"You should see the other guy"

"I went to the doctor and all I got was this stinkin' helmet!"

Brachycephaly

At her 4 month check-up, Avery's doctor was concernced about the shape of her head, and recommended we get it evaluated at Cranial Technologies. There, they took pictures and measurements of Avery's head and said that she has brachycephaly which is a flattening of her head. The director said that it probably started before she was born and then continued to get worse due her neck muscles being tight which caused her to always lay with head facing to the left. They recommended we get her a DOC Band to correct her head shape. After much deliberation (and a few tears on my part) we finally decided to go ahead with it. We just didn't want to regret not doing it later on since if it is untreated, it could cause a number of health problems. So we took her back in to get the 3D imaging of her head and then she went back the day before her 5 month birthday to get the band. I was really worried about how people were going to react, but so far no one has asked about it. They probably just don't want to be rude since they don't know what it is for. I can still hear people comment on how cute she is, but they don't come up and talk to her like they used to. Oh well, now I can get in and out of the store a lot faster!! And the band doen't bother her at all. She doesn't even act like she knows she has it on. Luckily she should only have to wear it for 6-8 weeks which is a lot less than some kids, and then we'll be back to normal.

Avery's new DOC Band

Avery's new toy she got at TJ's. (It's a drink lid) She had so much fun with that thing. I think she liked the sound it made when she scratched it with her fingers.

Happy Halloween!!!!

More Avery

Avery's first Texas State football game. She didn't have anything maroon and gold, so we went with the closest animal print that she had.

Avery has found her feet!

Tummy time is not so bad anymore. Avery actually tries to reach for things now while on her tummy.

Avery and Steve (a.k.a. The Godfather) at Rian and Brent's wedding

Pretty Girls

Hanging out with Poppa.

Avery always has so much fun hanging out with her cousins.

Avery tried rice cereal for the first time when she was 4 months old. She ate a little bit this first night, but it took a couple of weeks before she really started to enjoy it.

Having fun at the Comal County Fair

I'm back

OK, I'm back! After I started the blog, I started thinking that I wouldn't have the time to keep up with it, so I decided not to do it. Then I started thinking about all the amazing things Avery has been doing in the past months, and I just had to share. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with it!

We had our 10 year high school reunion this summer. Avery and I got to meet Carter, Gina and Stephen's son, for the first time. He is one day younger than Avery and is such a cutie!

This is Avery's favorite sleeping position. She loves to lift her legs straight up in the air and then throw them down as hard as she can. Her other favorite trick is when you go to put her pacifier back into her mouth, she picks her legs up and wraps them around your arm trapping you! This really surprised Monica one day when she went to check on Avery.

Avery's pretty church dress Mimi bought her.

Tiny Dancer