uneven head
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Topic: uneven head
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: uneven head
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 6:22pm
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Megan has an uneven head from favouring her left hand side we do try to encourage her to look right ..like if she is down on her mat we will have it so she has to look right.
those with older babies did your babies uneven head eventually even up ..i don't want to her to get to 6 months and her head still be uneven :( ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 6:27pm
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Fay had quite a misshapen head at 3 months, enough to warrent comments and concerns from Plunket and GP. You can hardly tell now, it's still a bit lopsided, but with her hair on it's not as obvious.
There is a device you can hire from Stork to Chalk which helps. A friend of mine used it as there was major concern with her little one and she was advised to sleep him on his front by paed. She was scared to do this as he was only 6 weeks old. Anyway this device eases the pressure on the head so they can still back sleep. Let me see if i still have the link Edited cos I can't speak English anymore ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 6:29pm
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http://www.stork-to-chalk.co.nz/flathead.html - Occiblock link
That's the place on the stork to chalk site found it quicker than I thought ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 7:48pm
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ooh thank you for that have sent the link to DH will see what he says hopefully he agrees to get it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 3boys
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 9:48pm
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Hammocks a great for young babies as they sleep on their back - but there is no firm pressure on their head - no flat head, good for reflux and self settling to and it can rock a little.
My baby is still in his and he is 8kg and 6 months nearly. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 10:23pm
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we managed to find one of those occiblocks on trademe for $40 plus postage.
so hopefully it will help ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 11:45pm
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It's good to try and encourage her to have her head facing the opposite way as if she is having her head the same way alot, not only will she have the flat spot as you mentioned but the muscles on one side get nicely stretched and the other side compacts down, meaning over tim eit actually gets harder to turn her head the opposite way due to muscle tension. It's good to get it sorted early. Good luck. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 20 January 2008 at 11:57pm
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Briahna fully favoured her right side. She had a flat part and i thought she was going to have a mishapen head forever lol!! But i just put her on her sidewith something infront and behind her so she slept on the other side and its evened out nicely! Now she sleeps facing that way and im hoping the other side doesnt go flat! haha! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 9:05pm
Gina had a flat spot too for a while (on the left side I think). We tried loads of way to help it come right including using our safe t sleep to encourage her to place her head facing the other way. Anyways, once she started being more mobile, it slowly came right and is now very well shaped 
I know it's difficult not to worry at the time (I know I did) but as it seems what my GP said is true - as their brains grow, they will push out on the skull and shape it right. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 21 January 2008 at 9:08pm
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Have you thought about taking her to a chiropractor? Spencer would constantly turn to his right but it stopped after a few visits to the chiropractor. We would also try to encourage him to look to the left and found putting a mirror in his bassinet helped a little. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: KABJ99
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 5:05pm
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Another option you could try is a good osteopath.
They can assist with any issues that the child maybe having that is contributing to the problem (ie muscle , neck, spinal issues etc)as well as undertaking some cranial techniques to assist with the formation of the skull. The plates in the skull don't harden untill a child is older. Like any medical professional look for a well rounded one who has experience with small children. A good osteopath should be able to assess the problem, use a variety of techniques and use the one(s) that will best assist the individual problem (eg Musculoskeletal, cranial, visceral, manuipulation techniques etc). Depending on where you are based I might be able to point you in the direction of a good osteopath knowing a few around NZ |