Positional Plagiocephaly
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Topic: Positional Plagiocephaly
Posted By: BellaBoo
Subject: Positional Plagiocephaly
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 9:01am
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Has anyone had expeience with this?
Bella is almost 3months old and I am worried about her head shape. She has always favoured sleeping on her right side and has a flat spot which is severe enough to push her skull plate forward slightly and made her ear on one side sit further forward than the other. If I look down onto her forehead I can also see that it is pushed forward there too. I am currently waiting for a referal but did a silly thing and googled it and ended up in tears. I sleep her in a Occblock but she still favours one side, we also have been taking her to an Osteopath but it dosnt seem to be working. Can anyone here give me some advice, experiences, treatment success stories etc? Thanks ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 9:20am
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Sorry i don't know much about this but just had a thought - have you considered sleeping her on her side (with a wedge) so that she can't turn her head back to the favoured side? ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 9:48am
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We have tried that but she wiggles out and ends up with her head jammed up at the end of the cot and without any blankets!
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 10:03am
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What about a safety sleep, it shows on them how to use it with a the aid of a safety pin to side sleep them, would be a lot more secure than just a wedge.
Spencer favoured one side as well and we took him to a chiropractor it seemed to do the trick. Other things we did were to put a mirror on the non favoured side and when changing him would stand on his non favoured side to try and encourage him to look at us. Lots of tummy time and sitting position whilst awake should help as well. Hope you get an appointment quickly  ------------- 
 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 10:27am
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Tummy time!!! Tom had this too and it is coming right now thathe spends ALL his waking time on his tummy (he wont lie still anymore). He still sleeps on his back and now alternates his head by himself (used tohave a preference).
I relaxed after a friend told me her son had the same thing and it was so bad that she was referred to the uni for a study. But by the time she got the referal he has started to tummy sleep (much older) and it had all gone! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 11:56am
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My Mercedes had a shocker of a flat spot on her head where she favoured one side, and even when she was awake she tilted her head to that side, all the photos of her up till about 3 1/2-4 months she has the tilt thing going on.
I had the Plunket nurse check for a torticullis (sp?) which is where the muscles in the neck aren't even but Mercedes' were fine, and she could hold her head up well during tummy time so we were told not to worry. I tried propping her onto the other side using a blanket and the Safety Sleep but she would always twist her head back the other way, stubborn monkey. I've been told that her preference for that side could be the way she was lying in utero. We were told to give her lots of tummy time, which we did over a pillow coz of her reflux, and to encourage her to turn her head to the other side when she was awake. Putting interesting things on the other side of the cot never made a difference to her. By about 4 months she had started alternating which way she faced when she slept, and now you can't even tell that she had a flat patch, but believe me, it was really flat when she was tiny, I used to get so guilty looking at it thinking it was my fault, and thinking that I loved Sienna more coz she had a 'perfect' head shape 
Ah motherhood huh?! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:02pm
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The Karitane Nurse visited us yesterday and we were discussing this as Rowan's starting to get a slight one on the back of her head. She recommended a wedge first off but the one we have Rowan can wiggle around in so then she recommended making my own version of a safety sleep and then pinning her into that. -------------  
 
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 12:59pm
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Thnks everyone. We just had our fortnightly visit to the Osteo and she said that she has seen much much worse. This made me feel a little better!
Mum and Dad have also offered to pay to go to a specialist privately and in the meantime I have put the safety sleep around the sleep wedge which seems to do the trick. It does mean that she wont sleep through the night anymore as she dosnt like sleeping on her side. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 2:10pm
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That's good news Topsy - hopefully she'll start getting used to it quickly and sleep through again.
The Karitane nurse said that she'd seen babies that looked like the back of their heads had been sliced off as they were so so flat. -------------
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 04 March 2008 at 2:47pm
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Yay Topsy, glad to hear wee Bella is OK and that you are able to see a specialist about it. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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