Re: Just going to wait it out!

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I am glad you have come to your decision & seem to be happy with it!

It sounds like you got some good answers from your neuro.. PLEASE do

let us know how your son's head rounds out over time. We all want to

hear how these things turn out . Thanks so much for letting us

know and we wish you nothing but a rounding head

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Hi everyone! I joined a couple of weeks ago to see if anyone had

> luck with just waiting for the head to round out. Thanks to those

> who responded! I went back to the neurosurgeon yesterday (prior

> visit was 6mos ago). He says my now 16month old son's mild plagio

> will round out with time, meaning by age 4! He didn't think a

helmet

> would do any good, so I am just going to let nature do its thing.

> His head has improved so I'm fairly confident all will be well.

The

> neurosurgeon told me the most rapid growth where the skull is

laying

> down new bone is in the first two years and this is where you get

the

> most correction. But the skull sutures do not permanently fuse and

> there is still plenty of growth to occur. After age two it just

> levels off and is very slow. (Check out the head circumference

chart

> from your pediatrician) So there is hope! I'll let you know how

> things progress. For now I'm going to stop obsessing, frankly I'm

> getting tired of it! This is a great group and I wish I had joined

a

> year ago when I first noticed my son's head. Best of luck to all

of

> you. Thanks,