Re: New Grandmom of twins one with plagio.

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HI & welcome to our group!

What a sweet grandmom you are - you're grandsons & son/daughter are

very lucky to have such a nice grandmom

I am not sure I understand the lump on your grandson's right side?

Is this something new?

I see you've already gotten some good responses from other members.

You might want to look at www.plagiocephaly.org for many more useful

tips & information.

Has Dakota had any CT scans or X rays to rule out craniosynostosis

(premature fusing of the skull bones) yet?

I hope the exercises you have downloaded with help Dakota's tort..

PLease, be sure you keep us posted on his progress, best of luck.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Hi,

> I am grandma to two beautiful twin boys, preemies. 11/25/02. Both

are doing well now. The youngest, Dayton's head shape is fine. The

oldest, Dakota, has had a flattened back right side of his head since

birth. Noone even mentioned it in the NICU. We have tried positioning

w/o much luck. Last night looking down on him, I noticed he has a

large lump forming to the right side of his head, just above the ear.

My daughter has taken him in to see his doctor several times, who

says not to worry. Well, now I am. I have downloaded the exercises

for torticollis as this is an issues with him as well. We will begin

these. She will need to find a specialist. Now, the kicker is...She

and the boys are on Medicaid. What are the chances the specialists,

tests and helmet will be covered under that program? Any one

currently treating in Kansas or Missouri. Any help will be greatly

appreciated.

> Grandma of Twins.

> Re: Re: and

>

>

> Hi ,

>

> I checked out the pictures and I couldn't really tell if it

looked like a bad

> fit or not. I would say that the helmets usually do fit fairly

loosely at

> first and then tighten slightly as the baby's head grows. It is

not uncommon

> for the helmets to come down to the top of the eyebrows,

however, if they

> band is slipping past the eyebrows then you might need to run

back in to see

> the ortho for an adjustment. We had that exact problem with our

helmet. We

> went back in the very next day and he shaved some off the front

and the

> problem was solved! Definitely if you are concerned about the

fit you should

> give your ortho a ring and ask for him to explain the reasoning

behind the

> fit to your satisfaction.

>

> Marci (Mom to )

> Oklahoma

>

>

> For more plagio info