Dented forehead and face down sleeping

[Guest guest]

Hi, there!

Two new issues I'd appreciate advice on:

First:

In addition to the flat spot on the back/right side of my son's head,

his forehead/top of head is dented in a little on his left side,

right next to the fontanel, which is still open a little bit. There

is also a little bony-like ridge there. When he scrinches up his

forehead, you can kind of see this dent/asymmetry, but otherwise you

have to run your fingers over his head to find it.

Is this typical of plagio? We had X-rays done to rule out

craniosynostosis, and his sutures were open, but I've read that bony

ridges are indicative of cranio. I'm going to ask our doctors about

this soon but I thought I'd ask all of you if you've seen this in

your kids.

Second:

I went in to check on my sleeping kid, and he is once again sleeping

with his face down into the mattress. Ever since he started rolling

he has become a tummy sleeper, but he never used to sleep face down.

I think he is probably doing this because of the helmet. I turned

his head, and in a few seconds, he turned it right back (basically

what he always did when we tried repositioning early on to deal with

the flat spot!) Does anyone else's kid do this? Any suggestions? I'm

kind of still worried about SIDS, even though the risk is much lower

hin the second 6 months of life.

[Guest guest]

,

I am not sure if it is the same thing or not but my daughter Livia

has a bony ridge running down the middle of her forhead to her nose.

I am told that it is normal and has nothing to do with her plagio.

Most people do not notice it, but I know it is there. She recieved

100% correction to her facial assimitry, but the ridge is still

there.

As for the face sleeping, Liv is the world champion face sleeper!

lol She started to do it as soon as she started rolling over. I also

was worried about it and was always trying to turn her over. For the

first while I placed a rolled up recieving blanket between her knees

so that she could not roll over. It worked until she was stronger

and able to roll over like a pro. SIDS is not as common in babies

over 6 months, and I was told by my ped. not to worry about it so

much. Not only is your sleep being disturbed (by waking and going to

roll the baby over all night) but the baby's sleep is being

disturbed by being rolled over. As long as you make sure there is no

stuffed toys, pillows or extra blankets in the crib then everything

should be fine.

Anne

mom of Livia

DOC grad 12/01

Canada

[Guest guest]

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> In addition to the flat spot on the back/right side of my son's

head,

> his forehead/top of head is dented in a little on his left side,

> right next to the fontanel, which is still open a little bit.

There

> is also a little bony-like ridge there. When he scrinches up his

> forehead, you can kind of see this dent/asymmetry, but otherwise

you

> have to run your fingers over his head to find it.

Dane's flat spot is on the back/right and he also has the sloped

left sided forehead. I just checked and he has a bony ridge thing

too. His head has been examined so many times in the past 3 months,

that I am not concerned about the bony ridge at all. If it was a

prob, I'm sure it would have been brought up by now. As his tort is

improving (or resolving!), the forehead is improving as well. Feel

free to check out his pictures under the photo section.

About the tummy sleeping:

Dane is 7 months old and still prefers to sleep on his back. I have

put him to sleep on his stomach a few times and he is fine with that

now, but I hear you on the fear issue. The dr. have me so

programmed to fear everything! Dane had multiple apnic episodes his

first 2 weeks and was on an apnea monitor for 3 months but has been

fine since coming home from the NICU. I am trying to become more

comfortable with putting him to sleep on his tummy b/c he still

prefers that right side and I don't want any regression when the he

graduates. I need to get over this phobia! I know he'll be okay,

but I worry way too much!

Dane's mom

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My son started sleeping on his belly probably around 10 months old-

now he sleeps on his stomach with his butt in the air! I think as long as

your child has good neck strength and can turn both ways, it should be fine

(I have heard that the reduced sleeping on the stomach has decreased SIDS,

however, I also heard of a child that just stopped breathing while on his

back- so although I think the back to sleep is a good campaign, many older

generations will tell you that's the only way they slept their children

without incidence).

' Mom

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I'm not really sure what to tell you about the dented forehead

area....BUT if you do in fact worry it is cranio, then I would

suggest getting a CT scan done to rule it out. I've heard CT scans

are the most accurate way to check for cranio.. I know you said

you've already had Xrays done that were negative, but IF you are

still somewhat concerned about the possibility of cranio, then

consider a CT scan.

As for the face down sleeping, that would bother me too! The only

time my daughter sleeps on her belly is when she's sick. As long as

you don't have pillows, toys, stuffed animals, etc. in the crib, then

I would imagine it should be ok. I guess that's the way he likes to

sleep

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

[Guest guest]

My son is the king of sleeping face down. The first time he did it,

I was freaked out. I couldn't see how anyone could actually breath

like that. For the first week I kept trying to flip him onto his

side, but I had to give up. He's pretty subborn

Now at 8 mo, he just sleeps whichever way he wants. You would think

he was auditioning for " Cirque du soliel " according to some of the

positions I have seen him in. He also sleeps much better on his

tummy...11-12 hours a night.

Dana (mom to ).

Ont.

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wrote:

> Hi, there!

>

> Two new issues I'd appreciate advice on:

>

> First:

>

> In addition to the flat spot on the back/right side of my son's

head,

> his forehead/top of head is dented in a little on his left side,

> right next to the fontanel, which is still open a little bit.

There

> is also a little bony-like ridge there. When he scrinches up his

> forehead, you can kind of see this dent/asymmetry, but otherwise

you

> have to run your fingers over his head to find it.

>

> Is this typical of plagio? We had X-rays done to rule out

> craniosynostosis, and his sutures were open, but I've read that

bony

> ridges are indicative of cranio. I'm going to ask our doctors

about

> this soon but I thought I'd ask all of you if you've seen this in

> your kids.

>

> Second:

>

> I went in to check on my sleeping kid, and he is once again

sleeping

> with his face down into the mattress. Ever since he started

rolling

> he has become a tummy sleeper, but he never used to sleep face

down.

> I think he is probably doing this because of the helmet. I turned

> his head, and in a few seconds, he turned it right back (basically

> what he always did when we tried repositioning early on to deal

with

> the flat spot!) Does anyone else's kid do this? Any suggestions?

I'm

> kind of still worried about SIDS, even though the risk is much

lower

> hin the second 6 months of life.

>

>