Re: Thanks for such a warm welcome...

[Guest guest]

Michele -

My son has tort - I think you said yours did too, but I can't

remember. I think this plays a factor in a lot of the developmental

stuff. He didn't start rolling well until about 6.5 months. He is

behind our daughter in many things - mostly by 1-2 months. Of

course I try not to compare them, but it so hard! My mom keeps

reminding me how different I was than my brothers. I walked at 9

months, they walked at 12 and 15 months - and we all turned

out " normal. "

Now that Dane's tort is almost resolved, he has really been

advancing quickly.

At CT they make a cast of the baby's head. Whenever you lay

Dane's " headsicle " flat on the back of it's head, it automatically

rolls to the right where his flat spot is. That combined with the

tort left it impossible to keep him off that spot unless we held him

24/7 which was impossible to do with a 2 year driving me crazy and a

bad back from carrying the little porker around. I have just

started using a sling and that has helped a ton!

Dane's mom (DOC Band 2/14)

> Thanks for such a warm welcome from each of you. I went yesterday

> and purchased a sleep positioner in hopes that this will help

some.

> The problem is that my ds likes to wiggle and he manages to lay

flat

> on the back of his head by morning. But I'll keep trying.

>

> Question: Have any of you noticed any developmental changes in

your

> child now that they have plagio? My son just turned 6 months old

and

> he's only rolling one way. And he's not even trying to crawl.

Maybe

> I'm comparing him to my daughter too much. When on his tummy he

> holds himself up quite well with his arms and his chest is off of

the

> floor. Then he decides to roll over and yes directly on the flat

> spot of his head. He sits up quite well without support too. I

> asked his Dr. about any slowing of developemnt but he said no

there

> isn't any signs of that. Anyway, maybe I'm making too big of a

deal

> of that.

>

> Thanks again

> Michele

[Guest guest]

Michele:

You are definitely welcome for your welcomes, hehe. My daughter is

25 mos old and she hasn't had any developmental delays. She isn't

speaking as much as I feel she should be (what else besides " no mine "

does a 2 yr old NEED to say? LOL), but I don't relate that to her

plagio. She rolled over on time, crawled & walked early, jumps, even

catches balls (she's very physical), etc......Abby wore 2 bands

totaling about 8 mos time & has been a graduate for 10 mos now.

Good luck with the sleep positioned. Repositioning can be very

frustrating, keep plugging away at it. Please keep us updated.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCgrad

MI

> Thanks for such a warm welcome from each of you. I went yesterday

> and purchased a sleep positioner in hopes that this will help

some.

> The problem is that my ds likes to wiggle and he manages to lay

flat

> on the back of his head by morning. But I'll keep trying.

>

> Question: Have any of you noticed any developmental changes in

your

> child now that they have plagio? My son just turned 6 months old

and

> he's only rolling one way. And he's not even trying to crawl.

Maybe

> I'm comparing him to my daughter too much. When on his tummy he

> holds himself up quite well with his arms and his chest is off of

the

> floor. Then he decides to roll over and yes directly on the flat

> spot of his head. He sits up quite well without support too. I

> asked his Dr. about any slowing of developemnt but he said no there

> isn't any signs of that. Anyway, maybe I'm making too big of a

deal

> of that.

>

> Thanks again

> Michele

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't worry about his development just yet. Sounds like he is

on track for everything. My son is 8.5 mo and isn't crawling yet.

He rolls, he can sit from his belly, he creeps across the floor,

he's trying to pull himself up...he just doesn't seem to get the

whole crawling thing. My nephew never crawled. Just got up one day

and started walking. I also have a friend who had a baby 2 days

after me. Her daughter makes no effort to move at all except to

roll over one way) yet her daughter appears to be on track with all

her other milestones. All children are different. Please try not

to worry. My son met most of his milestones early but I believe his

tort affected him in certain areas.

To answer your question about only rolling one way...is this from

back to front your talking about? My son started to roll front to

back at 11 weeks. He then started back to front a few months later

BUT would only do it one way. He never rolled both ways until he

was 7 mo. His PT (for his tort) said that he was having trouble

rolling in the other direction because his tort weakened his neck

muscle on the affected side. Kids need to have strong necks muscles

to " right " themselves once they start to roll over. We just

continued with his tort excercises and now he rolls everywhere, both

ways. I hope that helps

Dana (mom to )

Ont.

> Thanks for such a warm welcome from each of you. I went yesterday

> and purchased a sleep positioner in hopes that this will help

some.

> The problem is that my ds likes to wiggle and he manages to lay

flat

> on the back of his head by morning. But I'll keep trying.

>

> Question: Have any of you noticed any developmental changes in

your

> child now that they have plagio? My son just turned 6 months old

and

> he's only rolling one way. And he's not even trying to crawl.

Maybe

> I'm comparing him to my daughter too much. When on his tummy he

> holds himself up quite well with his arms and his chest is off of

the

> floor. Then he decides to roll over and yes directly on the flat

> spot of his head. He sits up quite well without support too. I

> asked his Dr. about any slowing of developemnt but he said no

there

> isn't any signs of that. Anyway, maybe I'm making too big of a

deal

> of that.

>

> Thanks again

> Michele