Re: How did you find out your child needed a helmet?

March 24, 2000

Unfortunately, our first ped did nothing to prevent any of this. He did not

feel we should be concerned. You know, the usual, " he'll grow out of it!! "

Belinda (Indiana)

March 25, 2000

My doctors did nothing to help prevent this. There are so

many things I believe could have been pointed out. Regarding tummy

time, not only is it important to prevent flat heads, but also to promote

simple developmental mile stones (i.e. holding up the head, neck &

arm strength, to upper body strength, to crawling...)

I sort of blamed myself at first because we moved to a different city

when Hanna was just 1 month old. I thought that if I had kept the

same doc. he would have been able to catch it earlier. Then I realized

that these things should be pointed out to ALL parents, not just the one's

with problem potential.

It was reassuring to learn, tho, that when both my sister & sister

in law had babies in Feb., the public health nurse (who comes to your house

the day after you leave the hospital) gave positioning advise and warned

about "flat heads".

Yeah!!

Kendra

dswilson@... wrote:

From: dswilson@...

I wondered if anyone had a peds Dr. that stressed the importance

of

babies having time off their backs? My Doctor said to rotate our

son

from back to each side but never mentioned how important it would

be

that he spent time on his tummy during the day. I feel all

of us

could have avoided these problems had someone just told us to put

our

babies on their tummies during the day and watch them closely while

they are awake. How much did everyone else feel their doctor did

to

prevent this??

March 25, 2000

We were not told either...Kimry

March 25, 2000

Hi,

My doctor never mentioned anything about tummy time or

positioning on the sides. All that was stressed to me

was not to put the baby to bed on his stomach because

of SIDS. This makes me all the madder at the

pediatrician. I was so worried about SIDS that I

never put him on his stomach and when I did

(maybe once a week) for 5 - 10 minutes he screamed. I

didn't realize it at the time but it was because he

couldn't turn his neck or even pick his head up.

Heidi

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My doctors did nothing to help prevent

this. & nbsp; There are so

many things I believe could have been pointed

out. & nbsp; Regarding tummy

time, not only is it important to prevent flat heads,

but also to promote

simple developmental mile stones (i.e. holding up the

head, neck & amp;

arm strength, to upper body strength, to crawling...)

I sort of blamed myself at first because we moved

to a different city

when Hanna was just 1 month old. & nbsp; I thought that

if I had kept the

same doc. he would have been able to catch it

earlier. & nbsp; Then I realized

that these things should be pointed out to ALL

parents, not just the one's

with problem potential.

It was reassuring to learn, tho, that when both my

sister & amp; sister

in law had babies in Feb., the public health nurse

(who comes to your house

the day after you leave the hospital) gave positioning

advise and warned

about " flat heads " .

Yeah!!

Kendra

& nbsp;

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<tt>babies having time off their backs? My Doctor

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important it would

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day. & nbsp; I feel all

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just told us to put

our</tt>

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watch them closely while</tt>

<tt>they are awake. How much did everyone else

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March 27, 2000

Sue, We were also told my sons helmet was not medically necessary. Neuro

said it was up to us. If he was not treated, his hair would hide flat spot.

At that point, we figured we had nothing to lose so we went for it.

has been in helmet for 11wks on Thurs and so far so good. We have seen a

great deal of improvement. His ears are slowing aligning. Belinda

(Indiana)

March 28, 2000

I agree with you! We were simply told at two months to put the baby to

sleep at the opposite end of the crib each night to hopefully have the baby

lay on a different side each night. At four months (when the baby is not

yet sitting up) we were told to keep him off his back as much as possible.

This is extremely difficult. How many ways can you reposition and for how

long?? I mean, even driving in the car, they have to lean back in the car

seats. I do feel that the pediatricians are not very well educated on this.

Our pediatrician told us has a moderate to severe case, the

neurosurgeon told us has a moderate case and the orthotic told us he

had a mild case. Also, none of them could recommend this site.

One other thing that really bothered me, they kept using the word " cosmetic "

and saying that if we didn't want to use the helmet, we didn't have to, but

that they recommended it. I'm very concerned about our infants being used a

" test " cases.

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Subject: How did you find out your child needed a helmet?

> From: dswilson@...

>

> I wondered if anyone had a peds Dr. that stressed the importance of

> babies having time off their backs? My Doctor said to rotate our son

> from back to each side but never mentioned how important it would be

> that he spent time on his tummy during the day. I feel all of us

> could have avoided these problems had someone just told us to put our

> babies on their tummies during the day and watch them closely while

> they are awake. How much did everyone else feel their doctor did to

> prevent this??

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