Ignorant pediatrician in Tucson

September 8, 2002

Hello,

I am new to this group but was wondering if anyone else has had the

same problems my husband and I have had with our son. He is our

first child and after he was born, we used to lay him on the floor a

lot and sometimes he would be looking at the television, which caused

the left side of his head to become flat. We pointed this out to our

pediatrician at around 4-5 months of age, and he more or less

dismissed it, telling us to just watch it and see if it gets better.

He never did officially diagnose him with plagiocephaly but through

my own personal research, I believed that it is what my son had. His

had has gotten a lot better than it was, though it is still kind of

flat on the left side. His ears are positioned correctly and he does

not have a bulge on the left side of his forehead, but I would still

like something to be done. So I am finally going to try to take him

to see a pediatric neurologist, though I hope it is not too late to

do something because my son is now a year old. I called to try and

get an appt. but they didn't have anything until the end of October!

That is totally ridiculous so I am not going to try and find a

different pediatrician to see if she can just give me a direct

prescription for banding without having to go to the neurologist.

Even at his 1 year appt. last week the Dr. casually mentioned how he

looked " top heavy " , meaning that his head looked big, and I thought

that was a pretty rude statement in itself. I am definitely now

changing to a different pediatrician and was wondering if anyone else

has had any luck with good pediatricians in Tucson, AZ, especially

anyone who is familiar with plagiocephaly. This whole process is so

frustrating! Thanks for letting me vent.

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