Re: questions for siddharthe

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Neem: I've answered below your questions. I also want to say what a

terrific mom you are, he's a lucky little boy!

> 1. when repositioning do i always put my son away from his flat

side or should i alternate sides?

A) I would say to keep him off his flat side as much as possible.

Some parents worry that the good side will become flat, but I really

don't ever remember hearing of this happening. Keep an eye on it to

be safe & take pictures on a weekly basis to compare to.

> 2. we are still waiting to get an appt for our son...it might take

upto 2 weeks to get it...he had tort on his right side and flatness

on his left....so i need to rotate his head to the RIGHT and tilt it

to the LEFT....Am i right? just want to make sure i am not doing

anything wrong for him....

A) Sounds right to me, it gets so confusing doesn't it??

> 3. when on his tummy he prefers to look towards left only....i try

to rotate his head towards right but he just hates it and cries a

lot....is it okay to just let him look where he wants to during tummy

time or should i keep trying to rotate his head?

A) I let Abby look whichever direction she wanted to while on her

tummy, but Abby did not have torticollis. I'm sure some of the tort.

moms will help you better with this question!

> lot of questions from a worried mommy....he does look a lot better

to me...atleast he keeps his head away from the flat spot more than

he used to....one day at a time i think i will get him better...i

hope so...

A) One day at a time is right! If you think he's looking better,

than he prbably is - you are doing a TERRIFIC job - keep up your

great work. It's tough, but the end result will be so worth it.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

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Neem - I answered your questions below!

> 1. when repositioning do i always put my son away from his flat

side or should i alternate sides?

When laying him down to sleep, I would put him on the bulging side.

Otherwise, I would suggest trying to keep him off his head as much

as possible. Slings, babytrekkers (babytrekker.com)and carriers are

great for this.

> 2. we are still waiting to get an appt for our son...it might take

upto 2 weeks to get it...he had tort on his right side and flatness

on his left....so i need to rotate his head to the RIGHT and tilt it

to the LEFT....Am i right? just want to make sure i am not doing

anything wrong for him....

So he has right torticollis. Try chin to right shoulder and ear to

left shoulder. This was a big one for us (sides reversed though

since Dane had left tort). Of course his tightness might be

different than Dane's. We use toys and flashlights when the room

was dark to encourage him to look the way we desired. Also the TV

is a big help. can chime in here if I am wrong about this

stuff. Dane had positional tort, not CMT, so this might be

different. Do you belong to torticolliskids group?

> 3. when on his tummy he prefers to look towards left only....i try

to rotate his head towards right but he just hates it and cries a

lot....is it okay to just let him look where he wants to during

tummy time or should i keep trying to rotate his head?

Tummy time in general is good. Dane hated this too. We got the

Boppy Tummy Time Mat and that helped. If he is unconsolable, it

will be difficult to get him to look in the affected direction. If

you can that's great, but tummy time in general is going to help

him, particularly at his age.

> lot of questions from a worried mommy....he does look a lot better

to me...atleast he keeps his head away from the flat spot more than

he used to....one day at a time i think i will get him better...i

hope so...

One day at a time is a good attitude to have. It is difficult and

your eyes will seem to play tricks on you! He is young enough that

you have a great chance at progress and you are certainly deidcated

to resolving these problems!

Dane's mom DOC Grad