Re: Front Page Star - Remy's story

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Thanks for sharing Remy's story Christie, she's absolutely gorgeous!

I think she's our first ever band/helmet free front page star!! You

should be very proud, which I know you are!! I still remember

reading your post the night before her casting wanting the group's

opinions on her repositioning progress. I remember chking out her

pictures and being blown away at her progress!! I was like " who

needs a helmet????? "

Debbie

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > Wow! I can't believe how much older Remy looks now than in her

> > Front Page Star photo! She was 11 months old in that photo, and

25

> > months old now...

> >

> > Her plagio story begins before her birth. I was a total

workaholic

> > who was sidelined at home the last two months of my pregnancy with

> > terrible sciatica... she was positioned weirdly in there, putting

> > pressure on my sciatic nerve somehow. Although I was a first time

> > mom, I had a scheduled c-section, which is very rare, owing to the

> > doctors diagnosis of cephalic pelvic disproportion, and their

> > estimate that she would be over 11 lbs!!! Remy was born by c-

> > section weighing ONLY 9 1/2 lbs. Although I didn't know the name

> > for it at the time, the back of her head was totally flat from ear

> > to ear; it was very strange looking. Looking back on it, she was

> > totally out of room in utero, and her head was totall squished!

> >

> > I returned to work 6 weeks after Remy was born. It was a very

> > hectic and exhausting time for us, since my husband and I worked

> > opposite shifts. We both were working overtime almost every day,

> > and most Saturdays as well. This left us an hour and a half

overlap

> > at about 3am and 3pm. I was getting almost 6 hrs of sleep a

night,

> > and was getting about 4.5 hours each night. Needless to say,

> > we were doing just about anything to get Remy to sleep at every

> > opportunity! This included extensive time in the swing, bouncie

> > seat and in our left arm (the one used when we bottle-fed her.)

> > When she did sleep in the crib, outfitted with the hardest and

> > safest mattress we could find, she always slept with her head

> > slightly turned to her right.

> >

> > Although we brought up Remy's " brachy " as I now know it at every

ped

> > appt from 2 weeks on, it wasn't until her 2 month appt. that I

> > started to notice an asymmetry (plagio) in her headshape as well.

> > We consisently got the " round out on it's own " speech every

time. I

> > did not know what repositioning was, and certainly wasn't given

any

> > advice in that area by the ped. By the time Remy was 5 months

old,

> > I was almost in a panic about what I could see happening to her

> > head. As strange as it sounds, I felt all the back time in the

> > various devices, etc. was warranted as protection from SIDS...

Remy

> > had next to no tummy time the first months of her life. I felt

> > helpless, since I couldn't envision a life without these devices

> > with our current work schedules and exhaustion, nor did I know

that

> > there could be a life without dependency on these devices. I

> > scheduled a special appt. with my ped to address this concern, and

> > although she had previously stated that " it would round out on its

> > own, " she now pronounced " Well, I guess that's just the shape of

her

> > head! " I thought to myselt, " Uh, no it's not! "

> >

> > I was so distressed by the time that Remy was 5 months, that I

> > actually went online searching for information about head

> > flattening.... and by some major stroke of luck, I found and

joined

> > this group. A little education went a long way, and so we

started

> > aggressive repo'ing immediately. In spite of our exhaustion, we

> > were somehow able to dig deep and start a new life where Remy was

> > never on her flat area except for diaper changes 24 hours a day.

We

> > documented steady progress every 2 weeks with top and side view

> > photos. I can still remember looking at those first photos (the 5

> > mo. photos in the photos/before and after/repositioned album); I

> > literally almost blacked out when I saw her headshape!! Over

time,

> > we saw a slow improvement. In spite of this progress, we still

went

> > through the motions of getting a referral to a specialist who we

had

> > to strong-arm a bit for a prescription. Right before Remy was to

be

> > casted at 8 months of age, we reassessed her repo progress... we

> > decided that we would be happy with her headshape even if she

didn't

> > improved any more, and so we cancelled her helmet casting. We

went

> > on to see additional improvement in her flat area until about 12

> > months, which was about the time we announced that Remy was

a " Repo

> > graduate!! " Aggressive repositioning is a lifesytle, though, and

we

> > contined repo in small ways up until Remy was about 14 months old.

> > Post repo graduation, I haven't seen any additional rounding out,

> > but we have seen an elongation of her head and a decrease in size

of

> > the bulges over her ears which are important postive aesthetic

> > changes, too!

> >

> > I want to thank the leadership of the group for giving the

> > opportunity to be a Repositioning Moderator, which I have enjoyed

> > immensely. I have found that I spend much more time collecting

the

> > wonderful repo tips and ideas that repo'ing parents share here at

> > the group, than I ever did giving advice to others. You all

> > absolutely amaze me with your resourcefulness, creative solutions,

> > and determination when it comes to repositioning.... keep those

> > great repo thoughts and photos coming! I also wanted to express

my

> > gratitude for the group's support for the repositioning treatment

> > option... from my first post to the group, until now, I have seen

> > nothing but support, encouragement, and excellent advice to

repo'ing

> > parents.

> >

> > Take care,

> >

> > Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > (wrote:

> > > Hi All,

> > > The Front Page Star for the next 2 weeks is Remy!!

> > > Christie,

> > > When you get a chance please share her story with us.

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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