Re: Can mattress cause plagiocephaly?

[Guest guest]

It could sort of be true in that his head resting in the same position

on the mattress a lot the time means it won't grow in that direction.

However, even a softer mattress would be the same. It is more a

function of not varying the head position while he is sleeping, or

resting on other surfaces such as bouncy seat, swing, car seat...

My daughter also had brachy. In her case I think another big factor

was that hear head grew extra fast the first 6 mo (jumping from the

5oth percentile to the 90th). All that growth at a time when she was

on her head a lot was a problem. Especially since I didn't know to

vary the position of her head (and the ped didn't help when I asked

about her head at 2 mo and was told " don't worry " ).

Bottom line... I doubt it has much to do with this particular mattress.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

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> Hi, my son was helmeted about 4 weeks ago with brachy. My mom is

> confident that our Colgate firm mattress was the cause of his

> condition. Does anyone out there have any data on whether or not a

> firm mattress can cause or contribute to this issue? If you do,

> please let me know. Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

that's very interesting about your daughter's rapid head growth. i went to the walk-in clinic regarding another matter and the pediatrician there happened to graph out my son's head measurements. she was certain the first measurement was wrong because he too, went from 50th p at birth to over 90th by 4 months or so. i told her his head wasn't exceptionally big at birth yet i noticed that it is quite large now compared to his playmates. she didn't think it was particularly large. i also felt his plagio was due to his rapid head growth in such a short time and the fact that we didn't reposition him regularly. thanks for reaffirming my theory! jennchristineashok <christineashok@...> wrote: It could sort of be true in that his head resting in the same positionon the mattress a lot the time means it

won't grow in that direction.However, even a softer mattress would be the same. It is more afunction of not varying the head position while he is sleeping, orresting on other surfaces such as bouncy seat, swing, car seat... My daughter also had brachy. In her case I think another big factorwas that hear head grew extra fast the first 6 mo (jumping from the5oth percentile to the 90th). All that growth at a time when she wason her head a lot was a problem. Especially since I didn't know tovary the position of her head (and the ped didn't help when I askedabout her head at 2 mo and was told "don't worry"). Bottom line... I doubt it has much to do with this particular mattress. -christinesydney 2 yrs starband grad>> Hi, my son was helmeted about 4 weeks ago with brachy. My mom is> confident that our Colgate firm mattress was the

cause of his> condition. Does anyone out there have any data on whether or not a> firm mattress can cause or contribute to this issue? If you do,> please let me know. Thanks>For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

My daughter had a firmer mattress and had

no plagio, whereas my son had a softer mattress and he has plagio and brachy

(that is thankfully being corrected with a band!).

We all have enough guilt about how we

could have, would have, should have done something differently to cause our

baby’s plagio or brachy – when I am sure we are all just trying to

do the best for our kids with the information we have at the time. Don’t

worry about what your mom says about the mattress. The SIDS guidelines say a

firm mattress so buying a firm mattress was doing the best you could to prevent

SIDS.

From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On

Behalf Of lka_236

Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008

5:51 PM

Plagiocephaly

Subject: Re: Can mattress

cause plagiocephaly?

I agree with ...I think that it is a

matter of rotating a

child's head while sleeping. Now, if a child always sleeps in the

same position then yes I think that could cause plagio but I think

it could happen firm or soft mattress. APA recommends a firm

mattress to avoid SIDS. Honestly, I don't think any of us know the

exact reason why our child's head became mis-shappened (assuming

that it wasn't utero).

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> > Hi, my son was helmeted about 4 weeks ago with brachy. My mom is

> > confident that our Colgate firm mattress was the cause of his

> > condition. Does anyone out there have any data on whether or not

a

> > firm mattress can cause or contribute to this issue? If you do,

> > please let me know. Thanks

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> For more plagio info