RE: [SPAM]RE: Re: need advice!

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From: Plagiocephaly

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Sent: 12 March 2008 08:34

Plagiocephaly

Subject: [sPAM]RE: Re: need advice!

Hi ladies,

thanks so much for sharing your stories! We finally

switched to a new pediatrician and our son was

diagnosed with tort and plagio. We will be going to

CT and PT this week.

Again, thanks everyone for your advice and support!!

Sue

--- Staci Hyde <shyde@...>

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> My pediatrician also said my son's head was

> borderline and it was really up

> to us. She said he looked fine and that her son also

> had positional plagio

> with about the same degree of flattening and they

> decided against the band.

> She still gave us a referral to see CT. I went in to

> the appt thinking we

> wouldn't band. After I had his measurements, I

> started doing some research

> on this site as well as others. As it turns out, his

> asymmetry was 20mm (15

> + is considered severe) and of course we banded. He

> is now on his second

> band and down to 9 mm of asymmetry with a few months

> to go. I'm so thankful

> we saw the specialists. Even if you are unsure or

> borderline, it's free and

> well worth the time...definitely one of the best

> decisions we ever made. His

> before and after pictures from the first band are

> under plagio babies

> " Louden " . They speak for themselves.

>

> Goodluck to you!

> Re: need advice!

>

>

> My son had positional plagio. He wore 2 bands. Our

> peditritation

> basically said he didn't think my son needed the

> band but he refered

> me to Cranial Tech anyway for consult. I will have

> to say that we as

> mothers generally know our children better than

> the doctors do! I

> took in the before and after photos to our ped and

> both he and his

> nurse where like WOW we didn't think he needed it

> but he certainly

> did...the peds comment was 'We (the doctors) are

> supposed to catch

> those things not the parents'

>

> The moral of the story...trust your gut and see

> the specialist...it

> cannot hurt. See two if you don't like what the

> first one said and

> then work from there. Use YOUR common sense and

> not the

> doctors...they are not always right.

>

>

> >

> > Hi Everyone,

> > I suspect my 6 months old son has plagiocephaly.

> He

> > likes to sleep on his left side, and always turn

> to

> > his left side when he is not sleeping. I have

> talked

> > to our pediatrician since he was born, but she

> thinks

> > he is fine. We have tried neck exercises &

> rotating

> > his sleeping position according to the doctor's

> > advice. Now that he is 6 months old, and I still

> > don't see any improvement.

> >

> > I have uploaded his pictures, would appreciate

> if any

> > of you can give me some advice. By the way, I

> live in

> > San , if you can recommend a good doctor,

> that

> > would be great! Thanks so much!

> >

> >

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