Re: advice/opinions welcome

[Guest guest]

Hi---just wanted to say that his head look very similar to my Elijah's head--we

had him put in a helmet about 6 weeks ago, at 6 1/2 months old.

It's funny because I bet you have friends and family who think it's all " fine "

and claim to see nothing. That is what is driving me the most nuts right now. I

can see it on your sweet baby and mine as clear as day--and we decided to do

what we can to treat it.

So my encouragement is to stand firm in what you are doing; you are a good mom

to be aware and willing to check it out.

The helmet process so far has been painless I miss being able to hold him as

closely, and he is very slow on the motor skills--not yet crawling at 8 months;

just started rolling over--but I believe it is due to having torticollis

untreated until 5 months--just didn't have the range of motion and is just now

catching up. He is in PT for those things right now. But I do miss his fuzzy

head, and I feel badly that we let things go even as long as we did.

So best of luck! and know that you are really looking out for and caring for

that beautiful boy of yours!

Betsy

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> At Remy's 6 month checkup yesterday, our dr. referred us to Hanger for an

evaluation. I also made an appt. at Cranial Tech, both appts. are set up for

next week.

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> I've attached photos at the end of the Q-R album called remydublin. He is flat

on the right side, but it is not as severe as other cases I have seen. We are

going to both evaluations to see what they say. Since we have just begun this

process, is there any advice or opinions anyone might have for us?! Thanks~Jen

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the kind words. That's very true - no one else has ever noticed it,

but we do. I do feel guilty about not treating it earlier, maybe we could've

prevented this with repositioning but I just had no idea about all of this! I am

also angry with the doctor because he casually mentioned it at 4 months, and

said he favors his right side and switch his head if you notice it, but he did

not stress the importance of repositioning or how aggressive we should have

been, and did not tell us we could end up with a helmet. It's really

frustrating. But I know the helmets are successful and it's not such a big deal,

especially since they are so young and adaptable. Thanks again!

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> > At Remy's 6 month checkup yesterday, our dr. referred us to Hanger for an

evaluation. I also made an appt. at Cranial Tech, both appts. are set up for

next week.

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> > I've attached photos at the end of the Q-R album called remydublin. He is

flat on the right side, but it is not as severe as other cases I have seen. We

are going to both evaluations to see what they say. Since we have just begun

this process, is there any advice or opinions anyone might have for us?!

Thanks~Jen

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[Guest guest]

HI,

we got the same experience with our doctor. He mentioned his flat head ones and

every time I asked about it he said that it will be OK later. Finally I got

second opinion from craniofacial sergeant and today is our second day in the

helmet. My son was measured 16.7mm. Pretty severe case. Nobody in the family

could see the flat spot and they looked at me like I am crazy...... Even my

husband was angry at me.

I am so glad that I listened my inter voice and didn't give up.

Good Luck!!!!!!!

Doben & / 7 month old - 2 days in the helmet /

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> > > At Remy's 6 month checkup yesterday, our dr. referred us to Hanger for an

evaluation. I also made an appt. at Cranial Tech, both appts. are set up for

next week.

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> > > I've attached photos at the end of the Q-R album called remydublin. He is

flat on the right side, but it is not as severe as other cases I have seen. We

are going to both evaluations to see what they say. Since we have just begun

this process, is there any advice or opinions anyone might have for us?!

Thanks~Jen

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