Re: Repo help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry, it seems no one has responded to your post yet. It's been a busy few

days, and it might have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Do you have any success keeping his head on the non-flat side if you go in and

turn it after he's asleep? I know some moms do get up every hour or so to move

the baby's head. Not ideal, but it helps. Unfortunately, I was never told to

repo so I didn't try too many techniques other than the wedge, which he always

wiggled out of. You can do a search of old messages and get some tips that way.

I'm just drawing a blank right now on any other techniques. Are you successful

at keeping him up off his head as much as possible during the day? Have you seen

any positive changes since your original post?

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

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> Hello everyone. I really need your help, any help would be appreciated. I have

a four month old son with mild plagio. We've been to see the specialist and she

thinks that doing a couple months of repo will fix the situation. For the first

week that we did repo, his head shape was starting to look better, but now he's

learned how to move his head better and put himself back on the flat spot. Since

then his head shape hasn't improved at all.

> We've tried putting a him to sleep in a wedge to keep him on his side but he

can kick those out from underneath him or move himself out of them if we put

them under the sheets.

> Does anyone have any other suggestions that we could try???? He does not stay

still in his crib at all so putting something under his head won't work.

> We are trying our hardest to avoid putting a helmet on him. Any help would be

greately appreciated.

> THanks in advance

> Vickie

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply. If Nate is completely asleep then I can go in and

turn his head, however if he's not fast asleep then it'll wake him up or he'll

fuss and fidget and put his head back on the flat spot. What I have been doing

is going into his room at night when I think he is fast asleep and putting him

back into the wedge. THis way he has to be completely awake to be able to get

himself back out of it.

We have some some improvement since we started with the repo. Mostly in the

first couple weeks. I've been taking pictures every two weeks. But right now it

seems as though we've hit a bit of a plateau in the treatment. But we'll keep

trying.

I am writing this to you from Canada and when we went in to see the specialist

at a well respected major hospital, she told me that they don't do measurements

in any way. She told me to start with the repo and see how that goes. But she

didn't take any pictures or measure ments and she did was write down that he had

slight plagio and mild tort. So I have no idea how she is going to know if there

is improvement after two months. This is why I started taking the pics myself. I

asked around a couple pediatricians and other specialist and also scanned some

other boards but apparently in Canada we don't take the measurements the same

way you do in the states...

During the day we have been able to keep him off his flat spot pretty much

completely. He is getting good at sitting up and is really starting to enjoy

tummy time. THe only time he is on his back is in the car seat which I really

try to minimize whereever possible.

Thank you so much again for your response, it was helpful

Vickie

Mother of Nate - almost 5 months, mild plagio and mild tort

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> > Hello everyone. I really need your help, any help would be appreciated. I

have a four month old son with mild plagio. We've been to see the specialist and

she thinks that doing a couple months of repo will fix the situation. For the

first week that we did repo, his head shape was starting to look better, but now

he's learned how to move his head better and put himself back on the flat spot.

Since then his head shape hasn't improved at all.

> > We've tried putting a him to sleep in a wedge to keep him on his side but he

can kick those out from underneath him or move himself out of them if we put

them under the sheets.

> > Does anyone have any other suggestions that we could try???? He does not

stay still in his crib at all so putting something under his head won't work.

> > We are trying our hardest to avoid putting a helmet on him. Any help would

be greately appreciated.

> > THanks in advance

> > Vickie

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Maybe a sleepcurve mattress is something to look at  as the  dip across it into which the head falls naturally, keeping pressure off the back of the head, may be enough to stop him from moving around the cot so much.As for when hes up and around,, have a look at the thread from a few days ago called 'exercises painful'  where people have made a few suggestions to me about things to try.

Pamela

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:54 AM, <nwilkens2275@...> wrote:

I'm sorry, it seems no one has responded to your post yet. It's been a busy few days, and it might have gotten lost in the shuffle. Do you have any success keeping his head on the non-flat side if you go in and turn it after he's asleep? I know some moms do get up every hour or so to move the baby's head. Not ideal, but it helps. Unfortunately, I was never told to repo so I didn't try too many techniques other than the wedge, which he always wiggled out of. You can do a search of old messages and get some tips that way. I'm just drawing a blank right now on any other techniques. Are you successful at keeping him up off his head as much as possible during the day? Have you seen any positive changes since your original post?

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)Jordan-5 >> Hello everyone. I really need your help, any help would be appreciated. I have a four month old son with mild plagio. We've been to see the specialist and she thinks that doing a couple months of repo will fix the situation. For the first week that we did repo, his head shape was starting to look better, but now he's learned how to move his head better and put himself back on the flat spot. Since then his head shape hasn't improved at all.

> We've tried putting a him to sleep in a wedge to keep him on his side but he can kick those out from underneath him or move himself out of them if we put them under the sheets. > Does anyone have any other suggestions that we could try???? He does not stay still in his crib at all so putting something under his head won't work.

> We are trying our hardest to avoid putting a helmet on him. Any help would be greately appreciated.> THanks in advance> Vickie>

[Guest guest]

That’s about what we do also. He seems to get his head back to

the right side even when we prop him up on his left side. Augh! I get up

several times at night to reposition, but he ends up going right back to the

flat side. Very frustrating.

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Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:54 PM

Plagiocephaly

Subject: Re: Repo help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry, it seems no one has responded to

your post yet. It's been a busy few days, and it might have gotten lost in the

shuffle.

Do you have any success keeping his head on the non-flat side if you go in and

turn it after he's asleep? I know some moms do get up every hour or so to move

the baby's head. Not ideal, but it helps. Unfortunately, I was never told to

repo so I didn't try too many techniques other than the wedge, which he always

wiggled out of. You can do a search of old messages and get some tips that way.

I'm just drawing a blank right now on any other techniques. Are you successful

at keeping him up off his head as much as possible during the day? Have you

seen any positive changes since your original post?

Jake-2.5 (DOCBand Grad 9/08)

Jordan-5

>

> Hello everyone. I really need your help, any help would be appreciated. I

have a four month old son with mild plagio. We've been to see the specialist

and she thinks that doing a couple months of repo will fix the situation. For

the first week that we did repo, his head shape was starting to look better,

but now he's learned how to move his head better and put himself back on the

flat spot. Since then his head shape hasn't improved at all.

> We've tried putting a him to sleep in a wedge to keep him on his side but

he can kick those out from underneath him or move himself out of them if we put

them under the sheets.

> Does anyone have any other suggestions that we could try???? He does not

stay still in his crib at all so putting something under his head won't work.

> We are trying our hardest to avoid putting a helmet on him. Any help would

be greately appreciated.

> THanks in advance

> Vickie

>

[Guest guest]

Vickie-

We did repo from 4-6 months, and now we're in a helmet, but it did seem to stop

the progress of his flattening and he now sleeps on the " good " side more than

the " bad " .

In his crib, I checked him every hour or so and moved his head. It was a major

pain, but after as short as a week, he started sleeping more on the " good " side.

I also put rolled up blankets under his mattress to make it easier for him to

roll his head on the good side--not a major slant, but enough. To sleep on his

left cheek meant rolling his head uphill; hard enough that he didn't do it as

often. I moved all the fun stuff--mobile, aquarium--over the way we wanted him

to look.

We really pushed tummy time which he HATED, but building those muscles has

helped, and now he'll stay on his tummy for 20 mintues or so---

Hope some of that might be something new0--

Betsy

>

> Hello everyone. I really need your help, any help would be appreciated. I have

a four month old son with mild plagio. We've been to see the specialist and she

thinks that doing a couple months of repo will fix the situation. For the first

week that we did repo, his head shape was starting to look better, but now he's

learned how to move his head better and put himself back on the flat spot. Since

then his head shape hasn't improved at all.

> We've tried putting a him to sleep in a wedge to keep him on his side but he

can kick those out from underneath him or move himself out of them if we put

them under the sheets.

> Does anyone have any other suggestions that we could try???? He does not stay

still in his crib at all so putting something under his head won't work.

> We are trying our hardest to avoid putting a helmet on him. Any help would be

greately appreciated.

> THanks in advance

> Vickie

>