Guest guest Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Hi there, I haven't been on here in awhile but I have a few questions. My 4 month old baby Grant (his picture is in the " g " folder) developed very slight plagio (right side) around 5 weeks old. Fortunately, we were able to correct it most of the way and still attempt to reposition him (that is during the day...if on back I put all toys on left, bumbo seat, exersaucer, etc). He LOVES tummy time so that's in his benefit. However, he recently started sucking his thumb and I would say that 99% of the time it is his right thumb. I try to show him that his left thumb is just a good but he isn't really going for that. I try to only let him suck his thumb for sleeping. He is sleeping through the night so I really don't want to mess with that. I was hoping not to have a thumb sucker at all but since I do have a thumb sucker how to I get him to be ambidextrus with his thumb sucking so we don't re-develop the right- sided plagio? Thanks for any tips. Eli (2)...DOC band 7.5-9.5 months Grant (4 months) repositioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 My son also had plagio and torticollis and his is exclusively a right thumb sucker since early on. He was banded from 10/31 to 12/31 and just turned one year old last week. He is still sucking that thumb in the car seat, in distress, when hungry and when sleeping ocassionally. I have not really tried to break it as my ped says it is fine. The pt did mention it was contributing to the early tort when he was sucking at around 4 months but now that the helmet is off, plagio and tort resolved, I do not worry and let him suck away. He is a great boy and has a great temperment and sleeps through the night. What else could I want. Kids rarely suck their thumbs in pre school and kindergarden so dont worry. Let him suck if he needs to periodically and continue your band treatment and your tort exercises and all wil be fine. I promise. Been there done that. Good luck with everything Tammy Sabs. Mom to DOC graduate. From: lka_236 <lka_236@...>Subject: thumb sucking and plagioPlagiocephaly Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:25 PM Hi there,I haven't been on here in awhile but I have a few questions. My 4 month old baby Grant (his picture is in the "g" folder) developed very slight plagio (right side) around 5 weeks old. Fortunately, we were able to correct it most of the way and still attempt to reposition him (that is during the day...if on back I put all toys on left, bumbo seat, exersaucer, etc). He LOVES tummy time so that's in his benefit. However, he recently started sucking his thumb and I would say that 99% of the time it is his right thumb. I try to show him that his left thumb is just a good but he isn't really going for that. I try to only let him suck his thumb for sleeping. He is sleeping through the night so I really don't want to mess with that. I was hoping not to have a thumb sucker at all but since I do have a thumb sucker how to I get him to be ambidextrus with his thumb sucking so we don't re-develop the right-sided plagio?Thanks for any tips.Eli (2)...DOC band 7.5-9.5 monthsGrant (4 months) repositioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks for your input. As far as I know, Grant does not have tort. We aren't doing any exercises with him (we haven't been told to do any). Grant is not in a band (we are just repositioning and have been able to get his mild case of plagio pretty much corrected). I guess my concerns with the thumb sucking is that when I took our 2 year old (Eli) to the dentist a few weeks ago for a chipped tooth (ugh) I asked the dentist about his bottom teeth being a little crooked. The dentist then asked if Eli had a pacifier habit. I said yes but only at bed and naptime. Then I asked by what age to break the habit and he said by age 4 but sooner the better. Then he proceeded to say that if ELi was going to start sucking his thumb when we take the pacifier away then he would much rather us wait because thumb sucking is much harder on the teeth. Anyways, because of the chipped tooth I'll go back in a few weeks to have the tooth looked at again to make sure it doesn't die. I'll ask the dentist his thoughts and what age is best to break the thumb sucking habit (I'm not going to try to break it now as Grant is only 4 months old and he is a happy, healthy, little guy). Thanks again. > > From: lka_236 <lka_236@...> > Subject: thumb sucking and plagio > Plagiocephaly > Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:25 PM > > > > > > > Hi there, > > I haven't been on here in awhile but I have a few questions. My 4 > month old baby Grant (his picture is in the " g " folder) developed > very slight plagio (right side) around 5 weeks old. Fortunately, we > were able to correct it most of the way and still attempt to > reposition him (that is during the day...if on back I put all toys > on left, bumbo seat, exersaucer, etc). He LOVES tummy time so > that's in his benefit. However, he recently started sucking his > thumb and I would say that 99% of the time it is his right thumb. I > try to show him that his left thumb is just a good but he isn't > really going for that. I try to only let him suck his thumb for > sleeping. He is sleeping through the night so I really don't want > to mess with that. I was hoping not to have a thumb sucker at all > but since I do have a thumb sucker how to I get him to be > ambidextrus with his thumb sucking so we don't re-develop the right- > sided plagio? > > Thanks for any tips. > > > Eli (2)...DOC band 7.5-9.5 months > Grant (4 months) repositioned > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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