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I've been lurking for a few weeks & thought I should introduce myself

I've got almost 6 month old b/g twins - Our son has a flat head and

he's got a preference for his right side. Our pedi at first said he

thought it would just correct itself over time (and to his defense our

oldest son had a flat spot too that totally rounded out once he became

mobile). However, our twins were born 6 weeks early, so they likely

won't be as mobile as soon due to developmental delay. Long story

short - we've seen a specialist and he measured our son's head. The

diagonal difference was 10mm (anything over 10mm gets a helmet

referral from him) and his CI was .93 - the specialist said he was 99%

sure it would correct itself with aggressive repositioning and time.

We decided to give it a month and there was a 4mm diagonal difference

improvement which we were very happy about - however, I think his head

has gotten wider (we had him remeasured last week by a PT who did not

know how to measure for CI). So next week we've got an appt in

Oakland, CA to get scanned for a StarBand. By the time he gets into

the helmet he'll be closer to 7 months old. I hope it's not too late.

As far as tort - the specialist said he didn't see any, but the PT

said she thought he had a little bit which would explain his right

sided preference. She also said to limit exersaucer time to 15-20

minutes. She suggested using the Bumbo chair instead. She also

suggested the Summer Infant 3 Stage Super Seat which is like a

Bumbo/exersaucer combo. She said the way babies are positioned in the

seats is better for them vs. exersaucers & jumperoos.

Anyhow... that's where we're at right now! This board has given me a

lot of great info so far - thank you!!!

--Carey