Update on my daughter Gwen

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Hi,

I had posted a message a few weeks ago about my newborn daughter Gwen. She was

born with flattening on her forehead rather than flattening on the back or side

of her head. Her doctor ran a chromosome blood test just to make sure this, and

the fact that her hands and ears are a bit small weren't due to some chromosome

problem, but the good news is that test came back completely normal! For that

we are relieved though I am upset she was born with plagio...especially on the

front of her head as I've heard this is harder to correct. Can't really do

repositioning to correct it, but I've been making sure to repo her so no more

flat spots appear. She has a very soft head as she was also born with more open

sutures than normal. I'm thinking around 4 months or so to take her to the

specialist my son went to, to evaluate for a helmet. But hoping with time there

will be some correction. Her nose was completey smooshed on one side at birth

and that has already corrected!

My son who is now 16 months was born with right tort and plagio and we've been

through the helmet before..I'm just so frustrated we may have to go through this

again, however so relieved she is otherwise healthy! Well that's enough venting

for now, if anyone else has had a child with front head flattening I'd love to

hear from you!!

Kate

mom to Connor 16 months and Gwen 3 weeks