Hello

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New to the group. My name is Sheryl, mom of 4 month old baby boy, BB. He was

diagnosed with torticollis and plagio at 2 months. The pediatrician seemed to

think that it was a mild case and did not even refer us to a PT, just told us to

do some exercises and said that it should be fine.

2 months on I am feeling very uneasy with this carefree approach to my boy's

care. He still has a head tilt, some plagiocephaly. Truly it is not " TERRIBLE "

bad, but it's enough to make any mother's heart ache. His last check up today

and I brought up how I thought that he was bending to his left all the time, and

he ordered x-rays (which he had not done before.) I asked him to check for

scoliosis also. The end result is that he said he did not think there was a

problem but he would refer us to an orthopedic specialist to check for scoliosis

and see us at the next well baby visit (2 months from now!)

Is this the standard of care? I have been scouring the internet but I just feel

that I do not have the proper skill to assess how bad or not-bad his

torticollis/plagiocephaly is. I do not know where to turn. I am going to

demand PT for him and damn the pediatrician if he thinks it's unnecessary. If

the orthopedist won't then I will MAKE the pediatrician give us a referral.

I just feel so helpless because I know there is a window where plagio can be

best treated and I do not want to miss it.

I am in Fresno, Ca. Does anybody know of a pediatrician or SOMEBODY who can

help us? I have to be more proactive for my baby's sake!!!