Re: stomach sleeping with monitor to avoid brachycephaly relapse after doc band?

March 21, 2010

My daughter has brachy and graduated from her doc band already but here are my

thoughts:

I've heard the breathing monitors aren't great for babies 6 months or older.

Just what I've heard. We hv the video monitor so I can see her which I love! It

let's me know a lot without hving to go in her room too many times.

But my daughter started sleeping on her tummy on her own about your sons age and

so maybe your child will too. I can't imagine how you would get him to sleep on

his tummy otherwise. It just seemed to happen overnight and I worried less

knowing she positioned herself that away. She is now 11 months and I have seen

no regression and the thicker her hair gets the better her head looks. Her hair

seems to really help her head look less wide and more round! And really he is

at a great age bc he is only going to become increasingly more active and I just

don't think you hv anything to wrry about! I thought u would be obsessive about

how she slept and laid down and car seat time, but really I jut tried not to

worry knowing she was still young enough we could get another band if needed but

I saw no reason for that the more time went on!

Enjoy having the band off and good luck!

>

> My 6 month old is about to graduate from his DOC band (7 weeks). His

> cephalic index will have gone down from 96% to about 87%. A second band

> is not being recommended but I'm not thrilled about his head shape yet.

> I am seriously considering having him start to sleep on his stomach (so

> that he has to lie on the sides of his head) in order to prevent his

> flat head from coming back. I am going to get a breathing monitor like

> Snuza or Respisense (see links below) to ensure that he is always

> breathing. He is too big and mobile to secure into a side sleeping

> position.

>

>

> Has anyone used either of these monitors? Today was the first time I

> learned about them. They clip onto the diaper at the front or side and

> then monitor the movements of the stomach (which signify breathing).

> If I knew about these I would have put him in a side sleep position with

> the air flow sleeper and a monitor when he was 2 months old and then I

> probably would have not needed a helmet at all. Any feedback or

> thoughts about positioning for brachycephaly for a 6 month old would be

> appreciated. Thanks!

>

March 21, 2010

Even if you " decide " to have him sleep on his tummy he'll probably be very

mobile soon and will sleep the way he wants. That is why repositioning isn't

very effective after 6 mo. I don't really know about monitors. My daughter had

brachy and got to about 85%, but still there are some odd things about her head.

She hasn't really improved post-banding, but some babies do.

-christine

sydney, 4 yrs, starband grad