Are my twin boys too old for helmets?

[Guest guest]

My 13.5 months twin boys both had flattened heads, one to the left the other to

the right. I was too wrong to take my family doctor's words when he told me that

repositioning will fix the babies head shapes when I went to see him as my

babies 6 months old. Are there any moms who had similar experiences and had

their babies head shapes fixed after? I tried to make appointment with BC

Women's Hospital, but after two weeks when I called them again, they told me my

babies are too old for helmets. I am super worried now. Any help would be

appreciated!

[Guest guest]

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> My 13.5 months twin boys both had flattened heads, one to the left the other

to the right. I was too wrong to take my family doctor's words when he told me

that repositioning will fix the babies head shapes when I went to see him as my

babies 6 months old. Are there any moms who had similar experiences and had

their babies head shapes fixed after? I tried to make appointment with BC

Women's Hospital, but after two weeks when I called them again, they told me my

babies are too old for helmets. I am super worried now. Any help would be

appreciated!

>

Hi. My daughter was born with a neck condition that in turn caused her to

develop plagiocephaly. The phyio therapist and doctors all told me to wait and

see if the repositioning and exercise corrected it. When she hit the 11 month

old mark and with some improvement, I was not satisfied with the results. I was

also told that is she reached a certain age she would not be helmeted. I took

her to the head shape clinic and was told that if wanted we could go ahead and

helmet her but the results may be minimal to none. We went ahead and after the 4

months her head is much better. Not perfect but we are happy with the results!

If you want your child in a helmet keep pushing as the results can be positive.

Good luck.

[Guest guest]

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> My 13.5 months twin boys both had flattened heads, one to the left the other

to the right. I was too wrong to take my family doctor's words when he told me

that repositioning will fix the babies head shapes when I went to see him as my

babies 6 months old. Are there any moms who had similar experiences and had

their babies head shapes fixed after? I tried to make appointment with BC

Women's Hospital, but after two weeks when I called them again, they told me my

babies are too old for helmets. I am super worried now. Any help would be

appreciated!

>

We went through the head shape clinic at the University of Alberta, Edmonton,

Alberta.

[Guest guest]

I believe the orthos don't want to over promise results, so they tend

to under estimate expected improvement. -KJ

jamiemcauely wrote:

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> My 13.5 months twin boys both had flattened heads, one to the left

the other to the right. I was too wrong to take my family doctor's

words when he told me that repositioning will fix the babies head

shapes when I went to see him as my babies 6 months old. Are there any

moms who had similar experiences and had their babies head shapes fixed

after? I tried to make appointment with BC Women's Hospital, but after

two weeks when I called them again, they told me my babies are too old

for helmets. I am super worried now. Any help would be appreciated!

>

Hi. My daughter was born with a neck condition that in turn caused her

to develop plagiocephaly. The phyio therapist and doctors all told me

to wait and see if the repositioning and exercise corrected it. When

she hit the 11 month old mark and with some improvement, I was not

satisfied with the results. I was also told that is she reached a

certain age she would not be helmeted. I took her to the head shape

clinic and was told that if wanted we could go ahead and helmet her but

the results may be minimal to none. We went ahead and after the 4

months her head is much better. Not perfect but we are happy with the

results! If you want your child in a helmet keep pushing as the results

can be positive. Good luck.

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for your information. My problem is the only clinic here in British Columbia (Canada) which deals with the head shape matter won't accept my babies because their policy says that they only take children under 12 months old. I'm not sure if I could afford the time and money to go to another province for scan and continueous followups. I heard that followups could be every two to four weeks..

Plagiocephaly From: jamie_mcauley@...Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:28:10 +0000Subject: Re: Are my twin boys too old for helmets?

>> My 13.5 months twin boys both had flattened heads, one to the left the other to the right. I was too wrong to take my family doctor's words when he told me that repositioning will fix the babies head shapes when I went to see him as my babies 6 months old. Are there any moms who had similar experiences and had their babies head shapes fixed after? I tried to make appointment with BC Women's Hospital, but after two weeks when I called them again, they told me my babies are too old for helmets. I am super worried now. Any help would be appreciated!>Hi. My daughter was born with a neck condition that in turn caused her to develop plagiocephaly. The phyio therapist and doctors all told me to wait and see if the repositioning and exercise corrected it. When she hit the 11 month old mark and with some improvement, I was not satisfied with the results. I was also told that is she reached a certain age she would not be helmeted. I took her to the head shape clinic and was told that if wanted we could go ahead and helmet her but the results may be minimal to none. We went ahead and after the 4 months her head is much better. Not perfect but we are happy with the results! If you want your child in a helmet keep pushing as the results can be positive. Good luck.