New here w/ some questions:

May 10, 2010

Hi there. My daughter went to her one month appt. a few days ago and the dr

diagnosed her with torticollis and plagiocephaly. Her flat spot is on the back

right side of her head. I'm kind of more than overwhelmed right now and feeling

guilty that I didn't do more to make her not have this spot. I honestlly didn't

really know to keep moving her head around at night etc. We have some exercises

that the dr. gaves us to do and she just HATES them. SCREAMS soooo loud when we

do them and I in turn cry with her. I know it's for the best though but this is

just really hard!

Annnyway, on to my questions if you have a few minutes. Thanks in advance for

answering:

1.) How can I help my daughter at night? Since we've known about this I have

been turning her head after she falls asleep but then when I check on her five

minutes later she has it turned to the side with the flat spot again! Any good

advice? Does anyone here use a sleep positioner to try to get your child to

stay on their side a little bit more so that they can't turn their head to the

side with the flat spot?

2.) During the day what can I do for her? When we have been in the car seat I

have been rolling up towels so that she can't turn to the right side. Same thing

during the limited time that she's in her bouncer... Anything else I should be

doing?

3.) I'm trying to give her a TON of tummy time as dr. said that would help. As

luck would have it, she hates it of course. And hour a day is hard to get to for

sure! I'm going out later today to buy one of the boppy tummy time mats to see

if that helps...Maybe its' pillow propping her up will help a little bit?

4.) Is some back " play time " still okay??? She is supposed to be practicing

turning to the left side so (as bad as it sounds) she LOVES watching tv. We've

been letting her watch for 20 mins at a time or so as long as she's turned

towards the left. Is this helping at all or is it just wishful thinking on our

part that this could be helping her? I figure if she's turned to that side then

it's good right???

5.) Awaiting a call back from the dr. When we were at the appt last week she

mentioned waiting another month and then re-evaluating whether or not my

daughter needs physical therapy for everything. In my mind, WHY WAIT??? Would

you agree that this is probably a better idea to move forward than to wait and

have things possibly get worse?

***THANKS SO MUCH IF YOU READ THIS FAR!!*** I'm glad to have found a board with

some women that will hopefully know how I'm feeling right now...

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