Re: Advice would be helpful

[Guest guest]

HI ,

One thing that helped a bit with 's tummy time (he screamed, too), was putting his boppy pillow under his chest so his head was not directly on the floor. We also worked up to more and more tummy time each day. We were told to work up to 10-15 minutes 3-4 times a day....so no where near 6 hours! As soon as his neck was strong enough I would try to hold him in a sitting position most of the time. You could also try a front carrier to try to minimize the time she's on her back.

Of course, I'm not sure if my advice is terribly helpful, since we ended up getting a band at 10 months!

Good Luck!

and Steele <stacysteele@...> wrote:

I found you all a couple weeks ago and have been "lurking" up until today. I have a beautiful little girl that is 16 wks old today but was born premature so her head is that of a 10 wk old. She had some flattening on the back right side of her head at 3 wks of age. Our ped told us to try more tummy time. We also got a "noggin nest" made by Boppy. It is a soft pillow dealie that has a round cut out in the back to cradle the head and not flatten. We use it in the swing and bouncy. We got an exersaucer today. She is REALLY wobbly in the neck dept. She SCREAMS on her tummy. I think its because she cant hold her head up. I have a 6 yr old that had to wear a DOC band when he was 6 mo old, so I knew what to look for and I am really trying to work hard at repositioning. I took my

daughter to see a ped neurosurgeon today (the same one my son saw 6 yrs ago). My ped was wanting to wait and see, but I knew from experience not to wait too long, so I got an appt myself and I am glad I did. The neurosurgeon said my dd has moderate flattening on the back right, bulging in the forehead on the left, and her ears are out of alignment. He feels since she is so young (4 mo today, but since she is a preemie, 2 1/2 mo skull age) we will correct with tummy time. He feels no helmet will be needed if we are diligent with tummy time. He is an excellent neurosurgeon and is well known in our area and he helped up acheive great result with our son. I am only wondering how the heck anyone can listen to their baby scream while on their tummy? He said 6 hrs a day of tummy time is what is needed. She screams bloody murder if I put her on her tummy for more than a couple

minutes. He said the first day is the worst and she will scream, but by the second day she will be fine. He said basically to put her on her tummy every waking moment. Well, take into account how long it takes to feed her and play a bit, then that doesnt leave much tummy time. He said that is why her neck is so weak and why babies in general take so long to learn to roll over (lack of tummy time). I agree, but listening to her cry is going to tear my heart out. That is why we dont "cry it out" for sleep. She is too little and young and when she cries, we need to respond, its how she communicates with us. ERGH!! I dont want to ruin her head, but I am torn about letting her cry and flail on her tummy. He wants to see her again in 2 mo and feels her head will be mostly corrected. Its like a test. He will know if I am not giving her enough tummy time (she will

scream like she did today when he puts her on her tummy in the exam room). We bought her an exersaucer today, so I hope that will help. I have been trying to hold her more and put her in her bouncy less. Sorry to write a book here. I am hoping someone out there has words of advice about tummy time with a 3-4 mo old who HATES it! Oh, by the way, she has very good radius with turning her head, so no problem there.Help!Presley 9/18/03 Moderate flattening on the right backSpencer 6/97 DOC band graduate after only 8 wks and Hayden 1/95 (always had and still have round heads)For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

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Have you tried tummy time with her on you? Do you have a recliner? Lay with her belly to belly and recline back in the seat. We started tummy time with na at about 4-6 weeks. We started with 1-2 minutes every awake period. You can't go from 0 - 6 hours in 2 days. A dr should understand that. However, you can do a few minutes at a time and then increase that every day. In a couple of months she should pass the tummy test : )

Do you have any "cool" tummy time toys? In the files section there are some pics. Here is a link.

Plagiocephaly/files/Repositioning%20Headquarters/Repositioning%20Photos%20from%20our%20Members/

HTH

& na

Advice would be helpful

I found you all a couple weeks ago and have been "lurking" up until today. I have a beautiful little girl that is 16 wks old today but was born premature so her head is that of a 10 wk old. She had some flattening on the back right side of her head at 3 wks of age. Our ped told us to try more tummy time. We also got a "noggin nest" made by Boppy. It is a soft pillow dealie that has a round cut out in the back to cradle the head and not flatten. We use it in the swing and bouncy. We got an exersaucer today. She is REALLY wobbly in the neck dept. She SCREAMS on her tummy. I think its because she cant hold her head up. I have a 6 yr old that had to wear a DOC band when he was 6 mo old, so I knew what to look for and I am really trying to work hard at repositioning. I took my daughter to see a ped neurosurgeon today (the same one my son saw 6 yrs ago). My ped was wanting to wait and see, but I knew from experience not to wait too long, so I got an appt myself and I am glad I did. The neurosurgeon said my dd has moderate flattening on the back right, bulging in the forehead on the left, and her ears are out of alignment. He feels since she is so young (4 mo today, but since she is a preemie, 2 1/2 mo skull age) we will correct with tummy time. He feels no helmet will be needed if we are diligent with tummy time. He is an excellent neurosurgeon and is well known in our area and he helped up acheive great result with our son. I am only wondering how the heck anyone can listen to their baby scream while on their tummy? He said 6 hrs a day of tummy time is what is needed. She screams bloody murder if I put her on her tummy for more than a couple minutes. He said the first day is the worst and she will scream, but by the second day she will be fine. He said basically to put her on her tummy every waking moment. Well, take into account how long it takes to feed her and play a bit, then that doesnt leave much tummy time. He said that is why her neck is so weak and why babies in general take so long to learn to roll over (lack of tummy time). I agree, but listening to her cry is going to tear my heart out. That is why we dont "cry it out" for sleep. She is too little and young and when she cries, we need to respond, its how she communicates with us. ERGH!! I dont want to ruin her head, but I am torn about letting her cry and flail on her tummy. He wants to see her again in 2 mo and feels her head will be mostly corrected. Its like a test. He will know if I am not giving her enough tummy time (she will scream like she did today when he puts her on her tummy in the exam room). We bought her an exersaucer today, so I hope that will help. I have been trying to hold her more and put her in her bouncy less. Sorry to write a book here. I am hoping someone out there has words of advice about tummy time with a 3-4 mo old who HATES it! Oh, by the way, she has very good radius with turning her head, so no problem there.Help!Presley 9/18/03 Moderate flattening on the right backSpencer 6/97 DOC band graduate after only 8 wks and Hayden 1/95 (always had and still have round heads)For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Thank you , its nice to know I am not alone. Everyone's advice

has been helpful.

S.

mesa, az

> I found you all a couple weeks ago and have been " lurking " up

until

> today. I have a beautiful little girl that is 16 wks old today

but

> was born premature so her head is that of a 10 wk old. She had

some

> flattening on the back right side of her head at 3 wks of age.

Our

> ped told us to try more tummy time. We also got a " noggin nest "

> made by Boppy. It is a soft pillow dealie that has a round cut

out

> in the back to cradle the head and not flatten. We use it in the

> swing and bouncy. We got an exersaucer today. She is REALLY

wobbly

> in the neck dept. She SCREAMS on her tummy. I think its because

> she cant hold her head up. I have a 6 yr old that had to wear a

DOC

> band when he was 6 mo old, so I knew what to look for and I am

> really trying to work hard at repositioning. I took my daughter

to

> see a ped neurosurgeon today (the same one my son saw 6 yrs ago).

> My ped was wanting to wait and see, but I knew from experience not

> to wait too long, so I got an appt myself and I am glad I did.

The

> neurosurgeon said my dd has moderate flattening on the back right,

> bulging in the forehead on the left, and her ears are out of

> alignment. He feels since she is so young (4 mo today, but since

> she is a preemie, 2 1/2 mo skull age) we will correct with tummy

> time. He feels no helmet will be needed if we are diligent with

> tummy time. He is an excellent neurosurgeon and is well known in

> our area and he helped up acheive great result with our son. I am

> only wondering how the heck anyone can listen to their baby scream

> while on their tummy? He said 6 hrs a day of tummy time is what

is

> needed. She screams bloody murder if I put her on her tummy for

> more than a couple minutes. He said the first day is the worst

and

> she will scream, but by the second day she will be fine. He said

> basically to put her on her tummy every waking moment. Well, take

> into account how long it takes to feed her and play a bit, then

that

> doesnt leave much tummy time. He said that is why her neck is so

> weak and why babies in general take so long to learn to roll over

> (lack of tummy time). I agree, but listening to her cry is going

to

> tear my heart out. That is why we dont " cry it out " for sleep.

She

> is too little and young and when she cries, we need to respond,

its

> how she communicates with us. ERGH!! I dont want to ruin her

head,

> but I am torn about letting her cry and flail on her tummy. He

> wants to see her again in 2 mo and feels her head will be mostly

> corrected. Its like a test. He will know if I am not giving her

> enough tummy time (she will scream like she did today when he puts

> her on her tummy in the exam room). We bought her an exersaucer

> today, so I hope that will help. I have been trying to hold her

> more and put her in her bouncy less. Sorry to write a book here.

I

> am hoping someone out there has words of advice about tummy time

> with a 3-4 mo old who HATES it! Oh, by the way, she has very good

> radius with turning her head, so no problem there.

>

> Help!

>

>

> Presley 9/18/03 Moderate flattening on the right back

> Spencer 6/97 DOC band graduate after only 8 wks

> and Hayden 1/95 (always had and still have round heads)

>

>

>

> For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I also had a 34 weeker who hated tummy time. Really just screamed

everytime we tried tummytime until she was about 5-6 months. I would

try putting a pillow under her chest. Also, we had some success with

letting her lay tummy down on our chest, leaned back in the chair or

couch, we weren't all the way horizontal, but that made it easier for

her to start looking at us and gradually lifting her body up a little

bit. If you are able to be home with the baby during the day you

could wear a front pack for most of the day this would keep her off

of her head. Also to keep her off of her head we would let her

lounge across the boppy pillow on her back, at least this isn't a

hard surface. Hang in there soon she will get more stable in the

exersaucer and will enjoy herself. Good luck.

DOC grad, now 3 years old

In Plagiocephaly , " Steele " <stacysteele@n...>

wrote:

> Thank you , its nice to know I am not alone. Everyone's advice

> has been helpful.

> S.

> mesa, az

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks , I appreciate your advice. Its tough because I feel

like the dr is going to " test " me when we go back in 2 mo to

recheck. He said 6 hrs a day of tummy time, so I feel like he will

lay her on the table again and she will scream because she hates it

and I wont do 6 hrs of strictly tummy (I use the front pack, carry

her, etc). UGH. I can only do the best I can do.

S

mesa AZ

> > Thank you , its nice to know I am not alone. Everyone's

advice

> > has been helpful.

> > S.

> > mesa, az

> >

> >