Re: Safe T Sleep for repo- to Jane - Ped Appt. - Stretches

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Thank you for these tips, .

" He will often fall asleep looking to the right on his own now! Yay! "

That would be my dream come true, good for you, it's nice to know it

can be done.

Jane and Luke, 4 mos., repo'ing while awaiting first appt.

Boston, MA area

> Hi Jane,

>

> It is often hard to do the stretches yourself. I get my husband to

help out and that works a bit better.

>

> For the stretch were the baby is on their back and you must turn

their heads to the less desired side ( " less desired " atleast for the

baby :-). We usually do that stretch on Matt's changing table. I

get down really close to his face, shake a rattle or something so

he'll look at me, and try really silly to him. I have my hand on his

hips to keep them flat on the table, and my husband holds his

shoulder, places his one hand on the side of his face and gentle

stretches his neck.

>

> For the ear to shoulder stretch, our orthotist showed us how to

hold the baby with their backs against your chest. Put your arm up

through their legs and hold the opposite shoulder your doing the

stretch to. (For example, if you are stretching the right ear to the

right shoulder, hold the left shoulder with your hand). Make sure he

is tight against your chest and then use your other hand to do the

stretch.

>

> Good luck stretching! Matt's tort is not as bad now so we don't do

it as often as we should, but we have definitely seen improvements

since starting to do the stretches. He will often fall asleep

looking to the right on his own now! Yay!

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