Any Quebec members who can recommend a local specialist?

[Guest guest]

My son has a completely flat head in the back and my pediatrician's

only advice is to have him sleep on his side (which is proving very

difficult as his preference is on his back - he manages to squirm

his way back even with all the propping with rolled up blankets).

He's 4 months old and I have not seen any improvement even with the

repositioning. Doctor says he'll outgrow it and his hair will cover

it - this I find frustrating.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Welcome to the group! We do have members from Canada, so I hope

they see your post subject line and respond with some helpful info.

In the meantime, I just checked the HELMET/BAND DATABASE in the

DATABASE section of the group, and didn't find any facilities listed

in your province. There were, however, facilities listed in the

provinces nearby. You can check the database out to see these

facilities, and in some cases, members' emails who are willing to be

contacted offlist about their experience. Perhaps one of these

group members could help you locate a specialist, so I would

encourage that you email a few of them! Anecdotally, I have heard

that getting referrals and finding treatment can be challenged in

Canada, so working those issues now, while your son is a young 4

months old is the right thing to do.

I would definitely start taking top and side view photos every two

weeks to document your son's continued lack of progress with repo.

It's unfortunate that your doctor has taken that stance with the

issue of plagio, because helmet treatment IS available in Canada,

and you should be able to have access to such treatment. Is it

possible that your doctor does not know that helmet treatment is

available? We have at least 1/2 dozen locations in our Database

already in the various Canadian provinces. Would it be possible to

make him aware of what treatment is specifically out there, or could

you change pediatricians?

I wish I could be of more help to you. Would you keep us posted on

your situation?

Take care,

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

> My son has a completely flat head in the back and my

pediatrician's

> only advice is to have him sleep on his side (which is proving

very

> difficult as his preference is on his back - he manages to squirm

> his way back even with all the propping with rolled up blankets).

> He's 4 months old and I have not seen any improvement even with

the

> repositioning. Doctor says he'll outgrow it and his hair will

cover

> it - this I find frustrating.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your advice I will keep track of his progress, also I

have made an appointment with another doctor for next week and will

keep you posted on that outcome. How long after you started

repositioning did you notice a marked improvement in appearance?

> > My son has a completely flat head in the back and my

> pediatrician's

> > only advice is to have him sleep on his side (which is proving

> very

> > difficult as his preference is on his back - he manages to

squirm

> > his way back even with all the propping with rolled up

blankets).

> > He's 4 months old and I have not seen any improvement even with

> the

> > repositioning. Doctor says he'll outgrow it and his hair will

> cover

> > it - this I find frustrating.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We started aggressively repositioning Remy when she was 5 months

old, which is late to start repo. We took top and side view photos

every two weeks, traced the headshape outline onto tracing paper,

and laid the previous week's over it to check for progress. We

noticed some change after a few weeks, but experienced a dramatic

improvement overall from 5 months to 7 months of age. We saw some

improvement from 7 to 9 months, and a little bit more from 8 - 11

monts. If you would like to see Remy's progress photos, they are in

the PHOTOS section of the group, in the BEFORE AND AFTER folder,

REPOSITIONED folder.

Our repo was extremely aggressive. Remy was only on her back to

change her diaper. In fact, nothing touched the flat area on the

back of her head until she was about 13 months old, and that

included the seatbacks of high-chairs, strollers, carseats, our arms

when we held her, etc. We always turned her head off of the flat

area with a rolled up towel, or positioned her off of the flat area

as we held her. We did not use a bouncie seat or swing from 5

months on, either. I wish I had known about an innovative baby seat

called the Bumbo Baby Sitter that can be used for babies 6 weeks or

older - it puts no pressure on their head at all! The website is

www.bumbobabyseat.com Some of our group members are currently

trying this seat to help with repo.

Please let us know how your son's appt. goes next week, and let me

know if I can be of help with your repo efforts!

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

-- In Plagiocephaly , " lukasstefanosmom "

<helenvoutsinas@h...> wrote:

> Thanks for your advice I will keep track of his progress, also I

> have made an appointment with another doctor for next week and

will

> keep you posted on that outcome. How long after you started

> repositioning did you notice a marked improvement in appearance?

>

>

>

> > > My son has a completely flat head in the back and my

> > pediatrician's

> > > only advice is to have him sleep on his side (which is proving

> > very

> > > difficult as his preference is on his back - he manages to

> squirm

> > > his way back even with all the propping with rolled up

> blankets).

> > > He's 4 months old and I have not seen any improvement even

with

> > the

> > > repositioning. Doctor says he'll outgrow it and his hair will

> > cover

> > > it - this I find frustrating.