Repoing with memory foam-my brachy

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

It's been seven weeks now since I've started aggressively

repositioning . He turned 4 months last week. I'd say he

started out with moderate to severe plagio (I was comparing his head

shape to the diagrams I've seen on the web and to other kids that are

brachy because his pedia didn't think it looked all that bad). The

first three weeks I couldn't really tell anything was changing even

though the back of his head was never touching without some sort of

support.Can't tell you how many times in the beginning I yelled at my

husband " support his head!!!! " when he was feeding him and let his

head rest on his leg. But.....with us both diligently repositioning

him day and night it has finally started to pay off.

To you repo parents I've found that the rounding in my son started

with the lambdoid (base of the skull)area first. I'm sure the high

forward is starting to retreat at the same time, but Im so focused on

the back of the head that sometimes I dont notice the other changes.

Maybe other kids fill out differently and Im interested in what

changes parents see first as they are watching the change.

The first month I was a bit frustrated because I saw slight rounding

only and I felt we were supposed to be seeing radical changes since

he was only on it at night with memory foam. To my dismay, however,

that was still not enough. So I cut out a huge hole in the foam so

only the sides of his head were touching the foam and the flattened

part was exposed to nothing. It sounds uncomfortable, but he's been

on it for about two weeks now and doesn't seem to mind one bit. I'm

still trying to find the perfect heigth and width (Im going to have

to reorder soon)because he's growing and they don't last too long

with the hole.

I'd love to post pictures of him and the pillow, but Ive yet to be

successful.

Once Im able to do so I can post a picture of the pillow's dimensions

if anybody wants to duplicate it.

Good luck to everybody!

cj

[Guest guest]

CJ,

I am so glad you are seeing some rounding from repo! It is SO

helpful for other repo'ing parents to hear how is starting

to round out - thank you for posting!!

I find your resourcefulness of cutting a hole out of the memory foam

very interesting. Even if you are unable to take photos of him

sleeping with the memory foam, would you be able to take a picture

of the memory foam by itself, with maybe the dimensions in the photo

descriptor? If and when you are able to, please feel free to add it

to the FILES section, REPO HDQRTRS, REPO PHOTOS section!

Would you please keep us posted on how is doing with repo?

Take care,

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> It's been seven weeks now since I've started aggressively

> repositioning . He turned 4 months last week. I'd say he

> started out with moderate to severe plagio (I was comparing his

head

> shape to the diagrams I've seen on the web and to other kids that

are

> brachy because his pedia didn't think it looked all that bad). The

> first three weeks I couldn't really tell anything was changing

even

> though the back of his head was never touching without some sort

of

> support.Can't tell you how many times in the beginning I yelled at

my

> husband " support his head!!!! " when he was feeding him and let his

> head rest on his leg. But.....with us both diligently

repositioning

> him day and night it has finally started to pay off.

>

> To you repo parents I've found that the rounding in my son started

> with the lambdoid (base of the skull)area first. I'm sure the high

> forward is starting to retreat at the same time, but Im so focused

on

> the back of the head that sometimes I dont notice the other

changes.

> Maybe other kids fill out differently and Im interested in what

> changes parents see first as they are watching the change.

>

> The first month I was a bit frustrated because I saw slight

rounding

> only and I felt we were supposed to be seeing radical changes

since

> he was only on it at night with memory foam. To my dismay,

however,

> that was still not enough. So I cut out a huge hole in the foam so

> only the sides of his head were touching the foam and the

flattened

> part was exposed to nothing. It sounds uncomfortable, but he's

been

> on it for about two weeks now and doesn't seem to mind one bit.

I'm

> still trying to find the perfect heigth and width (Im going to

have

> to reorder soon)because he's growing and they don't last too long

> with the hole.

>

> I'd love to post pictures of him and the pillow, but Ive yet to be

> successful.

> Once Im able to do so I can post a picture of the pillow's

dimensions

> if anybody wants to duplicate it.

> Good luck to everybody!

>

> cj

[Guest guest]

CJ,

I can't wait to see the pictures, it sounds like is rounding

out nicely! Your idea of cutting a hole in the memory foam was a

great idea. I hope you're able to post a picture of that soon.

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> It's been seven weeks now since I've started aggressively

> repositioning . He turned 4 months last week. I'd say he

> started out with moderate to severe plagio (I was comparing his

head

> shape to the diagrams I've seen on the web and to other kids that

are

> brachy because his pedia didn't think it looked all that bad). The

> first three weeks I couldn't really tell anything was changing even

> though the back of his head was never touching without some sort of

> support.Can't tell you how many times in the beginning I yelled at

my

> husband " support his head!!!! " when he was feeding him and let his

> head rest on his leg. But.....with us both diligently repositioning

> him day and night it has finally started to pay off.

>

> To you repo parents I've found that the rounding in my son started

> with the lambdoid (base of the skull)area first. I'm sure the high

> forward is starting to retreat at the same time, but Im so focused

on

> the back of the head that sometimes I dont notice the other

changes.

> Maybe other kids fill out differently and Im interested in what

> changes parents see first as they are watching the change.

>

> The first month I was a bit frustrated because I saw slight

rounding

> only and I felt we were supposed to be seeing radical changes since

> he was only on it at night with memory foam. To my dismay,

however,

> that was still not enough. So I cut out a huge hole in the foam so

> only the sides of his head were touching the foam and the flattened

> part was exposed to nothing. It sounds uncomfortable, but he's been

> on it for about two weeks now and doesn't seem to mind one bit. I'm

> still trying to find the perfect heigth and width (Im going to have

> to reorder soon)because he's growing and they don't last too long

> with the hole.

>

> I'd love to post pictures of him and the pillow, but Ive yet to be

> successful.

> Once Im able to do so I can post a picture of the pillow's

dimensions

> if anybody wants to duplicate it.

> Good luck to everybody!

>

> cj

[Guest guest]

Hi CJ,

I'm glad to hear that you are doing so well with your repositioning

of ! It is challenging, but so rewarding when you begin to

see a change in head shape.

I'm also glad to hear that you are having good results with the

memory foam after cutting out a section for his head. I would be

very interested in seeing a picture. I'm sure other parents

currently repositioning would too!

I'm 3 months into repositioning my son , who is also Brachy

(he's 7 months old now).

Thanks for posting your update! I look forward to hearing about your

repo progress in the months ahead!

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> It's been seven weeks now since I've started aggressively

> repositioning . He turned 4 months last week. I'd say he

> started out with moderate to severe plagio (I was comparing his

head

> shape to the diagrams I've seen on the web and to other kids that

are

> brachy because his pedia didn't think it looked all that bad). The

> first three weeks I couldn't really tell anything was changing

even

> though the back of his head was never touching without some sort

of

> support.Can't tell you how many times in the beginning I yelled at

my

> husband " support his head!!!! " when he was feeding him and let his

> head rest on his leg. But.....with us both diligently

repositioning

> him day and night it has finally started to pay off.

>

> To you repo parents I've found that the rounding in my son started

> with the lambdoid (base of the skull)area first. I'm sure the high

> forward is starting to retreat at the same time, but Im so focused

on

> the back of the head that sometimes I dont notice the other

changes.

> Maybe other kids fill out differently and Im interested in what

> changes parents see first as they are watching the change.

>

> The first month I was a bit frustrated because I saw slight

rounding

> only and I felt we were supposed to be seeing radical changes

since

> he was only on it at night with memory foam. To my dismay,

however,

> that was still not enough. So I cut out a huge hole in the foam so

> only the sides of his head were touching the foam and the

flattened

> part was exposed to nothing. It sounds uncomfortable, but he's

been

> on it for about two weeks now and doesn't seem to mind one bit.

I'm

> still trying to find the perfect heigth and width (Im going to

have

> to reorder soon)because he's growing and they don't last too long

> with the hole.

>

> I'd love to post pictures of him and the pillow, but Ive yet to be

> successful.

> Once Im able to do so I can post a picture of the pillow's

dimensions

> if anybody wants to duplicate it.

> Good luck to everybody!

>

> cj

[Guest guest]

I'm glad your aggressive repositioning is paying off!! That is wonderful news. Please keep us posted.

Angie and JEnna(STAR grad )

Repoing with memory foam-my brachy

Hi all,It's been seven weeks now since I've started aggressively repositioning . He turned 4 months last week. I'd say he started out with moderate to severe plagio (I was comparing his head shape to the diagrams I've seen on the web and to other kids that are brachy because his pedia didn't think it looked all that bad). The first three weeks I couldn't really tell anything was changing even though the back of his head was never touching without some sort of support.Can't tell you how many times in the beginning I yelled at my husband "support his head!!!!" when he was feeding him and let his head rest on his leg. But.....with us both diligently repositioning him day and night it has finally started to pay off. To you repo parents I've found that the rounding in my son started with the lambdoid (base of the skull)area first. I'm sure the high forward is starting to retreat at the same time, but Im so focused on the back of the head that sometimes I dont notice the other changes. Maybe other kids fill out differently and Im interested in what changes parents see first as they are watching the change.The first month I was a bit frustrated because I saw slight rounding only and I felt we were supposed to be seeing radical changes since he was only on it at night with memory foam. To my dismay, however, that was still not enough. So I cut out a huge hole in the foam so only the sides of his head were touching the foam and the flattened part was exposed to nothing. It sounds uncomfortable, but he's been on it for about two weeks now and doesn't seem to mind one bit. I'm still trying to find the perfect heigth and width (Im going to have to reorder soon)because he's growing and they don't last too long with the hole.I'd love to post pictures of him and the pillow, but Ive yet to be successful.Once Im able to do so I can post a picture of the pillow's dimensions if anybody wants to duplicate it.Good luck to everybody!cjFor more plagio info