Re: Fighting for Plagio awareness

[Guest guest]

Hi guys.

I would also like to join in the fight for awareness. I am fairly

new to this group and this whole situation, so I was hoping I could

get some direction as to what to do next.

Is there somewhere I can get some info to pass along? What would you

all suggest??

Kate ~ you mentionned a petition from this site. Where would I find

such a thing??

Thanks a bunch..lets get the word out. Someone is BOUND to hear us!

Mom to Zoe (5months) getting helmet next week

> Hi! Just wanted to share that I too am joining the " big fight " to

> raise awareness for plagiocephaly and torticollis. I forwarded the

> petition from this site to everyone I could think of, and saw a

ton

> of posts. Once I sent the email with the link to the site, I spent

> the entire afternoon fielding phone calls from friends and family

> members who didn't know what the terms meant and wanted to know

how

> to recognize the signs and how to begin to correct it. I was

really

> pleased with the number of people that I got to spread the word

to.

> After I realized how little people knew, I decided to write Blue

> Cross Blue Shield of NC. I participated in a program similar to

the

> one that another poster described, and I have called and written a

> letter to them encouraging them to spread the word. I have

> volunteered my time and services to get this going, and I am

waiting

> to hear back from them. I am thinking of sending the same letter

to

> the Department of Health and human services and to the group that

> evaluates daycares. My next stop for " educating " is at the

daycare. I

> am hoping that they will let me send home info in the diaperbags

or

> let me come in one day to talk to parents. It appears to me that

the

> ladies on this board are not going to sit back and let this go

> without action. I commend everyone for what they are doing to try

and

> spread the word!

> Kate

[Guest guest]

Kate,

I am especially interested to hear how receptive the daycare

facility is to your plagio information campaign. As a successful

repo'er, I know that it can be difficult to count on repositioning

compliance while the babies are at daycare... they might be using

bouncies and swings, I'm not really sure, but use of these devices

can really hamper repo efforts, and may even cause/encourage

development of plagio! Would you let me know if they have an area

set aside for tummy time in the infant room, and if they have ever

heard of the bumbo baby seat www.bumbobabyseat.com ? There are a

lot of other neat repo and tummy time products linked here in the

links/repo and tummy time/ repo and tummy time products folder if

you observe that the daycare might need some ideas!

Good luck,

Christie (Mom to Repo'd Remy)

> Hi! Just wanted to share that I too am joining the " big fight " to

> raise awareness for plagiocephaly and torticollis. I forwarded the

> petition from this site to everyone I could think of, and saw a

ton

> of posts. Once I sent the email with the link to the site, I spent

> the entire afternoon fielding phone calls from friends and family

> members who didn't know what the terms meant and wanted to know

how

> to recognize the signs and how to begin to correct it. I was

really

> pleased with the number of people that I got to spread the word

to.

> After I realized how little people knew, I decided to write Blue

> Cross Blue Shield of NC. I participated in a program similar to

the

> one that another poster described, and I have called and written a

> letter to them encouraging them to spread the word. I have

> volunteered my time and services to get this going, and I am

waiting

> to hear back from them. I am thinking of sending the same letter

to

> the Department of Health and human services and to the group that

> evaluates daycares. My next stop for " educating " is at the

daycare. I

> am hoping that they will let me send home info in the diaperbags

or

> let me come in one day to talk to parents. It appears to me that

the

> ladies on this board are not going to sit back and let this go

> without action. I commend everyone for what they are doing to try

and

> spread the word!

> Kate

[Guest guest]

Kate,

I am so glad to hear about your campaign as well! I didn't even

realize that I should be hitting up daycares in my little fight, so

thanks for pointing that one out! I know a gal that works in a

daycare, so I'll be sure to speak w/ her when I have time. Good

luck!

~Amy, mommy to Jaden 6 mo's MN, plagio/mild tort, started CranioCap

4/23/04

> > Hi! Just wanted to share that I too am joining the " big fight "

to

> > raise awareness for plagiocephaly and torticollis. I forwarded

the

> > petition from this site to everyone I could think of, and saw a

> ton

> > of posts. Once I sent the email with the link to the site, I

spent

> > the entire afternoon fielding phone calls from friends and

family

> > members who didn't know what the terms meant and wanted to know

> how

> > to recognize the signs and how to begin to correct it. I was

> really

> > pleased with the number of people that I got to spread the word

> to.

> > After I realized how little people knew, I decided to write Blue

> > Cross Blue Shield of NC. I participated in a program similar to

> the

> > one that another poster described, and I have called and written

a

> > letter to them encouraging them to spread the word. I have

> > volunteered my time and services to get this going, and I am

> waiting

> > to hear back from them. I am thinking of sending the same letter

> to

> > the Department of Health and human services and to the group

that

> > evaluates daycares. My next stop for " educating " is at the

> daycare. I

> > am hoping that they will let me send home info in the diaperbags

> or

> > let me come in one day to talk to parents. It appears to me that

> the

> > ladies on this board are not going to sit back and let this go

> > without action. I commend everyone for what they are doing to

try

> and

> > spread the word!

> > Kate

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate,

I too am happy to hear about your fight for awareness... any little

bit helps! Just as Amy said her post, I didn't think of daycares

either.. DUH!! Jaxson goes to a daycare for a few hours a week and I

didn't even think of it. LOL.. gawl, I'm smart. lol

I know my daycare provider will bring it to the director that

overseas all the daycares in this part of MN so on Monday I'm going

to give her a packet of info from CT as well.

You go girl!!! Best of luck in your fight!

Kim

> > Hi! Just wanted to share that I too am joining the " big fight " to

> > raise awareness for plagiocephaly and torticollis. I forwarded

the

> > petition from this site to everyone I could think of, and saw a

> ton

> > of posts. Once I sent the email with the link to the site, I

spent

> > the entire afternoon fielding phone calls from friends and family

> > members who didn't know what the terms meant and wanted to know

> how

> > to recognize the signs and how to begin to correct it. I was

> really

> > pleased with the number of people that I got to spread the word

> to.

> > After I realized how little people knew, I decided to write Blue

> > Cross Blue Shield of NC. I participated in a program similar to

> the

> > one that another poster described, and I have called and written

a

> > letter to them encouraging them to spread the word. I have

> > volunteered my time and services to get this going, and I am

> waiting

> > to hear back from them. I am thinking of sending the same letter

> to

> > the Department of Health and human services and to the group that

> > evaluates daycares. My next stop for " educating " is at the

> daycare. I

> > am hoping that they will let me send home info in the diaperbags

> or

> > let me come in one day to talk to parents. It appears to me that

> the

> > ladies on this board are not going to sit back and let this go

> > without action. I commend everyone for what they are doing to try

> and

> > spread the word!

> > Kate