Re: plagio and developmental delay?

[Guest guest]

My daughter was 5 yesterday and was born with very severe tort and

moderate Plagio. She was a Doc grad and wore the helmet from 12 to 18

mths. She is resolved from tort since 18 mths but her face is not

symetrical so her eye is a little tilted. Its not noticable to others

but I see it. She never had one delay and even walked with severe

tort at 11mths. She is even advanced in some motor skills and swims

great and rides a bike without training wheels. She had major dental

issues as she gets her second teeth as her bite is a cross bite. I

was told by the dentist they wont know how bad its going to be until

she gets her permanent teeth.

Lorraine Mackenzies mom.

Boca Raton Florida.

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tufferraew " <tufferraew@y...>

wrote:

> My son is five and has had plagio since birth. He has been

diagnosed

> since aobut 3 years old with mild/moderate delays in all three

> developmental areas - speech, gross and fine motor skills. Just

> wondering if anyone else has had similar problems wiht their child

> with plagio, and if so what they have done to help.

>

> Cheers

> Raewyn

[Guest guest]

Hello!

Below I have posted a link to the " Older Plagio " group, there are

more members there with older plagio children. Some treated, some

not. My son is 26 months with mild plagio, even after being banded,

and I have not noticed any delays. Natasha

OlderPlag/

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tufferraew " <tufferraew@y...>

wrote:

> My son is five and has had plagio since birth. He has been

diagnosed

> since aobut 3 years old with mild/moderate delays in all three

> developmental areas - speech, gross and fine motor skills. Just

> wondering if anyone else has had similar problems wiht their child

> with plagio, and if so what they have done to help.

>

> Cheers

> Raewyn

[Guest guest]

My daughter is 9 1/2 months old - severe plagio/(L) tort. Just

received local PPO helmet and is in physical therapy for gross motor

delays. I was interested in a relationship with plagio and gross

motor delays - asked plastic surgeon and he had an interesting take

on the subject. They seem to have an inverse relationship - many

children with pre-existing gross motor delays develope plagio due to

lack of normal movement - seems reasonable. I think this is true in

my daughter's case. - mom to Sydney (PPO helmet 5-10-04 St.

Louis)

--- In Plagiocephaly , " tufferraew " <tufferraew@y...>

wrote:

> My son is five and has had plagio since birth. He has been

diagnosed

> since aobut 3 years old with mild/moderate delays in all three

> developmental areas - speech, gross and fine motor skills. Just

> wondering if anyone else has had similar problems wiht their child

> with plagio, and if so what they have done to help.

>

> Cheers

> Raewyn

[Guest guest]

Hi Raewyn:

I also suggest you visit the older plagio group that Natasha linked

you to. My plagio daughter is nost 4 yrs 2 mos of age and is speech

delayed. She's been going to a speech therapist thru our school

district for about 9 mos now and has made good progress, although,

still has a ways to go to be where she " should be " speech wise. Other

than that, she is on track everywhere else as far as I can see.

Was your son treated with a band or helmet for his plagio?

I hope he too catches up soon, I understand how frustrating it can be

somedays. Best of luck.

Debbie Abby's mom 3/1/00 DOCGrad 2/16/01-6/22/01

MI

>

> > My son is five and has had plagio since birth. He has been

> diagnosed

> > since aobut 3 years old with mild/moderate delays in all three

> > developmental areas - speech, gross and fine motor skills. Just

> > wondering if anyone else has had similar problems wiht their

child

> > with plagio, and if so what they have done to help.

> >

> > Cheers

> > Raewyn