Danger of developing Bracchy? And Head Shape question

[Guest guest]

Hi, I have a query regarding repositioning baby with mild/mod

positional plagio and would like to know others opinions.

For night sleeping I believe the consensus is to have the baby on

his back with the head turned away from the flat side and resting on

the bulging side. This gives the flat side a chance to round out

and restricts the large side from further bulging. Since the baby

is still on his back every night does this pose a risk of getting

brachy?? Or...as long as his head is always resting on the large

side the pressure here will just decrease the bulge and not cause

increased head height? I guess the large side would start to appear

higher than the other side if this were the case.

Also, I have not heard of this before : does anyones babie's heads

dip a little bit in the middle top of the head? So, if you were to

run your hand from the front (top of head) to the back (top of head)

you would feel a little dip in the middle, this means the back goes

up from the dip. I am hoping this is not a bracchy thing? I'm not

sure if I explained it well but hopefully someone knows what I

mean?

I'm trying to be very vigilent with my 8 mnth's repo. Thanks for

any ideas.

[Guest guest]

Hi

My son's head has the features you are describing. This is noticable because of

his bit

of increased posterior head height caused by a bouncy seat. He has somewhat

mild

brachy (a little bit of widening but not bad and some increased posterior head

height). He also had plagio (mild-moderate) which was corrected by a DOC band.

He

had some increased head height from plagio and we made the mistake of using a

bouncy to reposition him some during the day and as a result his head on the

non-

plagio side is a bit higher than the plagio side. Increased head height all the

way

across the back is often caused by inclined seating arrangements (bouncy, car

seat

swings etc.) and is a feature of brachycephaly that is due to these inclined

seating

arrangements.

Mark (dad to , DOCgrad 1/19)

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wrote:

> Hi, I have a query regarding repositioning baby with mild/mod

> positional plagio and would like to know others opinions.

>

> For night sleeping I believe the consensus is to have the baby on

> his back with the head turned away from the flat side and resting on

> the bulging side. This gives the flat side a chance to round out

> and restricts the large side from further bulging. Since the baby

> is still on his back every night does this pose a risk of getting

> brachy?? Or...as long as his head is always resting on the large

> side the pressure here will just decrease the bulge and not cause

> increased head height? I guess the large side would start to appear

> higher than the other side if this were the case.

>

> Also, I have not heard of this before : does anyones babie's heads

> dip a little bit in the middle top of the head? So, if you were to

> run your hand from the front (top of head) to the back (top of head)

> you would feel a little dip in the middle, this means the back goes

> up from the dip. I am hoping this is not a bracchy thing? I'm not

> sure if I explained it well but hopefully someone knows what I

> mean?

>

> I'm trying to be very vigilent with my 8 mnth's repo. Thanks for

> any ideas.

[Guest guest]

A lot to consider!

Like so many other posters I now often look at other's headshapes

and it seems like a lot of people's heads slope up a bit from front

to back when looking at them from a side profile. Today, we went to

a get-together and two little boys (age 4 & 6, not brothers) have

heads that slope up but they are not flat at all in the back, they

aren't brachy at all. I guess it is the overall headshape that

makes brachy or not - if the head slopes up plus there is a

flattness in the back then that is brachy?

Does anyone else notice that it's common for the head to slope up,

or am I imagining this?

Thx, Jan

> > Hi, I have a query regarding repositioning baby with mild/mod

> > positional plagio and would like to know others opinions.

> >

> > For night sleeping I believe the consensus is to have the baby

on

> > his back with the head turned away from the flat side and

resting on

> > the bulging side. This gives the flat side a chance to round

out

> > and restricts the large side from further bulging. Since the

baby

> > is still on his back every night does this pose a risk of

getting

> > brachy?? Or...as long as his head is always resting on the

large

> > side the pressure here will just decrease the bulge and not

cause

> > increased head height? I guess the large side would start to

appear

> > higher than the other side if this were the case.

> >

> > Also, I have not heard of this before : does anyones babie's

heads

> > dip a little bit in the middle top of the head? So, if you were

to

> > run your hand from the front (top of head) to the back (top of

head)

> > you would feel a little dip in the middle, this means the back

goes

> > up from the dip. I am hoping this is not a bracchy thing? I'm

not

> > sure if I explained it well but hopefully someone knows what I

> > mean?

> >

> > I'm trying to be very vigilent with my 8 mnth's repo. Thanks

for

> > any ideas.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jan,

What a great question. I've also thought about this as well. My

theory is that genetics play a big part with odd head shapes. I see

lots and lots of kids with heads that slope up, but the back looks

normal and round. I'd only classify them as brachy if they have the

slope + the flat back. I was watching Gandolfini the other day

and I swear he had a flat head (no slope though). I seriously doubt

it, but it caught my attention for a sec.

I think all this head shape debate got me checking out my own shape.

My Mom swears I slept only on my tummy! It's not super rounded, nor

flat either. I suppose could take after my head shape. I

won't be shaving it anytime soon to clarify though.

Crista

Currently repositioning 6 1/2 mo

> > > Hi, I have a query regarding repositioning baby with mild/mod

> > > positional plagio and would like to know others opinions.

> > >

> > > For night sleeping I believe the consensus is to have the baby

> on

> > > his back with the head turned away from the flat side and

> resting on

> > > the bulging side. This gives the flat side a chance to round

> out

> > > and restricts the large side from further bulging. Since the

> baby

> > > is still on his back every night does this pose a risk of

> getting

> > > brachy?? Or...as long as his head is always resting on the

> large

> > > side the pressure here will just decrease the bulge and not

> cause

> > > increased head height? I guess the large side would start to

> appear

> > > higher than the other side if this were the case.

> > >

> > > Also, I have not heard of this before : does anyones babie's

> heads

> > > dip a little bit in the middle top of the head? So, if you

were

> to

> > > run your hand from the front (top of head) to the back (top of

> head)

> > > you would feel a little dip in the middle, this means the back

> goes

> > > up from the dip. I am hoping this is not a bracchy thing? I'm

> not

> > > sure if I explained it well but hopefully someone knows what I

> > > mean?

> > >

> > > I'm trying to be very vigilent with my 8 mnth's repo. Thanks

> for

> > > any ideas.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I guess one would look at the overall head shape when evaluating it but by

definition I

believe brachycephaly is defined as an increased width to length ratio (i.e. a

widening

of the head relative to its length as indicated by the cephalic ratio).

Hope that helps,

Mark (dad to , DOCgrad 1/19)

> > > Hi, I have a query regarding repositioning baby with mild/mod

> > > positional plagio and would like to know others opinions.

> > >

> > > For night sleeping I believe the consensus is to have the baby

> on

> > > his back with the head turned away from the flat side and

> resting on

> > > the bulging side. This gives the flat side a chance to round

> out

> > > and restricts the large side from further bulging. Since the

> baby

> > > is still on his back every night does this pose a risk of

> getting

> > > brachy?? Or...as long as his head is always resting on the

> large

> > > side the pressure here will just decrease the bulge and not

> cause

> > > increased head height? I guess the large side would start to

> appear

> > > higher than the other side if this were the case.

> > >

> > > Also, I have not heard of this before : does anyones babie's

> heads

> > > dip a little bit in the middle top of the head? So, if you were

> to

> > > run your hand from the front (top of head) to the back (top of

> head)

> > > you would feel a little dip in the middle, this means the back

> goes

> > > up from the dip. I am hoping this is not a bracchy thing? I'm

> not

> > > sure if I explained it well but hopefully someone knows what I

> > > mean?

> > >

> > > I'm trying to be very vigilent with my 8 mnth's repo. Thanks

> for

> > > any ideas.