Re: New Mom to the group- feeling overwhelmed!!!!-Krissy

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Krissy,

Magaritas at Sam Diegos, LMAO! They're my favorite! The watermelon

one actually! We recently flew to AZ for the moderator conference

at Cranial Tech and the flight was over 6hrs there! Other than

Hannah puking all over me, it wasn't too bad. The flight attendant

told me I could let her walk the aisle if I needed to, but our

portable DVD player and a good collection of Baby Einsteins saved

us. How funny you're a BHS grad too--what a small world! Hannah has

always been a very poor sleeper, so I feel your pain! It really has

only gotten better in the last month and she now only consistently

gets up once, and a couple times a week more. She started taking

only one nap a day right around her first b/day and we're lucky if

it's an hour and a half! She only sleeps about nine interrupted hrs

at night too. She's so active, I don't know how she does it!

> > > >  > My son is 6 months old with Plagiocephaly. He showed a

flat

> > spot

> > > >  during his first day to

> > > >  > this world. At his 2 month check up, my husband and I

brought

> > our

> > > >  concerns to our Ped.

> > > >  > He said to switch everything around. So, we flipped his

> > sleeping

> > > >  position instead of his

> > > >  > head facing the left of the crib it was now the right

side. We

> > > >  tried our best. My mother in-

> > > >  > law was the one REALLY pushing for our son to be put on

his

> > > >  stomach. But, as new first

> > > >  > time parents the fear of Sids outweighed switching him

to his

> > > >  stomach. He looked to the

> > > >  > right all the time so in the middle of the night I would

move

> > his

> > > >  head to the left. He now

> > > >  > loves looking to the left-and right but has a very flat

back

> > head

> > > >  with no Tortocollis. By the

> > > >  > fourth month check, the Ped just said don't worry about

it,

> > these

> > > >  things worked out on

> > > >  > their own and he joked and said when his hair comes in

you

> > won't

> > > >  notice it. His 5 1/2

> > > >  > month check I brought the issue up again! The Ped. didn't

> > have the

> > > >  courtesy to explain

> > > >  > Plagiocephaly and had the nurse tell me that the doctor

wants

> > you

> > > >  to see a Neurosurgeon.

> > > >  > I turned pale. I was livid to say the least. I wish my

> > husband and

> > > >  I knew about this problem

> > > >  > with children sleeping on their backs. Today my son got

> > casted for

> > > >  his Starband Helmet. It

> > > >  > was torture and I  question this process. Have there

been good

> > > >  results with Helmet? Is

> > > >  > there horrible side effects from the helmet? What should

we

> > look

> > > >  for when we get the

> > > >  > Helmet? The company that fit him today just said general

> > things.

> > > >  They said they may get

> > > >  > red marks and the first week is usually the worse. They

also

> > said

> > > >  the flat spots could come

> > > >  > back  once the helmet is off. Living in Florida I worry

about

> > the

> > > >  heat and is it really worth

> > > >  > all the pain and process. The Neurosurgeon told me, if

it was

> > her

> > > >  child she wouldn't get

> > > >  > the helmet. She says radical postioning is the way to

go. We

> > opted

> > > >  for the helmet because

> > > >  > we feel we have tried everything to keep his head off

things

> > when

> > > >  he is awake. He is such a

> > > >  > light sleeper and he hates his stomach and side. Iwish iI

> > listened

> > > >  to my mother in-law,

> > > >  > sometimes mom's know best!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > For more plagio info