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

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Lena,

Hello! Small world! How is your experience at Kast going so far?

Are you happy? Satisfied?

Lori

> > > 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!

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