Re: New member -Added pics

[Guest guest]

Natasha and Carol,

Thanks for the replies. I added photos of Tom's head to my website.

There is one front view, one back view and 4 from the top. Let me know

what you think.

http://www.droflet.net/head

Tara

mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

> I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I noticed

> it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his belly.

> I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my own

> novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears seem to

> be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one side. I'll

> post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable to the

> casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last night.

>

> My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out without

> treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio. I'm

> leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair grows

> in, it won't be noticable at all.

>

> I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

>

> Tara

> mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Hello Tara, and welcome to the group. First off, your Son is

ADORABLE!!!! I looked at his head pictures and would say that he

is probably mild, as far as measuremts, though possibly low end

moderate. It's always hard to tell from pictures.

At his age, time is of the essence, so I agree with Natasha that you

should decide if you are happy with how his head looks NOW. If not,

then you may want to go ahead and have him banded, since there is no

guarantee that he will have any natural rounding. There have been

cases of natural rounding, though there are many kids out there who

have unresolved plagio because they had little or no natural rounding

and were not banded or repositioned, either because the parents

didn't know about it, or the Doctors were not pro-active. I have a

very good friend with a Son who is 3.5 years old and he has

noticeable plagio. She was concerned about his head when he was

little, but the Dr passed her off and said it would round out on its

own and she took his word for it. Unfortunately, his head didn't

improve much at all and he still has plagio, misalligned ears and

slight facial asymmetry.

Just make sure that, whatever you decide to do, that you are happy

with how his head looks... to YOU. And you will be doing the right

thing.

Good luck with the appts and let us know what you decide to do.

Jen

(10.5 Mo), tort resolved, Hanger Band Grad

(3 years)

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one side.

I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable to

the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Hello Tara, and welcome to the group. First off, your Son is

ADORABLE!!!! I looked at his head pictures and would say that he

is probably mild, as far as measuremts, though possibly low end

moderate. It's always hard to tell from pictures.

At his age, time is of the essence, so I agree with Natasha that you

should decide if you are happy with how his head looks NOW. If not,

then you may want to go ahead and have him banded, since there is no

guarantee that he will have any natural rounding. There have been

cases of natural rounding, though there are many kids out there who

have unresolved plagio because they had little or no natural rounding

and were not banded or repositioned, either because the parents

didn't know about it, or the Doctors were not pro-active. I have a

very good friend with a Son who is 3.5 years old and he has

noticeable plagio. She was concerned about his head when he was

little, but the Dr passed her off and said it would round out on its

own and she took his word for it. Unfortunately, his head didn't

improve much at all and he still has plagio, misalligned ears and

slight facial asymmetry.

Just make sure that, whatever you decide to do, that you are happy

with how his head looks... to YOU. And you will be doing the right

thing.

Good luck with the appts and let us know what you decide to do.

Jen

(10.5 Mo), tort resolved, Hanger Band Grad

(3 years)

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one side.

I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable to

the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara,

I tried emailing you privately but for some reason it bounced???

weird huh... Tom is a cutie pie!!! I think you mentioned you have

an appt for him tomorrow - I am anxious to hear what the ped

says... I took Hunter in for PT today, and they are so impressed at

his progress - his helmet seems to be helping his tort issues

too...

how is Abby's head - any issues there?

As for us, Hunter was a mild case, but we decided to do the helmet

because for the last 3.5 months the repositioning didn't seem to

help at all, and the flat spot wasn't filling out. We wanted him to

have a nice head shape - and not give the kids in school a reason to

make fun of him... insurance seems to cover it (80%) - and the

selling factor for us was that we hadn't heard of anyone who

regretted doing the treatment...

Oh, and now that Hunter is rolling over and over - we don't need to

worry about him hurting his head on anything cause his head is

protected by the helmet! But I'm sure he'll need to learn when he

gets it off that hitting his head hurts!

I'm sure you'll figure this all out, but one thing to think about is

that the sooner you start treatment the shorter the treatment time

will be... the older they get - the longer the treatment takes...

Hugs,

Pam

PS: glad you found this site!

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my

own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one

side. I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable

to the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out

without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara,

I tried emailing you privately but for some reason it bounced???

weird huh... Tom is a cutie pie!!! I think you mentioned you have

an appt for him tomorrow - I am anxious to hear what the ped

says... I took Hunter in for PT today, and they are so impressed at

his progress - his helmet seems to be helping his tort issues

too...

how is Abby's head - any issues there?

As for us, Hunter was a mild case, but we decided to do the helmet

because for the last 3.5 months the repositioning didn't seem to

help at all, and the flat spot wasn't filling out. We wanted him to

have a nice head shape - and not give the kids in school a reason to

make fun of him... insurance seems to cover it (80%) - and the

selling factor for us was that we hadn't heard of anyone who

regretted doing the treatment...

Oh, and now that Hunter is rolling over and over - we don't need to

worry about him hurting his head on anything cause his head is

protected by the helmet! But I'm sure he'll need to learn when he

gets it off that hitting his head hurts!

I'm sure you'll figure this all out, but one thing to think about is

that the sooner you start treatment the shorter the treatment time

will be... the older they get - the longer the treatment takes...

Hugs,

Pam

PS: glad you found this site!

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my

own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one

side. I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable

to the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out

without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Tara,

I looked at the pics, it is a little hard to see because of the size

of the pics, but I do see what you mean. It does look like there is

flattening on the right side of the head, I can't get a good look at

the ears, but do they line up across from each other. My opinion

would be to have him evaluated by CT if there is one near you.

CAROLG

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one side.

I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable to

the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Tara,

I looked at the pics, it is a little hard to see because of the size

of the pics, but I do see what you mean. It does look like there is

flattening on the right side of the head, I can't get a good look at

the ears, but do they line up across from each other. My opinion

would be to have him evaluated by CT if there is one near you.

CAROLG

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one side.

I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable to

the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Those baby blues just jump out at you! Beautiful eyes!

As for his shape, that type of plagio most likely (just my

experience on this board) will not correct on its own. Also, his

ears look like they could be uneven, are they? If so, they could

only be realigned with an active band.

Natasha

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my

own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one

side. I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable

to the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out

without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)

[Guest guest]

Those baby blues just jump out at you! Beautiful eyes!

As for his shape, that type of plagio most likely (just my

experience on this board) will not correct on its own. Also, his

ears look like they could be uneven, are they? If so, they could

only be realigned with an active band.

Natasha

> > I joined this group because I'm worried about the shape of my 8.5

> > month old son's head. It seems flat on the upper right side. I

noticed

> > it around 4 months and shortly after he started sleeping on his

belly.

> > I've been waiting for it to round out on it's own. Based on my

own

> > novice examination, he doesn't have facial asymetry, his ears

seem to

> > be the same height and he has never cocked his head to one

side. I'll

> > post some pics on my website later tonight. It's not noticable

to the

> > casual observer. I had to point it out to my MIL and SIL last

night.

> >

> > My question. Has anyone had success of a head rounding out

without

> > treatment? I think my son's head is a very minor case of plagio.

I'm

> > leaning toward no treatment. In my not so expert opinion it seems

> > treatment would be for purely cosmetic reasons and once his hair

grows

> > in, it won't be noticable at all.

> >

> > I have a consult w/ the pedi on Tues. I'm going to insist on a

> > referral to a specialist and we'll go from there.

> >

> > Tara

> > mom to Tom and Abby (8.5 months old)