Guest guest Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Just an FYI: The Coronal, Lambdoid and the Sagittal sutures don't fuse until well into adulthood. www.aafp.org/afp/20040615/2863.pdf -- In Plagiocephaly , Beth Sutcliffe <beth_ann59@...> wrote: > > - > My son has tort which was exacerbating his plagio as > he prefers to lay on his R therefore the flattening is > on his R. My son was premature and in the NICU for > quite awhile and could only be handled for a short > period of time every 4 hours, so we all feel that > complicated things. We tried repositioning and neck > exercises with early intervention, but he still needed > a helmet. I have been told by both my ped and EI that > the best time to helmet is before the sutures close > (around 5 mos) so we did it ASAP after 3 mos of > repositioning and neck exercises. Isaac is 5 mos old > actual (3 mos corrected) and he is tolerating the > helmet OK-as to be expected. I hope all goes well > with you and your beautiful son! > > Beth > > --- karen_twinkles <unitedwestand@...> wrote: > > > Thank you so much for the replies. If it ends up he > > does have tort, > > does that mean he won't need a helmet, and only > > therapy then??? > > That would be wonderful. Thank you so much for > > looking at his > > pictures and letting me know what to look for. I'm > > going to look at > > the links about tort now, and see if I can > > understand it better. > > Thank you!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone. I just adopted the most > > adorable baby boy, > > and > > > > at > > > > > > his first doctor visit last week I was told > > he needed to see > > a > > > > > > specialist because he has plagiocephaly. I > > was referred to a > > > > > > neurosurgeon, and his first appointment is > > Monday. I was > > told > > > > xrays > > > > > > and possible MRI Monday, but I'm not sure > > what to expect or > > what > > > > > > questions I need to ask. > > > > > > > > > > > > My baby will be 5 months old next week. One > > ear is closer to > > > > the > > > > > > nose than the other, and one side of his > > head in the back has > > > > > > flattening. I don't think its a muscular > > issue in my opinion > > > > > > because he has full range of head movement. > > I don't know > > that > > > > it > > > > > > makes any difference with plagiocephaly but > > his ears are > > totally > > > > > > different from each other. One is large and > > flexible and the > > > > other > > > > > > is small and stiffer than the other. Is > > this related in any > > way > > > > at > > > > > > all? The doctor we saw has referred us to > > audiology, but > > from > > > > what > > > > > > I see he can hear perfectly fine. She's > > just giving him the > > > > > > referral for that to be sure. Any help for > > what I should > > ask my > > > > > > doctor about on Monday or what to expect > > would be greatly > > > > appreciate. > > > > > > > > > > > > An intro about myself. My name is . > > I'm a SAHM. My > > > > husband > > > > > > and I have been married 13 years, and he's > > in the military. > > > > He's in > > > > > > the middle of a second year long tour in > > Iraq, and will get > > to > > > > come > > > > > > home for 2 weeks in June, then he'll come > > home for good in > > > > October. > > > > > > He can't wait to see our baby boy. Caleb, > > our son, is our > > only > > > > > > child. > > > > > > > > > > > > By the way, you can't tell that he has > > plagiocephaly from the > > > > front, > > > > > > but can tell if you see him from the side or > > the back. > > Since I > > > > > > brought him home a couple weeks ago (6th), > > I've > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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