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Trisha,

Well, we went to ' appointment with the pediatric

physiotherapist yesterday at the Craniofacial clinic in the

hospital. My concern that he had brachycephaly turned out to be a

valid one. He does have it, but very mild. The physiotherapist

pointed out that he doesn't have the height that some babies get

with the top of their heads (pushing up almost like a cone), so

that's a good sign. The top of his head does round out. And he is

starting to have some rounding out in the back--to me it looks like

a little lump, but she said that it is a good sign. She told me that

out of the 800 babies they see each year, only about 35 get banded.

Here where I live (in Alberta, Canada) the treatment is all covered.

So when she told me only a few get banded, I wasn't sure whether to

think that's a good thing or not. She said that most of the babies

she sees are able to correct the shape of their heads simply through

repositioning techniques. And she did give me some good pointers on

how to do that. But I couldn't help but wonder whether that number

(35 out of 800) is so low because they are only trying to take the

most critical babies and keep cost factors down.

She wants to see us in 6 weeks from now to see how the repositioning

works for . I will do my best to follow her tips, but I just

hope that I'm not wasting precious time. I hope the back of his head

does return to normal shape. He is now almost 7 months old. When we

see her again, he will be 8 months old.

I feel like I have no other choice but to believe what she said.

This is the only clinic I know of in my province that does this sort

of assessment. Otherwise, I may have to fly to another province or

even to the States, and we just don't have the money for that.

Well, I am so glad I found this site and get to read the experiences

of other people. I will keep you and everyone posted on '

progress.

Thanks again!