Re: chose not to have helmet and happy about it

[Guest guest]

Val, you are right this is a support group for parents whose

children have Plagiocephaly. That means support for everyone no

matter what treatment option(s) they choose no matter what that may

be including no treatment at all. You know in your heart that what

you did for your child was the right thing to do and that's all that

matters. Suggesting that plagio will grow out on it's own with no

intervention is an opinion that can be taken or left. Personlally,

I choose to leave it.

Haylee

> > > >

> > > > I am increasingly seeing kids here in the UK with helmets

and

> > I'd

> > > just

> > > > like to briefly reassure people who are not sure about the

> > helmet

> > > > therapy that it is OK not to choose the helmet option. Very

> few

> > of

> > > us

> > > > non-helmeters come back to these boards because our

> > kids 'outgrow'

> > > > plagio naturally and it isn't an issue for us anymore.

> > > >

> > > > My dd is just over two. I noticed her flat spot at about

four

> > > months

> > > > and took her to the doctor after I read up on plagio. I was

> > > convinced

> > > > that I was a horrible mother and that I had ruined her head

> > > forever by

> > > > not giving her more tummy time etc and by not following up

on

> > her

> > > > preference for favouring one side, which both my mum and I

had

> > > noticed.

> > > >

> > > > Well more than 20 months on, guess what I don't even notice

> the

> > > flat

> > > > spot! It is still there, though diminishing with time and as

> she

> > > > continues to grow. Even her wonky ears aren't as noticeable.

I

> > am

> > > > fully confident that her head will be 'normal' when she is

> > older.

> > > >

> > > > I also have friends with brachy kids and they also have

> outgrown

> > > it so

> > > > it's not just my daughter. I agree that some serious plagio

> > cases

> > > need

> > > > helmets but they are very rare. My daughter's case was rated

> by

> > > the

> > > > paediatrician as moderate and even she is outgrowing it.

> > > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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