Guest guest Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 In 1992 the American Academy of Pediatrics started a program called " Back to sleep " which encouraged parents to keep their infants on their backs while sleeping instead of their front as had been conventional wisdom. This reduced the risk of SIDS by nearly 40% but increased the incidence of positional plagiocephaly by 600%. If this is the case why haven't more doctors informed parents of this? My daughter was 6 weeks early, she slept a lot during the first three months and I wish I had known about rotating her and side sleeping... this problem is common in preemies. I feel guilty because this could have been prevented. Although I may be doing something about it now, I can't help feeling badly about it. Sigh. Apparently UCSF won't let me see the specialist without the referral. Pediatrician wants me to try PT initially and to see if it'll round out by itself before referring me. We have an appointment with CIRS (without a referral), can they make proper diagnosis to rule out craniosynostosis vs. positional plagio? What is your experience with them and if I get an appointment with someone at UCSF it will be many weeks later. uggh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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