Re: repositioning questions..more questions

[Guest guest]

Thanks .

Do you think that I should ask the doctor about taking Grant to PT?

Background...he is 8 weeks old, since birth prefered looking right

but would look both directions (obviously not equally), no tilt that

I can see, even if everything is on his left side (including me) he

doesn't necessarily look towards me, even if his left shoulder is

out into his room he doesn't always look out into the room, when I

move his head to the left he will keep it there for a bit but then

he moves it back to the right. Let me know what you guys think. I

was given stretches with my 22 month old...would they hurt to be

doing with my 8 week old?

Thanks,

> >

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > I have a few questions that seem like they should have a simple

> > answer but I'm not sure what the correct answers are.

> >

> > 1. Since my son has a little bit of flattening on his right

side,

> > when he has tummy time which way should his head look?

Sometimes

> he

> > lifts his head during tummy time and other times he doesn't.

> >

> > 2. How much tummy time should he be having each " wake " period?

> >

> > 3. He has a 6 hour stretch at night and during that time I am

not

> > getting up to reposition. During the day he typically has 3

naps

> in

> > his crib and 1 nap in the swing with the boppy noggin nest (is

> that

> > bad? I'd prefer him in the crib but dinner time/bath/bed for

are

> > older one is crazy and his fussy time so the swing seems to

help).

> > His wake periods are about an hour in length including feeding

> time.

> > How much time during the day should be laying on his back,

looking

> > left to try and balance out the 2 sides? I don't want to " over

> > correct " ...but just even out the 2 sides.

> >

> > 4. I also am wondering if he is in the boppy noggin nest and

> looking

> > left could that cause his head to grow out even more? I would

> think

> > that he'd have to be in the noggin nest for an extended period

of

> > time for any outward growth through the hole...is that correct?

> >

> > 5. Any other tips would be great.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I would definitely push for a referral for PT. I asked about PT for

my son at his two month checkup and was told that they didn't refer

for PT unless they couldn't turn their head the other way. My son

could look to the left, he just didn't. And if you turned his head

to the left, he would only hold it there for a few seconds and then

turned back to the right. He did have a slight tilt sometimes,

although I didn't see it at the time.

At five months when we were in the process of getting a band, I

pushed for a referral for PT. I figured the band was only going to

fix the resulting problem, but not the underlying cause.

The PT really helped a lot.

> > >

> > > Hi everyone,

> > >

> > > I have a few questions that seem like they should have a simple

> > > answer but I'm not sure what the correct answers are.

> > >

> > > 1. Since my son has a little bit of flattening on his right

> side,

> > > when he has tummy time which way should his head look?

> Sometimes

> > he

> > > lifts his head during tummy time and other times he doesn't.

> > >

> > > 2. How much tummy time should he be having each " wake " period?

> > >

> > > 3. He has a 6 hour stretch at night and during that time I am

> not

> > > getting up to reposition. During the day he typically has 3

> naps

> > in

> > > his crib and 1 nap in the swing with the boppy noggin nest (is

> > that

> > > bad? I'd prefer him in the crib but dinner time/bath/bed for

> are

> > > older one is crazy and his fussy time so the swing seems to

> help).

> > > His wake periods are about an hour in length including feeding

> > time.

> > > How much time during the day should be laying on his back,

> looking

> > > left to try and balance out the 2 sides? I don't want to " over

> > > correct " ...but just even out the 2 sides.

> > >

> > > 4. I also am wondering if he is in the boppy noggin nest and

> > looking

> > > left could that cause his head to grow out even more? I would

> > think

> > > that he'd have to be in the noggin nest for an extended period

> of

> > > time for any outward growth through the hole...is that correct?

> > >

> > > 5. Any other tips would be great.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks . It sounds like your son did the exact same thing

with his head.

> > > >

> > > > Hi everyone,

> > > >

> > > > I have a few questions that seem like they should have a

simple

> > > > answer but I'm not sure what the correct answers are.

> > > >

> > > > 1. Since my son has a little bit of flattening on his right

> > side,

> > > > when he has tummy time which way should his head look?

> > Sometimes

> > > he

> > > > lifts his head during tummy time and other times he doesn't.

> > > >

> > > > 2. How much tummy time should he be having each " wake "

period?

> > > >

> > > > 3. He has a 6 hour stretch at night and during that time I

am

> > not

> > > > getting up to reposition. During the day he typically has 3

> > naps

> > > in

> > > > his crib and 1 nap in the swing with the boppy noggin nest

(is

> > > that

> > > > bad? I'd prefer him in the crib but dinner time/bath/bed

for

> > are

> > > > older one is crazy and his fussy time so the swing seems to

> > help).

> > > > His wake periods are about an hour in length including

feeding

> > > time.

> > > > How much time during the day should be laying on his back,

> > looking

> > > > left to try and balance out the 2 sides? I don't want

to " over

> > > > correct " ...but just even out the 2 sides.

> > > >

> > > > 4. I also am wondering if he is in the boppy noggin nest and

> > > looking

> > > > left could that cause his head to grow out even more? I

would

> > > think

> > > > that he'd have to be in the noggin nest for an extended

period

> > of

> > > > time for any outward growth through the hole...is that

correct?

> > > >

> > > > 5. Any other tips would be great.

> > > >

> > > > Thanks,

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

>