Re: Pediatrician and Neuro surgeon are not ready to give prescription for Helmet - IRVINE

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I just want to say that I am so sorry you have doctors who do not take your concerns seriously, how unfortunate!!! I can't believe the nerve of your neurosurgeon that he was actually upset and suggested repositioning 100% of the time. Who has the fortitude to do that, when would you sleepDear God, what is wrong with the medical community, that they give a mother such grief for trying to save her kid from the possibility of permanent physical deformity. I am outraged. Well, kudos to you for following your instincts. Pediatrician and Neuro surgeon are not ready to give

prescription for HelmetHi

My 6 1/2 month son has very bad flat head on his back and also has

some flatness on his right side. We noticed it when he was 2 months

old. Our pediatrician asked me to do aggressive repositioning . At

that time, I was completely ignorant of this flat head problem and

could not do aggressive repositioning. But I made sure he was not on

his back in the day time. My baby started sleeping through the nights

from his second month itself and this increased his flat head a lot.

At his 4th month check up, the pediatrician referred him to a neuro

surgeon. The neuro surgeon asked us to reposition the baby's head and

see if it changes anything . We have been repositioning him at night

times too. I have been making him sleep on his left side .

Now he is 61/2 months old and we don't see any significant change in

his head shape. He has severe flat head on the back and some flatness

on the right. So we asked the neuro surgeon to give prescription for a

helmet hoping that we will get our baby start on helmet ASAP and he

would have a nice round head in 3-4 months. To our surprise, the neuro

surgeon is not ready to put the baby on helmet. Moreover he says by

the time the baby goes to school, the flat head would be unnoticeable.

We are not convinced with it because he has severe flat head. So I

contacted my pediatrician hoping she will understand and give

prescription for helmet. But she said she would not do that and asked

me to contact the neuro surgeon again to see he if he will agree this

time. This is so frustrating .

I don't have any family here for support . I am really frustrated and

depressed. I want to do what ever I can do for my baby to help with

his flat head. Has any of you guys ever had such a situation? Any

advise would be very helpful.

Thanks