Re: Help with repositioning

[Guest guest]

Hi -

I never put my son to sleep on his side, so I'm not sure I'd be much

help there. I would think on her back with a wedge would be fine. I

would not rely on gravity to do the job (though I've heard of the same

report as you), it would be better to lay her on her left side or make

it so her head is turned to the left (I used the wedge just on my

son's head to keep it turned). Lay her so that looking left has her

looking out of the crib towards the door, so that she's motivated to

look towards you on her own.

Hope that helps some!

Jake-22m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 7 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> Hello-

> We are trying to recreate the pictures we have seen for crib

> repositioning. My question-which side should she lay on? My

initial

> thought is to put her on her left side (her flat side is on the back

> right) but then I read an article about putting her on the right

side

> so that gravity would pull the left side down. Also, should she be

on

> her side or on her back with a wedge under her shoulder like we are

> doing for her carseat? She has never slept on her side before.

Please

> help!!

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi. I have a similar situation. My daughter is mainly brachy (flat

in back) but does have mild flatness on the right back too. Our

doctor recommended to us to keep her off her head as much as possible

during the day and have her sleep on her left side. So far I feel

like it's been helping, we'll know for sure in a few weeks when we go

back for a rescan to compare measurements.

[Guest guest]

My daughter had brachy and I wanted to mention that depending on

severity repo can be very difficult. With brachy there is often extra

width that can't be reduced. With a helmet/band you can direct a lot

of growth to the back to help balance that out. Without a band you can

prevent it from getting worse, but it is hard to get enough correction

to completely resolve it. My daughter was severe (about 97% cranial

ratio) and got good correction (to about 85%) but her head is still

not perfect. I just want to mention this so that if you do need to

band you won't feel like it is something you did wrong with the repo.

Good luck and hopefully you won't have to band, but if you do it is

really not that bad.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

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> Hi. I have a similar situation. My daughter is mainly brachy (flat

> in back) but does have mild flatness on the right back too. Our

> doctor recommended to us to keep her off her head as much as possible

> during the day and have her sleep on her left side. So far I feel

> like it's been helping, we'll know for sure in a few weeks when we go

> back for a rescan to compare measurements.

>