New Member-seeking opinions

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Hi everyone,

I am new here, my son Zachary is 9 months old now. I was happy to

find this group. I had another group " the Dodgers list " that helped

me heal my daschund of her back problems without surgery so I am a

firm believer in web groups.

When he was 2 months old my dr. told us he favored his left side

and wouldn't hardly look to the right. She also noted that his ears

were asymetrical. So we worked with him on turning his head to the

right-and that got better. At his 4 month checkup my husband spoke

with the dr because he had a flat spot on the side of his head that

had gotten worse. My husband said it was because I wouldn't let

Zachary sleep on his stomach at night- and so from then on I began

putting him on his tummy to sleep at night-even though I hated it.

We got his head measured at 4 months and one of the measurements

was 11 mm. We were told that he had severe plagiocephaly and we

could get the helmet now or wait. We decided to wait and see if it

would correct itself. So now here we are 5 months later and we have

an appointment on Wednesday to get the scan again. It has gotten

much better-much better- however if you look at the side you can

still see the " flat spot " . My dr. made the comment at his 9 month

checkup that if we were gonna do the helmet she wished we would have

done it sooner.

I guess I am just looking for encouragement- because I thought I was

doing the right thing by " back to sleep " but I feel that I have

caused something that could have been prevented if I wouldn't have

been so stubborn and overprotective.

What are the chances that his head will be corrected with him being

9 months (probably 10 by the time we get the helmet)- can anyone

tell me how long their little (possibly around his age) one was in a

starband. I am sad and anxious because I have read the posts and

of course surfed the web and saw all kinds of stories.-and I am

reminded quite often that this was all caused by me- not directly-

but I can read between the lines.

Thank you for listening.