New.....with some questions

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Ok, I have a 18 week old daughter, Alice. At 2 months, we were told

the right side of her head is slightly flat, make sure she sleeps on

the other side and does tummy time. We did that. Monday was her 4

month check up, but the week prior, I had noticed some ridging along

her coronal suture. I brought this up in our check up appt.

Monday was our check up, the ped. said it could be plagiocephally or

craniosynostosis. He sent us for x-rays on Tuesday. He called back

yesterdray and said that the x-ray showed no fusion of the sutures,

but also said that craniosynostosis doesn't always show up in x-

rays. He told us to keep her off of the right side of her head (the

slightly flat side) and do lots of tummy time. He said we will take

a look at her head in 2 months and then see what is happening.

When I got home from work yesterday, I noticed that she does

absolutely nothing on the right side... she hardly ever lays down on

her back to play, if she does, she immediately flips over. Mainly,

if she isn't doing tummy time, she is in an excersaucer, bumbo or

jumperoo type thing to save her from getting trampled by her 20

month old brother. I even feed her with pressure on her left side.

I also have woken up for the past 2 nights since we heard the

plagiocephally term 5 or 6 times a night to check what she is

sleeping on. She is always on her left side (not just with her head

to the left, completely on her left side).

I called the nurse today to get some further instructions on how to

fix her head if she doesn't really spend time on the side that is

flat. She told me to let her do tummy time and keep her from

sleeping/laying on that side of her head.

Needless to say, I am about to pull my hair out. I want to fix my

baby's head, but I am not getting any help. Her forehead and ears

are already asymetrical and I can only see them getting worse if I

don't know how to help reposition her.

I need ideas! Maybe, I need to know whether or not to push this

further with the ped. When I talked to the nurse today she gave me

the impression that they weren't ruling out craniosynostosis yet,

they just thought it less likely because of the x-ray. I just don't

know how to fix my baby!

I have heard with either plagio or cranio that the earlier you catch

and try to fix them, the better.... I just feel like I need to do

something and the pediatrician's office just isn't helping me.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help.... any more info that you need, let

me know.