Re: 2nd Baby's head is looking flat?!!?

[Guest guest]

I have been doing a lot of research on Plagio, my only child has it.

Hers was caused by torticollis, you may want to research that, lack

of room in the womb or lack of amniotic fluid can both be causes. You

may want to check into that. Don't worry, this is not our fault!!! I

am new to this, but have been researching like crazy. Take care and

hope to hear from you soon.

Candy

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> OMG!

> Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June 1st,

> 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for

sure

> flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and repositioning

> however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day as

he

> sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st son

> Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> Thanks so much!!!

>

> xoxo,

> Season B.

> Mommy to Jack & Cash

>

> Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there-

I have heard of siblings who both had plagio, typically due to the

size/shape of the mom's uterus. But it sounds like Cash might have

brachy, if it's flat in the back and not the sides. Is it

dramatically flat, or just subtly flat? I think subtle flatness is

almost normal these days. My daughter (first born) did have a small

flat/bald spot when she was a baby, but it never developed into

anything. But with my son, his size and constriction in utero, and

the tort he developed from it, all cause his plagio, and it was VERY

evident by the time he was 2 months old. I think if it's only at a

mild level now, and you're catching it now, aggressive repo should

help. At the very least you have 2 months to work on it and then

maybe reassess then. I really hope you won't need a helmet for him.

Best of luck!

Jake-23m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 9 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> OMG!

> Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June 1st,

> 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for

sure

> flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and repositioning

> however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day as

he

> sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st son

> Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> Thanks so much!!!

>

> xoxo,

> Season B.

> Mommy to Jack & Cash

>

> Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Season,

According to our ped, most babies heads have some flatness at 2 mo. If

you keep on top of it you can still avoid a real problem. you want to

try and vary his sleeping position as much as possible, staying away

from the flat area. So you could try to get him to sleep on either

side of his head and stay off the back. Some tricks are to alternate

which end of the crib his head is at, and same for changing table etc,

to encourage him to look both ways. If he is getting flat across the

back (brachy) the is often extra height or width - so that is

something to watch for. You can take photos every two weeks and it

will help you to see if it is getting better or worse.

It is not uncommon for a 2nd baby to have plagio too, but hopefully

you can take corrective action early. Let us know how Cash is doing.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

>

> OMG!

> Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June 1st,

> 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for sure

> flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and repositioning

> however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day as he

> sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st son

> Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> Thanks so much!!!

>

> xoxo,

> Season B.

> Mommy to Jack & Cash

>

> Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > OMG!

> > Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June

1st,

> > 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> > becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for

sure

> > flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and

repositioning

> > however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day

as he

> > sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st

son

> > Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> > Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> > Thanks so much!!!

> >

> > xoxo,

> > Season B.

> > Mommy to Jack & Cash

> >

> > Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

> >

>Hi Season-

My daughter's specialist designed a sleep postioner that is

available online. I wish I knew about this prior to her diagnosis of

Plagio, but I heard a lot of good things about it. My daughter wore

the helmet for four months and had an 80% change in the roundness of

her head from Dr. Stelnicki. We live in the South Florida area-he

works out of the Joe Dimaggio Childrens Hospital in Hollywood. His

website for the sleep positioner is: http://www.nightform.com/

Maybe this will help you-Take care, Brielle's mom (Lori)

[Guest guest]

Hopefully you are just seeing normal flatness and things will even

out soon. It's wonderful that you have already been through this so

that you know what to look for! So many parents miss even severe

plagio/brachy altogether because of lack of knowledge about it.

On the sibling note, my ortho said that she suspects there may be

some genetic component to plagio just based on her experience. So

it's possible that our babies may actually have some predisposition

to getting it. However, since so much of it is based on positioning,

at worst it would have to be a combo of genetics and positioning.

I wonder if you and Cash's ped would be open to tummy sleeping for

him? I know it's not done anymore, but maybe in this type of

circumstance?

>

> OMG!

> Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June 1st,

> 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for

sure

> flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and repositioning

> however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day as

he

> sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st son

> Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> Thanks so much!!!

>

> xoxo,

> Season B.

> Mommy to Jack & Cash

>

> Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much to everyone who commented. I have visited with our

Pediatrician for Cash's 2 month appointment. He says the flatness is

mild and slightly flattened on the back left. He wants us to continue

tummy time & repositioning. Our doctor was against the idea of tummy

sleeping. At Cash's 4 month appt. we will re evaluate the flatness and

decide if we need to see a specialist. I hope and pray that this is

not genetic and it's just normal 2 month old flattening. We have

ordered the Nightform sleeping positioner from nightform.com.

Hopefully it will help. Thanks so much for the tip.

You all are so wonderful. If anyone has any other advise please let us

know.

Sincerely,

Season

Mommy to Jack & Cash

Jack ~ Starband Graduate 01/07

> >

> > OMG!

> > Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June 1st,

> > 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> > becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is for

> sure

> > flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and repositioning

> > however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day as

> he

> > sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st son

> > Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> > Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or ideas?

> > Thanks so much!!!

> >

> > xoxo,

> > Season B.

> > Mommy to Jack & Cash

> >

> > Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

> >

>

[Guest guest]

It's so coincidental...I was just at our pediatrician this

morning...and my second baby is slightly flat and he has so much

tummy time and a tummy sleeper(since 3 months old)...since I wanted

to prevent it since I experienced it with my first. So, I do think

it is genetic...I was talking to the pediatrician about it. I also

found out he has tort...which my first did not have...so I am new to

that...and now working on getting him lined up with a physical

therapist. It's so hard to go through it again...Good Luck...the

good news is that it is early. Best of luck!!!

> > >

> > > OMG!

> > > Could this really be happening. I had our second baby boy June

1st,

> > > 08. He is 2 months old and I am noticing the back of his head is

> > > becoming flattened. Not on any one particular side but it is

for

> > sure

> > > flat. Could I just be paranoid? We do tummy time and

repositioning

> > > however he still is so little and sits and lays most of the day

as

> > he

> > > sleeps. As wonderful as our helmet experience was with our 1st

son

> > > Jack I do not want a helmet for Cash

> > > Anyone heard of siblings both having plagio? Any advice or

ideas?

> > > Thanks so much!!!

> > >

> > > xoxo,

> > > Season B.

> > > Mommy to Jack & Cash

> > >

> > > Jack~ Hangar Band Graduate 01/07

> > >

> >

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