Guest guest Posted February 1, 2001 Report Share Posted February 1, 2001 Howdy! Yes I just posted about how our son Geoffrey, now six months, has begun to benefit from the repositioning. Like yours, our son prefered the left side to sleep on -- but there was no diagnosis of torticollis. He could look to the right when he wanted to -- it was just not his side to sleep on. So now after six weeks of agressive repositioning, we are seeing small signs of improvement. It's all about breaking habits and reconditioning. We didn't start until he was five months, so even that late you can improve things without band treatment. > Hello, > > My son Owen was born with torticollis with a preference for his left > side. He would not even turn toward my husband or I when he needed > to have a bottle. As a result, he began to have flattening on the > left side of his head. It wasn't until he was two months old that I > noticed how bad his head shape had become. So, I began agressive > repositioning. When he would sit in his baby seat, car seat or lay > down I would place a rolled up baby blanket on the left side of his > head, with toys and distrations to his right. He hated that! LOTS of > screaming and frustration. At naptime and bedtime I would then place > him on his right side with a blanket behind his back - it took many, > many, nights for him to adjust to this. Owen also went to physical > therapy for his neck and that helped tremendously. We have been > fortunate to see improvement with Owen with repositioning because I > know a lot of people do not see any or even have worsening on the > unaffected side! But, if you want to ask any more questions or need > more info you can e-mail me at apurcell@h... > > Colleen (Mom to Owen - seven months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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