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bryces mom-no no i know
its hard to tell the tone over the internet lol.christine-yes its sad thhat their development gets affected. my son has a reall hard time on his tummy. he cant even lift himself up on his arms…
his upper body is very weak. they say the plagio can really affect that and hand eye coordination, etc. ugh its so sad.
i really believe his torticollis and plagio is due to sleeping in the swing for so long. he would always have his head fall to one side and his jaw buried in his shoulder. (his jaw is now misalgned) i would try to help with sticking a rolled uptowel on the side but it didnt do much. for a while i told myself it was normal and he would grow out of it. but then i started realizing his motor development and the whole facial structure shifted and made his whole face asymetrical.
im glad we caught it early and got his helmet on at 4 months-the earlier you start intervention that faster it can mold his head, etc.he is now sleeping on his tummy at night
Wow! How does he like the tummy sleeping? All my babies slept on their tummies as soon as they were able to roll over and get there on their own. They look so much more comfortable. Myles is so comfy on his tummy that he often goes to sleep without his pacifier now, which he never would before.
Sorry to hear he’s behind. Myles was way behind, too. He still wasn’t even rolling over at 7 months, hated to be on his tummy, and could barely get his shoulders off the ground for the longest time. He didn’t get to hands and knees until 9.5 months. Some of that is definitely due to reflux, but I used to be a nanny and I know that when babies slept on their tummies they developed gross motor skills much earlier.
Anyway, as soon as Myles’ reflux abated he made great strides.
Within weeks he was crawling and he’s now standing and cruising around furniture. I’m sure Trace will catch up, too.I worry more about all these head shape problems. I don’t think doctor’s are doing enough to teach parents how to prevent it. No one said anything to me about positioning my baby for sleep except “don’t put them on their tummies.”
How’s the helmet working? How long do they say it will take to correct the problem? Does he hate it, or has he gotten used to it?
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