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Falstaff
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Yeah it's definitely no big deal and everybody seems to be enamored with her wearing it, from small kids to the elderly. We've only had one person flat out be rude about it in public... this woman's kid asked her what was wrong with that baby and the mom goes "She's probably retarded" and she was standing right behind us.
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Isn't it it that laying on their back is more likely to cause flat spots for baby's that are at risk with soft skulls? I don't know much about it to be honest.
But I can't believe someone would actually say that aloud. It amazes me sometimes just how ignorant people can be. I mean damn dude, that is cold.
But I can't believe someone would actually say that aloud. It amazes me sometimes just how ignorant people can be. I mean damn dude, that is cold.
Falstaff
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There are some pretty extreme cases where kids will literally have deformed heads. For our daughter, she just has positional plagiocephaly and the back-right of her head is flat. No crazy eye placements and nothing other than the back of her head was obvious to the untrained eye. She doesn't have torticollis which causes the neck and jaw and face to be asymmetrical.
The doctors don't think she was at risk or had a soft skull or anything, but from the time she was an infant, she always favored her right side and whenever she was laying on her back she would inevitably shift her body and lay her head facing right. Of course no one told us this could be an issue until it was too late but whatever.
The doctors don't think she was at risk or had a soft skull or anything, but from the time she was an infant, she always favored her right side and whenever she was laying on her back she would inevitably shift her body and lay her head facing right. Of course no one told us this could be an issue until it was too late but whatever.
Crone
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Is this something your pediatrician would be telling you? Our son is 1 year old, and he's got a huge head, 99th percentile, but looks just fine, but the entire back of his head is kind of flat. I assume from laying in the crib, swing, etc.
Now I'm all freaked out!
Now I'm all freaked out!
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Yeah at least 4-5 months seems to be the consensus. That said, he's going to daycare next month and I'm fairly certain he'll be crying it out there. We'd rather get him sleeping at home first if we can, but we're quickly running out of time. Napping on stomach seems to be working, not sure if they will allow it at daycare or not, and it hasn't worked through the night yet. Like you I see people whose kids are able to fall asleep anywhere and think wow - I have seen my child fall asleep while stationary exactly one time. And that was when he was supposed to be doing "tummy time" and he just went to sleep on his face.
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Don't freak out. If he's getting his regular check ups, and the doctor isn't alarmed, you're fine. Some kids have a flat back of the head, and it rounds out nicely when they start sleeping differently. There are many parents who over react and get the helmet too easily. One of my kids had this issue, talked about it with the doctor, and with a friend who is a family practitioner, both said exactly what I said above.
If you have concerns, make an extra appointment, ask the doctor about it specifically, follow the doctor's advice.
Yeah the 'back to sleep' campaign (put babies to sleep on their backs to avoid SIDS) is generally viewed to have largely contributed to flat heads - before that people put babies to sleep on their stomachs so they spent less time on their backs overall. So if the amount of swing time stays the same but now you have increased back time for sleeping then that's what's changed. Cases range from mild to extreme.
Crone if your pediatrician hasn't said anything to you about it I wouldn't worry about it at all. By 1 year your good dude. Its a concern up to about 6 months-ish. If you haven't heard that its an issue by then your kid will be mobile enough to where it wouldn't be a risk in all likelihood.
((I'm sure Izo will show up with some random bullshit on this btw to let us all know how ignorant we all are)).
Yeah I see kids asleep in like the bouncer things or at tummy time or while playing STILL and I'm like uhhhh that will never be my kid.
Also it depends on the daycare. Mine only does it if instructed by the parents that that is the course of action - and they don't like doing it.
I love my daycare.
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Like all parents, SIDS scared the shit out me so I put mine on their backs to sleep (though the third would roll on her stomach).
I was put down on my stomach though as a baby as I'm sure most of us were and we're all here! I'm still a stomach sleeper actually, must be why!
I was put down on my stomach though as a baby as I'm sure most of us were and we're all here! I'm still a stomach sleeper actually, must be why!
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lindz
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But in all seriousness, does anyone else have a child that insists on covering their head with their blanket. My 2 year old does it constantly and it scared the shit out of me. I check on her after she falls asleep, before I go to bed and will often need to get up in the middle of the night just to check. More often than not she has her blanket pulled right up over her head.
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Falstaff
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I'm sure he is fine. Our pediatrician commented on it at the 4 month appointment and after that the only time she ever went on her back was to sleep. We cut the swing and chair out entirely which was fine because she was already sitting up on her own much better now. At her 6 month appointment it didn't change at all so he referred us to a cranial-facial plastic surgeon who took measurements and she was on the high end of the middle range or something... he recommended a helmet so we went with it due to no change from 4 to 6 months.
Would she end up fine if we decided not to do the helmet? Maybe. Did I want to take that risk? Not really. I'd feel pretty terrible if it got worse and my kid ended up with a deformed head for the rest of her life because I "over reacted" and "got the helmet too easily".
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Mine usually wants to get tucked in to the point where you barely see her head but then when you check on her an hour later she's kicked most of them off.
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We got the helmet first part of March (he was 5 months). Kid was born with an extremely flat head (as was I) and of course all we did was back sleeping at nurse/pediatrician insistence. Tummy time only lasted about 10-15 minutes until his frustration and crying at not being able to lift his head caused us to pick him up.
Probably around 4 months, he learned to roll from back to stomach and then it was constant sleeping on tummy. Within 10-20 seconds, sleep or awake, he would roll right back over. Only thing we could do was clear the crib of obstructions and Snuza him. I think this started to help the head round out, but we still went to Cranial place and got his measurements. He was like 3-4 standard deviations from norm, so met insurance standards for full coverage (thing is $3000). Then it became up to mommy and daddy to swallow their pride. In the end, we figured trying to explain to our 16 year old why his head is misshapen and how mommy and daddy were too vain to put a helmet on him for 2-3 months when he's half a year old would really suck.
Probably around 4 months, he learned to roll from back to stomach and then it was constant sleeping on tummy. Within 10-20 seconds, sleep or awake, he would roll right back over. Only thing we could do was clear the crib of obstructions and Snuza him. I think this started to help the head round out, but we still went to Cranial place and got his measurements. He was like 3-4 standard deviations from norm, so met insurance standards for full coverage (thing is $3000). Then it became up to mommy and daddy to swallow their pride. In the end, we figured trying to explain to our 16 year old why his head is misshapen and how mommy and daddy were too vain to put a helmet on him for 2-3 months when he's half a year old would really suck.
I had a friend whose kid had a helmet due to plagiocephaly recently.....one day she was in the checkout line at target and the woman behind her had a small child and asked why friend's baby was wearing a helmet.
Woman says to her child "Probably retarded."
To this day I don't understand how my friend didn't light that woman on fire.
Woman says to her child "Probably retarded."
To this day I don't understand how my friend didn't light that woman on fire.