Super flat baby head! Which doc for Helmet?

[radicalmum]

Hmmm... well, i guess that's the least i could help my child with for now.

I don't want her to blame me for not doing anything about her flat head in the future.."laughs.. i guess we all been thru the teenage stages where we blame anybody for everything"

could any of the mums whom have tried either caroline or veronique share an idea of how much is their treatment?

thank you

 

[joyofliving]

Radicalmum pls check your PM.

 

[coastal]

Hi everyone,
I am about to adopt a nine month old baby with a flat head and I am curious to know if anyone has any results with Caroline or Veronique's ( or any other other specialist) with an older toddler. I am also curious about costs and length of time for this treatment.

Thanks,
coastal

 

[joyofliving]

Here are a few links which might provide a wealth of info on flat head in babies known as plagiocephaly in medical terms. Unfortunately in Hong Kong noone provides Helmets for this condition

http://www.plagiocephaly.info/faqs/what_is_plagiocephaly.htm

http://www.oandp.org/jpo/library/2004_04S_031.asp


http://www.wellsphere.com/wellpage/torticollis-plagiocephaly

 

[coastal]

Thanks for the links geomum. Any ideas about time frames and costs?

 

[CJM]

headshape

i recently had my baby treated by an osteopath at OT and P and the results were ok, but not great. i decided to use Caroline or Veronique and found that many other mums recommended Caroline because of her many years of training and experience, also Veronique is no longer in town.
Caroline immediately spotted a crooked lower spine that made her bum crack (for lack of a better word) really crooked. Caroline explained that this had to be aligned before the head could be shaped. After 4 treatments,there is about a 75% improvement on the spine and 70% improvement on the head. I think it helped that she is only 5 months old and I didn't wait for her to "grow out of it".

 

[jvn]

Hi All - my baby has a fairly mild case of flat head and I'm going to call Caroline as recommended by the posters here.

Just wondering if anyone has any feedback/updated info on this subject as it's an older thread?

Thanks very much.

 

[matrix1]

Hi,
this is an old thread but my Baby in sai kung is 4 months old, has the same thing, a flat head-
any suggestions????

any people have experience of a chinese bone setter in sai Kung?
anyone in HK using a helmet for this condition??

thanks

 

[joyofliving]

In my opinion "Just let it be". It will get better with age but never be perfectly round. Helmet is not available in HK as far as I know and its not very easy on the baby either as it has to be worn for 23 hours for at least a few months up to two and half years. Physiotherapy doesn't prove beneficial in all cases (Didn't help my daughter the least bit), don't know about chinese bone setting.
Try repositioning the babies head, don't let him/ her sleep on her back at all times. This will definitely help!!!

 

[mansha]

hello ladies,
Our grannies would always say to prevent the baby from having a flat head...one should put the head on a round pillow for the first few months since babies spend so much time sleeping on their back...and with both my boys my mom had got me the round pillow and it really helped make the head round....and also my helper taught me how to massage the baby's head as how they (the midwives) would do it in their village.

the pillow is like a ring and sometime back i'd seen it in rapee living stores.
my son is eight months now and i don't need the pillow.i can pass it on..just pm me...

helper would massage the head as if you pressing a play dough softly... using both hands....one on the top of the head and the other on the chin..press softly for few seconds everyday...

if you want to rule out any other cause of the flat head you can have it checked from the names given in the thread