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About Face
Treating Positional Plagiocephaly
By Teri Brown
But plagiocephaly isn't always due to sleeping positions or tortilcollis. Debbie Joneses daughter Abigail was born with it.
"Abby's plagio began in utero as many babies do," says Jones. "We noticed her head was stuck in one position for the last several weeks of my pregnancy on our weekly ultrasounds. We are very fortunate to have a great pediatrician who was alert and noticed this so young."
The Jones attempted repositioning but found it to be too difficult with their daughter. They used the side sleeper method, but within 30 minutes Abby would have already rolled back over to her flat side.
"We often compare plagiocephaly heads to a deflated ball," says Jones. "Once they are flat, the head just instinctively rolls back to the flat side."
The Jones' pediatrician recommended that her daughter wear a band, but she and her husband were skeptical and decided to try further repositioning. When they began getting comments from others about her flat head they finally decided to give it a try.
"If adults were rude enough to make such cruel comments to us today, imagine what it would be like for Abby in school with kids picking on her 'flat head' day in and day out," says Jones.
The first band the Joneses tried on Abby was not successful, so they tried a band from Cranial Technologies, which she wore from age 11 1/2 months to 15 1/2 months. The second band was more successful with approximately 50 to 60 percent correction of her plagiocephaly.
"It's so very important to get fast and early diagnosis," says Jones. "I feel too many pediatricians are not educated nearly enough regarding plagio, considering the number of cases today. I would like to see first-time parents educated on plagio at child birth classes or while in their hospital stay after the baby is born. This could help prevent countless plagio cases."
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