Showing posts with label helmet head. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helmet head. Show all posts

Friday, November 6, 2009

Plagiocephaly/ torticollis

Niko has torticollis. It means he favors one side over the other. He prefers to look to his left, and his neck is stiff on the right side. My pediatrician first noticed this at three months and suggested he go to physical therapy. He has been going since August.
Because he favors one side, his head is a little misshapen from flattening on that side, and now he is going to have to wear a helmet ....23 hours a day!

Once babies are a year old, their heads are firm and will not be shaped. Anyone thinking Peruvian infant heads yet? I wonder how much they cried?....A least my husband is an artist and already has plans for the design on the helmet.