Sunday, July 29, 2012

Update

After reading everyone comments about Jackson's soft spot I ran Jackson to the pediatrician. (She probably thinks I'm nuts by now. I am pretty sure we have been there about 15 times and he is only 2.5 months old. We did get his weight tho. He is 13.10 1/2 lb...BIG boy!!) I asked her about his soft spot and she confirmed he does have one. It is kinda small because he has a small head. She said smaller heads tend to have smaller soft spots. So now I feel much better. She looked at Jackson's head again and she didn't think it looked to flat. What I haven't shared with y'all yet is that Jackson's ears are moving. If you sit him down in front of you and look down on his head his left ear is about an inch closer to his head then his right ear. We also started to notice his left eye is starting to move a little too. This is all from torticollis and laying in his left side so much. In seeing this his pedi gave us the referral to go see the neurologist and the helmet people. She said they probably won't helmet him this early but by the time we actually get into to see the neurologist  his head will either be better or it'll be time to helmet. So right now its a waiting game. I am doing his stretching religiously at home. I think his neck is getting a little better but his head still looks the same. We are going to keep working and I already picked out some cute stickers from bling your band just incase he does end up in a band.  I think he is going to be the cutest helmet wearer ever!!! Keep praying for us!

11 comments:

Sarah said...

You can go to a chiropractor, one that is trained in cranio sacral massage and get some help. My son had a really flat spot but this helped a ton. We never did a helmet. She was fantastic with him and said she does a lot of babies just born to help with birth trauma.

I'm pro chiropractor though and I know some people aren't.

http://www.enaturalawakenings.com/FAIR/August-2011/A-Pediatric-Chiropractor-Asks-Does-Your-Infant-Have-Torticollis/

The Captain's Wife said...

have you looked into a pediatric chiropracter? we took S to a handful of appts and have had a tremendous amount of progress.

Heidi said...

I'm not sure if you have a Cranial Technologies in your area, but if you do, go visit them. They do their consultations for free...yes I said FREE! My pedi kept telling me Avery's head looked fine. After noticing her soft spot getting more and more flat, I just went with my mommy instincts and took her in for a consultation. Sure enough she needs a helmet. Her ears were crooked, I had no idea, and she had more flattening on the left side as well. You are welcome to check out her consultation photos on my blog... www.jeremyandheidikendle.blogspot.com

The people at Cranial Technology are amazing as well. They were so sweet to Avery. She will be getting her helmet on August 8th. Good luck!!

Marei said...

Well I'm very sure the pediatrician is much impressed with your loving care and also your gut feeling. You have such a great intuition about Jackson - bet the pediatrician appreciates that as well.
Good luck for your little one, hope he gets better without the helmet!

Unknown said...

Kelly! I went through this with my first child and ended up not doing the helmet but my mom kept talking to me about the cranio sacral massage. We never did it with him, but have heard wonderful things about it. Now we have our third child and my doctor mentioned that her right side was slightly flat, but thats where see sleeps all the time and he gave me a brochure for a company to call and they will come to your house and do the cranial massage and give you exercises. Its called Baby Begin - www.babybegin.net - 972.800.8976. My doctor is out of The Woodlands so I'm guessing they have someone around here. Good luck! I haven't called them yet, but we are waiting on insurance cards.

Jess said...

Going to join the Chiro team on here... Lol

Best Friends little girl was born with the same problem, they did not Helmet she did all the stretches religiously and took her to the Chiro For adjustments/massages and Abby is a gorgeous almost 4 year old without any indication her ears were almost 2 inches off at 4 months old. Hang in there momma! They chose to do the stretches to music (usually the same playlist) shed dance around with her in between stretches and by 6 months old when you played a certain song Abby would start laughing and kicking her feet ready for the dance party! The stretches will get easier on him and you :-)

kkupfer said...

our child had torticollis when she was 3 months old, we never had to do the helmet thing, just some exercise and chiropractor work. It really helped us. Doctors sometimes dont agree with it, but it worked for us, and have had no problems at all. She was back to normal in about 2 months. Good luck. I know you don't know me, but I do follow your blog. I hope all goes well for you. Have any questions, my email is kupferkim@gmail.com

Trinity said...

I came across your blog through Calling All Angels. I just have to say that you are an amazing woman. Your story is so inspiring and touching. You seem like very dedicated mother and your children are lucky to have you. Also my niece had Torticollis also. She had a PT come to her home and work with her and my SIL religously worked with her and had her lay on the bad side to work it out. She is now one year and you would never have known she had to work so hard on her little muscles. She is now all over the place walking. Best of luck to you and your sweet family.

Anonymous said...

Kelly, I just wanted to share this blog because their TRIPLETS (!!!) all had to wear the bands and could seriously not be any cuter!

http://thejourneytofatherhood.blogspot.com/

Ravae said...

Both of my girls were taken to a chiro for cranio sacral and both were told they might need helmets. It's the best decision I ever made, to take them to a pediatric chiropractor. It was a hard decision that took me 5 months with my first, but after everyone in our lives noticing a difference in her behavior after 2 visits, I knew it was the best thing I could have done.

I really encourage you to look into it, Kellie. It can work wonders with no pain. Even with apnea...I have a friend with a baby who was on a monitor and it went off every day...after one visit with the chiro, it never ever went off again.

Prayers to you, James and Jackson!!!

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