Torticollis

This morning Jackson had a Torticollis evaluation. We went to a physical therapist to see if he has it or not. He did get diagnosed. So now our journey begins. We will be doing weekly physical therapy sessions and I will be doing the stretches at home. Hopefully within time we can get his neck back to the way it should be.

I asked the therapist if she thought Jackson needed a helmet. She said his head is actually not terribly flat. After looking further she showed us his ear is being moved forward from the Torticollis. She felt around on his head and noticed that his soft spot is almost gone. He is only (almost) 3 months old. So this is the scary part. I know babies heads keep changing and growing until the age of 1 but I dont want his head to be "stuck" this flat. She told us his head isnt that bad but seeing his soft spot almost gone that if we wanted to do a helmet we should go forward with it now.

So, now its a waiting game. I called our pediatrician. She has to refer us to a neurologist who will then refer us to plastics ( the helmet people).

In the mean time I have already started his stretches at home. The pt told us no bouncer at all. Good thing Jackson doesn't like his bouncer. We have to do tummy time and lots of it. Jackson really does not like tummy time or his stretches so we are going to have one cranky baby.

I am so happy we caught this early. If it is not corrected it can effect his facial features, his fine motor skills, gross motor skills, eye site, speech.... the list goes on and on. So I am going to do everything I can to help Jackson.

Here is Jackson's head. It is very flat. This is our starting point. It can only get better!!!

(Please pray the pt, stretching and helmet fixes Jackson's head and neck muscles)

2 months

Jackson had his 2 month appointment yesterday. He is 12lb 3.5 oz (63%), his head is 15'' (12%), and height 23.5'' (76%) and just perfect as can be. I'm happy to say his thrush is FINALLY gone! 


The left side of Jackson's head is flat. We have been watching it for a while. I was really worried about it this time. It seems like Jackson can't turn his neck to the right. His pediatrician checked him out and I was right. He was torticollis. Basically his neck muscles are tight and he cant turn his neck to his right because its stiff. His pediatrician suggested that he is seen by a physical therapist now so we can get this corrected early. If physical therapy doesn't work he may have to wear a helmet. Poor baby. Everyday I try and put his head to the right but he fights me. It must really hurt him. Just think about it. It you have a crick in your neck and you push on it- it hurts!! So, hopefully the physical therapy will help him and we can get this fixed before we have to go to a helmet. 


Jackson is doing great. He is growing wonderfully and developing right on track. Please pray that therapy works for Jackson's neck.


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