Health And General Life Care: RE: [Plagio] Re: Developmental Delay

Wednesday 16 January 2008

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We only have one child but I have not noticed any such delays. We took off the helmet to do torticollis stretches twice a day and he is rolling and sitting like a champ. No crawling yet but he is only 6 months. Tammy

Candace Campos <cvcamposmd@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the advice and reassurance.

To: Plagiocephaly@yahoogroups.com
From: sscutch@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:16:44 -0800
Subject: RE: [Plagio] Re: Developmental Delay

HI A word about some of the emails going around about tort and Dev delay and the helmet as an exacerbator of this- I am developmental specialist and I don't think that the helmet will cause developmental delay in babies. Delays have more to w/ neuro/brain concerns. I didn't have a chance to read the article that has been circulating but for those of you who are reading it make sure it's quality research done by a reputable group.

As for the tort. My son has tort and the helmet has acutally helped it b/c he can't lay on the flat spot resulting in him keep his head in one place. Also unless a baby has severe tort we were told by the drs that their inate curiosity will get them turning their heads as they get older. Damian also used to hate tummy time and now he loves it- he does get frustrated though b/c he can't turn back over from his stomach to his back, but all in all he is hitting his milestone and HE HAD a very very complicated birth with a stroke, ecoli sepsis and menigitis. ALso the way that books and websites date milestones may be off- e.g. sitting up at 6 months- that is on the early side and if they're not sitting by 8 months- then there's a delay. I think once these kids get used to wearing the helmet they're be fine. If they're not hitting milestones, talk to their pediatrician

lisa, Somerville, ma mom to Damian 6 mths old

Candace Campos <cvcamposmd@hotmail.com> wrote:

My baby does not have tort. I am just concerned because she does not want to roll (probably too much time on her back). She also does not like tummy time. I am worried that if the helmet is too cumbersome it will delay these milestones even further. I am going to get an ECI evalution to see if they have any suggestions. Otherwise, she is sitting up w/o assistance and seems ahead on her fine motor skills and language.

To: Plagiocephaly@yahoogroups.com
From: karie333@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:50:15 +0000
Subject: [Plagio] Re: Developmental Delay

We are starting to look into possible delays of speech, gross motor
and fine motor with my dghtr.,but it is because she has torticollis.
We get her helmet tomorrow and her PT says that the helmet with affect
our work to correct the tort. and could cause more of a delay
depending on how she addapts to it. Does your baby have tort.?

--- In Plagiocephaly@yahoogroups.com, "candacekenton" <cvcamposmd@...>
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> Has anyone noticed a delay in their child's milestones by wearing a
> helmet as compared to their siblings who did not have to wear
helmets?
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