...to expect the sodding health visitor to take my concerns seriously???

[kekouan]

Just been to see the HV today and I'm fuming. I wanted to see the new HV about a couple of things (DS is 14 weeks and I just wanted a chat)

The person who was doing the weighing today told me that she was also a HV and that I should just talk to her. I mentioned a couple of things but didn't really want to talk about things in a crowded waiting room. She completely fobbed me off and gave me some terrible advice.

So.... who's the best person to complain to? Practice manager and PCT?

AAAAAAAAAARGH... fucking bitch.

Sorry, but she completely ignored my concerns about a problem with my DS and didn't take me seriously at all. Cow.

Hi HCTG, I was interested in this thread because DS2 (12 weeks old) has flat head and I think also torticollis and was hypotonic, this is being monitored, but not until September. Would you be happy to share with me anything you experienced to do with this and the long term effects if any?

Dd's flat head sorted itself out once she started sitting upright, but I know it doesn't always, so you should ask to see someone.

Was lucky enough to have brilliant HVs.

DS1's head was quite flat on one side till about 4 months on on side - GP told me to reposition, he is now 2.9 and completely round headed

But if it is worrying you push it - go with your instincts, he will probably be totally fine but for your own peace of mind go-

another friend of mine whe to a craniosteopath to get them to sleep on both sides and she rated it highly

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Good God Kekouarn you should never speak to your HV! Not ever. Get them weighed and LEAVE THE ROOM. Mine has only ever said 'well. they're all different' to anything she is ever asked.

PCT.

They've cut HV's enormously in the last few years. And do complain - it's only through complaining that more will be funded. Make sure you complain about not being able to be seen privately to discuss concerns (this is probably due to budget cuts).

I have feel I have to do a quick HVs can be amazing - my HV was fanastic with my bf problems

and my cousins HV literaly went above and beyond to get her to realise that she had postnatal depression that midwife, her mum and GP had dismissed as baby blues ( she was actually v bad but refusing to let on to anyone, as is so common)

though the one that dismissed my DS2 ezcema as something they all get is a differnt story...

My DS1 had a very flat head when a baby. He had a crick in his neck and would lie facing one side only so it became flat on one side and this effected his forehead and set of his eyes a bit. It did even up when he sat and became mobile. I suspect it is still there a little bit but his hair covers it as long as not too short! He does need glasses for reading though..now wondering if this is a consequence.

My HV is brill AND she hasn't got children of her own

About plagiocephaly . . . I can grudgingly understand their attitude. I know so many people who have been worried sick, convinced there was something major wrong, something MUST be done. And it has sorted itself out in time.

I know someone who is in and out of the GP's at the moment; apparently the NHS practically never finance the treatment (helmet) in our area. So GPs know that there is nothing they can do for the vast majority of cases, as they can see that it is not bad enough to get funded by the PCT. So what can they say except: don't worry it will get better in time - because it usually does. In the meantime Mums and Dads get very upset.

My DS1 had a really bad case of plagiocephaly - ti the point where he had to see a paediatrician because they were worried that the sutures of hus skull were fused - i first started to notice it when he was only a week old - his ears were not level and it got much worse (he only fed from one side and only slept on one side so his poor little head was really pushed out of shape).

Anyway, the sutures were not fused and his head was growing normally - he was offered the helmet, but there was no way i would put him through the pain of having his skull forced back into shape for cosmetic reasons when it would almost certainly not be noticed when he is older.

He is now 3 and a half and you can still see it but only if you look for it - his hair covers it and to be honest i only really notice it when i see his reflection in a mirror. But it is rounding out slowly and I'm sure when he is older it will be barely noticeable. It's so common and I know you are worried about it now but in the great scheme of things its just a little flattening, and nothing serious.