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ok, i have a 5 month old and starting to notice strange things,

1. she holds her head to one side (left)all the time, have looked into this and think maybe Torticollis?
2. left buttock is smaller that the other
3. left thigh is less chubby than the right
4. Right leg is much more active
5. she was wedged under my ribs in utro and was born by c section with the left side of her jaw pushed over - although this corrected itself it is still slightly wonky and jaw line in not right.
6. her head is a little large - it has steady growth but is 2 centiles above her weight centile.

When I read this back I feel quite worried, something is clearly not right? Have a doctors appointment for tuesday next week but any info would be helpful please.

no advice but please try not to get yourself worked up. its very easy to do.

encourage plenty of tummy time as this can help with developing good motor skills and may help with re balancing. thats just laymans advice but certainly well worth doing

thanks kalo12, Trying lots of tummy time but because she holds her head over to the side she flips straight over onto her back! trying not to get worked up but the more I look at her the more I see things that are odd...roll on tuesday (doctors app)

I would take her to an osteopath to help sort out her jaw line and possibly her neck.

I have googled a couple of things and it seems like the head size is not an issue if it has steady growth. Torticollis as you have probably googled may have something to do with position in utero and seems to be relatively easily treated.
This link was quite interesting and I don't know if the hip dysplasia thing rings any bells - just the bit about thighs being different sizes. I think it is probably just more likely that she likes kicking her right leg so the muscle in that thigh and buttock is a bit more developed and therefore larger.
I hope the appt goes well and have no medical knowledge but think that most of these symptoms if not all are probably nothing to worry about.

Turning the head to one side can be because of poor eyesight in one eye.

I noticed my GDD doing this and when we got it checked she does not have an optic nerve on one side. Her eyes look completely normal and move together.

She would alway roll to one side, and favour one side of her body when she was small.

I think nearly everyone has one side slightly larger than the other, I assume you are not talking about a significant difference, as this would've been picked up before.

Please try not to worry too much, I know easier said than done.

I am convinced my ds has one leg shorter than the other and he is slightly lopsided in his jaw/teeth alignment (he is a teen).
I so agree with kalo, any physical exercise should help and please don't fall into a trap of baby walker at any time, as it limits their motor skills, which is probably not what you would want.
My ds pupils are also of a different size and his neurological problems seem indicate uneven development in terms of left and right side of the brain.
But overall it's not too serious and in fact you can often see people with slightly lopsided faces/smiles.
But of course, do check it out.

can i also add that i was absolutely convinced my ds was autistic for about 12 months. I saw all the signs and I am a SEN teacher and highly qualified in child development, as well as all the commmunication characteristics he also had a mobious mouth where the top lip is curved in a permanent pout.

What actually happened was I had severe PND and it manifested as extreme anxiety about my baby. I didn't realise until I just broke down one day. It still took me another year to realise he wasn't autistic at all!

Now I'm not suggesting for one minute that you have this, or that you are imagining these signs in your baby but I just want to point out that it is very easy to get yourself worked up in to a frenzy of worry and lose perspective.

Cranio osteopathy is a very good idea but please do a bit of research as some are really terrible. Find one that is a properly qualified osteopath that has then specialised and not just a midwife that has done a weekend course!

Is your DD doing all the right things developmentally. Using both hands together, and equally, does she move both legs equally and take weight on both sides. If her development physically is the same both sides and on target it is probably nothing to worry about. You may need some physio input to build up the weaker side which may have become weaker due to the neck problem, but physios are excellent at showing you what needs doing to encourage strengthening the weaker side. Head side is usually only worrying when it is small or there are other neurodevelopmental issues. Dont worry.

thanks all...kalo2, im glad it all worked out well for you in the end, I dont feel overly anxious, just need to know if there is a problem so we can work with it if that makes sence...had a crap pregnancy, was off work from 30 weeks as my contractions kept starting so had to spend a week in hospital being monitored etc so spent 10 weeks worrying about what would happen, so PND is a possability I suppose, although I feel good at the minute. Sneezecake, developmentally she seems pretty good, only just rolled fully over yeaterday but this was tricky for her due to crooked neck...hard to get the momentum to roll...her fine motor skills and hand eye coordination seem far more advanced than my others daughters were at this age.