Plagiocephaly (squashed side of the head)

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Am posting this query on behalf of a mate:

My 7 month old daughter has been diagnosed with Plagiocephaly (squashed side of the head). The pediatricians say it will right itself with time. Does anybody have any experience of this?

Please do search on ChicPea and Flat head and you will read about my experience of doctors and their (wrong) opinions about plagio correcting itself. We went down the helmet route at 9mths and wished we had done it at 4mths. Even doing it at 7mths is better. Need to act urgently I'm afraid.

I have no personal experience of it but have heard that you can get special helmets for babies with this conditon to wear which is supposed to help right the problem.
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Have no personal experience of this but my friends little boy had it diagnosed at a young age and it was quite obvious too. However he is now three and his head seems perfectly shaped to me whether it corrected itself or its the hair growth that covers it up im not sure but either way it is not at all noticeable and he is a handsome little man!

My eldest was born with plagiacephaly. In fact, he was assymetric all over, which led to suspicions about congenital dislocation of the hips, because HVs and GPs (in those days) referred uneven creases on the thighs to the consultant.

The consultant called him a mouldy baby, and was able to rule out CDH by looking at his head!

By the time he was 2, you wouldn't have known.

My DD (10 months) also has this, i have decided not to go down the helmet route. She doesn't really tend to lay on the affected area anymore.

I am hoping it will correct itself, she seems to be at the correct stage of development, healthy and very happy.

I think it is really hard as you are told you are against the clock and you always have the dilemma 'should i have got a helmet ? but how do you ever know it wouldn't have corrected itself if you just left it ?

Sorry not much advice but your friend is not alone

dgs was born with a flat head and although it looked pretty bad for months now he is 2.2 although still there is not noticeable to the average onlooker and his development is fine

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my dd has this and she will be one next week, doc at hospital also said it will put itself right however i can feel that one side is still flat (her hair hides it) we did consider getting one of the helmets but as they aren't available on the NHS we decided against it, the doc said they weren't worth the money tho i'm sure some parents will disagree and another doc just said oh her hair will hide it. We did take dd to a cranial osteopath which can help