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Best bouncer with head support?

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LipstickTraces · 07/12/2018 15:56

Looking for recommendations for bouncers with good head support please.

I have 16 week old twins and DD twin has been diagnosied with torticollis in the right side of her neck. The bouncers I have atm have no neck support and DD turns her head to the right all the time. I’ve been told by chiropractor not to use it. However not been able to ever put her in a bouncer is making things even tougher than they already are.

Really need a bouncer which will hold her head in place. Any suggestions very welcone 😊

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Jackshouse · 07/12/2018 15:58

Try out the baby Bjorne it might work. If you have a John Lewis they will have one on display to try out.

LipstickTraces · 07/12/2018 18:55

I wish we had a John Lewis! Sadly I’m out in the sticks.

They look fab, but a bit out of my price range sadlySad

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BlueMoon33 · 08/12/2018 07:29

I got a baby bjorn secondhand for £30. I don’t know how much in the way of head support it could offer as your baby could still move their head from side to side.

Could you fashion some sort of head support using towels, foam etc? As long as you kept an eye on the baby if she fell asleep with it.

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Ricekrispie22 · 08/12/2018 15:30

Could you use this? www.jane-uk.com/en/gb/Jane-Neck-Pillow-Baby-0-18m/m-3127.aspx

Nedzilla · 08/12/2018 15:41

You can make the bouncer you have work.

babies will generally face the direction of where people are. So place her bouncer so she is at one end of the room or near a wall, and int he direction she will have to turn her neck the opposite direction of where it currently naturally falls. does that make sense? Ie if her neck leans left, put her left side facing wall or nothing, and her brother and you and noise on the right side. You can roll up a muslin cloth and use to wedge her head slightly in the correct direction.

Buy a cleva mama baby pillow, and use when she is lying in pram or on floor playing.

The direction thing works the same in her cot. Try and lay her up the direction so she will force her head in the opposite direction ie into the room as she will often choose that way rather than face the wall when awake. The same works on playmat, place her so she has to use neck muscles to face sibling and toys

Nedzilla · 08/12/2018 15:43

oh and she shouldnt have her neck held in place so she cant use it with a support, she needs to be encourages to move her neck muscles in the opposite direction. In her case if the neck is tight on right hand side, persuasion to look left more.

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