Positional Plagiocephaly

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My son has positional plagiocephaly - he is 5 months old. We started to notice this around month 1/2. We’ve seen a specialist and they’ve said children naturally grow out of this and it corrects itself. He has a preferred side, so we are using a dr approved positional pillow. I don’t think it’s getting better, he still has an obvious flat spot on one side and his head is misshapen. I’m worried it’s not just going to ‘correct itself’. Has anyone experienced this and could give me some advice/reassurance?

My dc had torticollis, which was leading into this at 2 months old. Osteopath sorted it in 2 sessions. It was residual tightness in the neck muscles and it just needed to be released. You will have to pay privately, but my osteopath is £40 a session for an adult so it’s well worth the cost to just get it sorted. The GP would do nothing, but said the NHS would fund a helmet if we needed it, which is silly when fixing the problem was quite simple.

My oldest had this as a result of torticollis (he couldn’t turn his head to the right at all). We had physio to sort that and his misshapen head corrected itself in time. I can’t remember exactly how long it took but I’m sure it was before he was 1. He’s 9 now and you’d never know.