Sleeping - postural care positions for CP

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DD has CP and although we do all sorts during the day at night she sleeps any way she can get comfy, but now we are wondering if we should be controlling how she sleeps to improve her posture, especially to help her spine and hips stay aligned. Has anyone done this themselves and seen any benefit? the stories on the website look really interesting and conclusive that something amazing has happened to those kids. Our physio went on a course about it and is raving about it too. i guess it makes sense that you spend that much of your time in bed that it pays to get posture correct.

This is the website from the people doing the training courses who are championing the idea: www.posturalcareskills.com/65332/63897.html

Any thoughts?

That looks so interesting as the story about Jessie could be my dd- will ask our physio for advice and watch this thread with interest, thanks for the link

a lot of the dc's at dd's sn school use sleeping boards/systems. it is not something we have ever looked at for dd, as she sleeps well and can move herself iykwim.
I think they can be very successful for dc's who have problems sleeping in a good position. but imo you have to start very young.

Hmmm - sorry, I posted and then got hijacked for the rest of the evening.

I can't help thinking that this must be worth trying as afterall, dd does spend a lot of time in bed so it makes sense to position her well ............... on the other hand, how the hell am I supposed to get her to sleep in such a position and then maintain it through the night? My dd moves around so so much, so would I have to keep getting up and realigning her - or how do I explain in the middle of the night to a groggy 4yo that, yes, sweetheart, I know you want to roll over, but you need to stay like that.

Then again, just looking at those pictures I think jees we've gotta give it a go in case it works - we can't afford not to.