Thursday, May 28, 2009

A Case of Flat Head

Okay when I took Logan to his 2 month appointment the doctor noticed one side of his head was getting FLAT. I was like I know this isn’t news to me. Just look at Carter, I noticed too late with him as a baby and now he is STUCK with a misshapen head. I’m hoping I’m the only one who notices it cause I’m his mother but who knows maybe he’ll be the kid in school with the nickname “Misshapen Man” or just “Flat Head” (maybe kids in school will be more clever than me though) I don’t know. So when Logan was born I was like I’m NOT gonna let that happen with him! But alas I started noticing he only turns his head to the right when he sleeps. I try to turn it the other way but he just flips it right back. So I wondered what the doctor would say and yep it’s the first thing he saw. Well, apparently there’s this thing called Congenital Muscular Torticollis where when they’re born one side of their neck gets kinda kinked and that’s why they favor one side.

Woulda been nice to know with Carter!

Anyway he told me I need to roll up a towel or something and make him lay on his side… to give his flat side a rest… and I need to stretch out his neck and try to get that kink out.

I asked him if Logan’s head still had a chance to be normal. Yeah I’m vain I want my kid to have a normal, round head!

Once again, I'm so sorry, Carter.

He said yeah Logan's head still has a fighting chance.

Except I’m getting sick of FORCING his head to go the other way!!! He doesn’t like it and it makes me feel bad! I lay him on his side at night with something behind his back, too, and he’ll sleep that way for awhile and then wiggle around till he’s laying flat and can turn his head the way he likes it. Then I think, look at him, sleeping all peacefully on his flat head, I don’t want to move him!

But I don’t want him to have a deformed head either! And the doctor said if it gets REAL bad it can even affect his face!

Anyway, the doctor said he’ll check at his 4 month appointment and if it’s still getting flat we may have to look into getting Logan one of those helmets! Yesterday at Walmart I saw a mom with her little baby who had a helmet on. And I thought, huh that’s not too bad. I will keep working on it, but if it resorts to a helmet, I could handle that. Sure it draws attention but it’s no biggie.

And maybe no one will even look at the back of his head when he has a face like this!!



Is Carter wearing pink pajamas in that picture? yes. Yes, he is. One word: jenna.

8 comments:

LisaL said...

Neil wore your pink pajama's sometimes. Look how he turned out! HA HA.

Sonia said...

This post made me think of Adam Sandler. In almost all of his movies there is a joke about his misshapen egg-head. At least Carter can always go the comedy route and make money off his misshapen head!

Kellie said...

Your kids are way too cute to even worry about the shape of their heads. Being worried about our kids - even the shape of their heads - goes along with all the fun of being a parent. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cute pictures of your kids - especially the one of Logan smiling. How cute is that. Luckily we know Carter loves boy stuff too much to worry about his "pink" pajamas. ha ha ha!!!

John and Kate said...

Aw. He's so cute. He looks sooooo much like Carter. You should do a post where we can see pictures of baby Carter and the new baby to see the resemblance. Anyway, I've seen the neck issue several times in other babies. Just keep stretching it and he'll be fine. :) And of course every big sister needs a little brother to dress up. :)

Heather said...

How CUTE!!! you have the cutest KIDS!!!!

Kurt and Kristy said...

Bryson had the exact same thing!! Crazy! They eventually turn out though! ;) Such cute pictures! You have the most adorable children!

Lindsay said...

His face is so cute that it really doesn't matter what the back of his head looks like. :)

Hill said...

Honestly Erika, I have never noticed that Carter's head is misshapen, lol And I play with him almost every week! Although I will be looking for it now..... ;)

Yesterday before church Addie said "I go play with Jenna?" And I told her yes. Thanks a lot. lol Are your kids sick?