A few weeks ago, right after we had moved in, I noticed a praying mantis inside the screen on one of the boy's windows. I thought it was dead, but when I looked again later in the day it was gone. Yesterday it made an encore appearance. Gary saw him first this time. This time I showed the boys and they thought it was pretty neat.
I took a photo of Evan's head last night. It is hard to tell the extent of his flat spot because he just had a bath & his hair was fluffy. Am I just being paranoid, or is there a problem?
Also, a photo of his scratch for posterity. It is healing, but it still looks bad. I think the face Evan is pulling in this photo is so funny. Watch out Jack, he's gonna get you back!
Finally, before and after pictures of our living room curtains. They make a big difference, don't you think?
WFD: Don't know yet! (turned out to be Sloppy Joes and Pizza Pasta Salad)
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Buggy Visitor
Posted by roamingjones at 8:59 AM
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I understand how you feel! When Nathan was an infant he laid on a certain side constantly and of course eventually it became a problem.
The pediatrician told me to lay him on the opposite side everytime I laid him down to sleep, or sometimes play. I put a rolled up blanket behind him to keep him propped up on his side. It was difficult to keep it up, but wihin a few months it started to get better. Also as soon as he sat up more it also got better.
I sure hope his head gets better, and trust me you aren't paranoid I felt the same way with Nathan.I hope it's not too serious.
As a Mom and responsible parent it is definitely something that you want to be on top of. After all, you do not want Evan to pay for something all the rest of his life just because you didn't follow through.
You're not being paranoid. I have known several people whose babies had flat spots on their heads. Most of them were fine and evened out on their own. One friend asked the doctor about it and he said not to worry and then months later it was bad enough that their baby had to wear a helmet to help fix it. I recently read an article in a magazine on it and it said to prevent it, or help it, change their position in cribs, changing tables, etc. Also vary the arm you hold him in when you feed him so he isn't always leaning on that part of his head and tummy time.
And yes, I think the curtains make a difference.
Ouch! Look out Jack, indeed! LOL, Jack is so funny!
The curtains look great!
Gavin had/has a flat spot. The doctor left it up to us as to whether or not to do a helmet, but we decided against it (mostly we didn't want to have to deal with the hassle). No one else notices and if we don't mention it to him, I doubt he would. But if you look you can still see it. Once he's tall enough that you don't look down on his head, no one will ever notice. Try the suggestions for sleeping changes--it helped us a little, but Gavin still managed to move back to the same side every night no matter what we did. Good luck with it!
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