Dmendez

I have a ton of questions, but i'll only ask a few here. If someone is feeling super helpfull, they can PM me and i can ask much much more. So how prevalent is is head molding in your nicu? When i say head molding, i mean plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, & scaphocephaly. From what i understand, the only preventative measure to developing molding of any type is constant position changing. How much time a day would you say you spend on changing head position specifically? Also, if a child is developing plagiocephaly, who is responsible for administering care to help combat it? How effective is it? What is typically done afterwards to help resolve the head molding issues? If there is some sort of device to help prevent head molding, would hospitals be willing to use it? I ask because i have heard many instances where children develop plagiocephaly due to their preterm birth, and it remains with them untill their neonatal development specialist catches it and undergoes recorrective measures. The only problem is that sometimes the specialists believe the head molding will correct itself over time, and sometimes it does not. This leaves a very frustrated mother. Your thoughts please?