Hello all

My son is 4 months old and has a flat spot on one side of his head due to SIDS and the new rule on putting babies to sleep on their back. I have read a lot of forums and visited many information sites and have spoken to lots of mums about their babies also having this flat head problem. My girlfriend works at the RCH and sees many babies fitted with correction helmets. If I (we) had been informed properly at the beginning (from the hospital or from SIDS) before my (our) baby was born about the importance of re-positioning the baby's head from side to side to avoid this flat spot, I would not have had a problem with his head now. Isn't prevention better than cure? Now I need to spend time and energy chasing appointments, getting referrals, arranging a helmet to be fitted onto my son's head and all the fuss - all this could be avoided if I was better directed at the beginning from the experts. There was a lack of guidance from the hospital and the classes that I took at the hospital and SIDS needs to reach out there and educate the mums more clearly the importance of plagiocephaly and preventing it. I am taking my son next Monday to the RCH (after waiting 1.5 months) to see the plagiocephaly specialist. I would like a helmet fitted on his head to round it up. I will let u know how I go and what the specialist says about his misshapen head.