Dr Visits

I have not blogged about a couple issues Kaden has specialist doctors appointments for, primarily because I didn't want anyone to be alarmed or worried. Our little man is perfectly healthy and happy, and these things are not life threatning. However, they are things that I have had great concerns about as a Mommy. I love my boy and I want him to be perfect, of corse!

The first appointment is at Scottish Right Hospital this Friday. We have waited two months for this appointment. Our pediatrician referred us at two months for this appointment. Kaden has a web between his second and third toes on his left foot. It isn't noticeable to anyone just glancing at his feet, you have to inspect them closely to see it. Our pediatrician seems to think they probably won't want to do anything about it, but as a mom, I hope they do fix it. Just because I want him PERFECT, like I said! It will probably never be noticed by anyone unless he points it out to them, and I doubt as a boy it will bother him much, but I am very curious to see what they say about it and what can be done about it. I'm his mommy, I want to fix him!

Second, we have an appointment on June 23 at STAR Cranial Center for an evaluation. Our pediatrician was concerned at two months about the shape of Kadens head, but more so concerned at this four month check up, she spent over an hour with us the other day evaluating Kaden before making this recommendation. Due to the SIDS "Back sleeping positioning" started some years ago across the country, more and more babies are suffering from mis-shaped heads. And, with my personal experiences in my family with SIDS, I have been a FAITHFUL back sleeper for Kaden. He's never sleep any other way. Now, he of corse, had a preferance for which side he wanted to turn his head to sleep in the beginning and still does now. To the right side. This has formed his head to a slope, point, whatever you want to call it, in the back, and it has tilted his ears. His ears actually look different sizes due to the tilting. So, darn me for having him sleep on his back all the time! ( I just did what I was told!)

Here's some info from the internet:


The "Back to Sleep" campaign has dramatically decreased the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome; however, its sequelae of deformational plagiocephaly have today reached epidemic proportions. In the last decade, we have learned to distinguish deformational plagiocephaly clinically from craniosynostosis, thereby preventing its unnecessary surgical correction. Primary care providers must increasingly be aware of this condition and, in turn, educate new parents about its prevention. Should preventative measures fail and infants develop persistent sleep patterns that result in craniofacial deformities, deformational plagiocephaly can be treated successfully with behavior modification or cranial molding-helmet therapy.


Our pediatrician is concerned enough to send us to get his head measured and scanned to see what kind of therapy may be needed to better shape his little head. Or, if anything needs to be done at all. Hopefully, nothing will need to be done! That's what I am secretly hoping for.

So, you can see why I haven't been dying to share all of this. It's hard to accept the fact that your baby isn't perfect, even though he is perfect in my eyes. I just want to fix all that we can for him if that is what the doctors recommend. I want him to be as normal as possible in this mean and judgemental world we live in that is facinated with beauty and appearance. Even though these things are not personally important to me, I want to give Kaden the best I can!

So, please keep little Kaden in your thoughts and prayers for both of these issues!