Emily had her 6 month well-baby check up today.
27" long (90th %)
20 lbs. (off the charts!)
Doc says she is developing great. She still tilts her head a little bit to the left. Could be an issue or it could be that she just likes to hold her head that way. The doctor mentioned that some babies who have some sort of vision issue hold their heads like that. So Emily will go see the eye doctor in two weeks. If nothing else, we are just ruling out things...
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My son had a head tilt too when he was a baby. I knew about the possibility of vision problems so I took him in and instead of it being vision problems it was diagnosed as torticolis. It has to do with the development of their neck/shoulder muscles while in utero. Like, he could have been cooking in my belly in a position that tilted his head a bit, and because of that the muscles developed that way with one side of the neck being tighter than the other. He was sent to a couple of physical therapy sessions where we learned to do some gentle stretching with him. Torticolis usually goes away on it's own, but they always advise PT just to be safe.
Just something else for you to bring up to your ped if it turns out to not be a vision issue :)
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