2 month old favoring one side of head

Maddie is 2 1/2 months old. I notice that she turns her head to her right all the time, but not so much with her left. She will turn it, but for example, when I'm holding her upright, she always has her head turned to the right. I've been positioning her so that she has to turn to the left (on the changing table, looking at the T.V., etc.) I'm going to mention it to my ped. at the next appointment. My mom said her friend's grandson gets PT for this. Has anybody else's child had this? If so, what did you do for him/her? TIA!

ETA that she is now sleeping in her car seat and she has her head turned to that side. Why will she do it in her sleep?

Message edited 1/31/2008 2:03:21 PM.

Re: 2 month old favoring one side of head

My son favored one side and at 5 weeks I brought it up to my pediatrician. He recommended exercises and positioning similar to what you are doing.

Unfortunately we were told to stop by a nurse practitioner and DS ended up back where he started.

We went to a PT who diagnosed torticollis. If you do a search here you will find lots of posts about it.


IF this is what your daughter has it's completely correctable.