Battle for the Bulge

We have been doing repositional therapy to help with Kara's flat head. This basically means that we try to keep her from resting the back of her head against any hard surface. This has been going great during napping/sleeping times because she quickly took to sleeping on her side and stomach. Thank goodness! But the waking hours have been a bit more challenging since Kara still prefers being on her back while playing. In fact, it is very easy to tell when she is on her back even if you are not in the room because she gives a "victory yell" and starts babbling like crazy.

We have been working hard to keep tummy time fun, and we are hoping that Kara soon develops an interest in crawling. We have been trying to motivate her by putting her favorite toys just out of reach. This tactic is good, but the trick is figuring out which toy is her favorite for the day. Kara is kind of weird about her toys. Or maybe this is just how babies act, and I never realized it.

Every few days she picks a new favorite toy. Sometimes it is something I would expect her to want, like a big, colorful, stuffed caterpillar or a drum that lights up and makes fun sounds when she hits it (my personal favorite..if she doesn't want to play with it, I will). But more often than not, she gets obsessed with things I didn't even know were toys.

For instance, chair legs. She likes to use them as an anchor as she rolls herself back and forth. They also make good chew toys apparently. Another great toy is the toilet paper roll that the dog sneaked out of the trash can. It is not colorful, nor does it make noise. I have no idea why it is so cool. As you can see in the video on the previous blog post, last week's favorite toy was the letter 'F'. Not 'M', not 'J'. She was only interested in the 'F'.

So, the battle for the bulge continues. We have 6 more weeks before the doctors reassess her head.