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So my little guy has to have PT for a flat spot on the back of his head and possibly a helmet. I want to do EVERYTHING to avoid a helmet so when hes not asleep we want him to be off his back at all times. He hates tummy time and will only tolerate it for so long. He LOVES his frog chair and exercauser but I know they are bad for their hips. :/ he hates being worn in his baby carrier too. He does so well in his exercauser and will play forever. So whats worse? Letting him sit in his exercauser and risk his hips or let him lay down and need a helmet. Ugh. I feel like you can't do anything without hurting them. 
Pics of my cutie in his exercauser 😊❤

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I put my son on his boppy pillow and he will do tummy time way longer. I put toys under him and will start with sensory play this way soon too. Pinterest has tons of great ideas for sensory play using a boppy pillow for tummy time so their hands are free. Also, we started laying him perpendicular over our tummy so he’s on his knees or feet if he wants and his tummy is lying in our ribs/tummy and he loves it. We’re also trying to stay off of our head as much as possible. Dr said 20 mins of tummy time between every nap and stay off our head unless sleeping. We do tummy time on the floor, then exersaucer, then tummy time with boppy. Otherwise he’s being held. Occasionally the baby bouncer (if I have to shower maybe) or stroller. I’m adding a nap or two in the carrier each week also. Thankfully my LO doesn’t mind his at all.

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Also my daughter hates tummy time too but as it’s so important we do it I carry her around the house on my hip in like a superman position. I also do this yoga pose with her a few times a day and she loves it! Just watch out for drool 😂

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My baby has ‘torticollis’ which is a tight muscle in her neck so she prefers to turn to one side and therefore had a flat spot on one side at the back. 
We are having PT and also seeing a chiropractor. We use a Mimos pillow at night and a babymoov pillow in the day on the floor and changing mat etc, we also use a jumperoo and as much tummy time as possible and she usually naps on me. It’s hard work but luckily she loves to be held so she’s off her back most of the time. We noticed about 14 weeks and she’s now 18 weeks and her head is definitely better. We don’t think we’re going to need a helmet now so that’s good - just keep it up it’s worth all the hard work

It’s not the best before pic because of her hair but you can see how flat it was on the right side and it’s almost normal now after only a month

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Following. Trying my hardest to keep my son off his back too, but he also hates tummy time and carrying him around all the time is really exhausting.

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My kid loves his excersaucer. Like....laughs and screams and smiles the whole time he’s in it. I figure there could be worse things in the world 🤷‍♀️ so I let him play in it as long as he wants throughout the day

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Helmets aren’t bad at all. My younger daughter had one. My son is pretty flat too and we have done everything imaginable to prevent a flat head. I definitely wouldn’t keep your baby in various pieces of equipment all day to avoid a helmet. A) it probably won’t work if he’s to the point he needs one and B) it’s not great to keep babies in things like bumbos, sit me up, jumperoos, etc for more than an hour per day. It really limits their development and can cause hip issues. We do use various pieces of equipment at our house so I’m not anti-baby equipment, but I am mindful of how much time my son uses them per day. My daughters PT shared some stats with me several years ago about hip and development issues with baby equipment and it was pretty shocking!

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Honestly, a helmet isn’t so bad at all... at least the helmet corrects the flat spot. I’m not sure the hips could be fixed. My daughter only wants to sit up now, so when she’s not feeding, I just sit her up on me as much as possible.

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My daughter was the same and I kept her in the activity jumper and transferred her to the walker, then the chair and wore her for a little and rotate her when she was awake and once she turn 1 year old her head was rounder and pediatrician told me not to worry about it anymore

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We have our girl sit up in a boppy pillow! We hand her a few toys and shes good for awhile

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