tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post3944475711370676557..comments2022-10-11T12:40:32.702+01:00Comments on Nearly Everything But The Kitchen Sink: Hydrotherapymousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573595683899488691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-89540633116872965922012-01-27T00:16:58.622+00:002012-01-27T00:16:58.622+00:00I got really confused about the high/low tone mala...I got really confused about the high/low tone malarky. I think basically if you have either then it's really tricky to stand/sit/crawl/control limbs at all times. MAY be wrong. Actually I think high tone must mean stiff and low tone wibbly as Wriggles gets very stiff legs so get very stuck! I know we're lucky re the physio; we started off having it for a squwiffy neck that she couldn't move one way and then after that was when she started getting ill every other week so quickly lost tons of strength so it carried on, which is good for us now as they've marked her down as being delayed in gross motor skills. <br />They were ok-ish at positioning, it seemed to depend on who was about! Despite the fact that Wriggles had not one but THREE laminated posters above her incubator stating how they wanted her positioned, she often wouldn't be changed for hours on end and god forbid the parents try and muck in! Rolled up things are definitely better than "nests". Our NICU had a resident physio who put her foot down about nests in the end and started pointedly leaving enormous piles of towels by the babies she was treating. <br />Yes we've got the preemie head too. It doesn't like too silly now she has some hair but if you catch her from one angle it looks like someone has taken a bite out of. You should ask for a nice new set on bannisters as compensation xmousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573595683899488691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663689712360895763.post-91888836144954827632012-01-27T00:05:46.034+00:002012-01-27T00:05:46.034+00:00I never quite understood all that high tone low to...I never quite understood all that high tone low tone lark. I know smidge had 'poor tummy tone' always making her belly appear stuck out but actually I think that might be genetic. Great u get input from physio though, I have had to beg for even one appointment and I know in other areas all prems under 28 wks get physio option. Were they good at the positioning in your unit? Did they use nests or rolled up blankets to create nests? In the first unit we were in they used rolled up blankets with Muslin cloth over top to create nests which I think were better than the manufactured ones because it made positioning easier and the large Walls supported the fetal position. Smidge spent months on mainly her tummy due to digestion problems.. She had a beautiful preemie head on account of it! It's so slim line that when she's playing in the hall way I have to check she doesn't squeeze it in-between the bannisters! Xdiary of a premmy mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829424922988781001noreply@blogger.com