Sleep curve mattresses

lembert

I have 2 children & my first had an extremely flat head. I was referred to the hospital & they said he must have very soft bones but as it was not effecting his development, we had nothing to worry about. We were concerned because his head didn't pop out at all from his neck - it was basically straight from the neck up. We took him to a cranial osteopath for weeks but at £30 a time it was a horrendous drain! It did improve a bit and you can't tell as much because he has long hair.

When our second son was born, we had the sleepcurve moses basket insert and he had a lovely shaped head. We moved him to his cotbed at 13 weeks (with a normal mattress) and within 3 weeks he had a flat head, despite not spending long periods on his back/being in the car seat. We ordered the cot bed insert and thankfully, again after only 3 weeks, it's slowly started to come out.

I'm not saying that everyone needs this mattress - our friends have a little girl who has a normal head with a normal mattress - but obviously our children must have extremely soft bones and for us, it has been priceless.
My advice would be - Have a normal mattress in your moses basket, if your baby has a flat head at 12 weeks then go for it.

nadnad

yet another newbie with (slightly toned down) advice to buy a sleep curve mattress. coincidence coincidence.

lembert

No coincidence - Just saying don't spend money where it's not necessary - if your baby has a flat head, it is an easy way to remedy it but don't just buy one "just in case" because it may be a waste of money in your case. They are effective even at 4 months old so you don't need to panic buy - only get one if you actually feel there is a problem as opposed to just a potential problem

Pippa79

I have spoken to so many people that have said 'If only I was told about the sleepcurve mattress before my son/daughter was born.' or 'why doesnt anybody tell you that flathead syndrome even exists before its too late?'

You see so many babies with deformed skulls and talk to so many destraught parents. I feel that the SleepCurve company are trying to raise the awareness that should already exists.
I actually know that the mattress was designed by a paediatric cranial osteopath and the company was started by a family who's son was born with a hole in the heart and due to his inability to move around ended up suffering from severe plagiocephaly. With their marketing background and belief in the mattress and passion for the cause of raising awareness to plagiocephaly they set up the company.

Its not a ploy or a gimic. Its called having a belief and a passion. To say that Sleepcurve are trying to scare parents into buying the mattress is ludicrous. So many parents are petitioning for awareness to be raised to new mothers on the issue of flathead and we have alot of gratitude towards Sleepcurve because it finally feels like somebody actually gives a !!!!!

The moses mattress costs £55 which is a damn sight less expensive than £2000 for a helmet, and is actually worth every penny. I'd pay double that!
And of course they're going to charge you more to buy the mattress than it costs to make it! Its called earning a living!!! Any thing you buy, no matter how big or small, will have a mark-up!

Tim, I must confess, I get the slight impression you have reservations about the Sleepcurve mattress because it may be competition to you. As you said yourself- you're in the mattess business. Try having faith over something that actually works! Dont be bitter about it.

rosie-lee

But why is having a flat head so bad?
What dangers are there with it?

nadnad

this is getting ridiculous - we're not stupid Pippa, lembert, David_Elsy - all newbies who are only posting re this matter - obviously you are all the same person, or work for the same company - ie a sleep curve mattress company. so you can all stop now.

Tim_Deegan

Pippa79 wrote: »

The moses mattress costs £55 which is a damn sight less expensive than £2000 for a helmet, and is actually worth every penny. I'd pay double that!
And of course they're going to charge you more to buy the mattress than it costs to make it! Its called earning a living!!! Any thing you buy, no matter how big or small, will have a mark-up!

Yes but a 700%+ mark up is excessive.

Pippa79 wrote: »

Tim, I must confess, I get the slight impression you have reservations about the Sleepcurve mattress because it may be competition to you. As you said yourself- you're in the mattess business. Try having faith over something that actually works! Dont be bitter about it.

I don't sell cot mattresses so don't throw accusations around.

It's quite simple, the mattress is a cheap bit of reflex foam with a V cut in it. So it is massively over priced.

Only around 5% of babies suffer from flat heads, and most of those go back to normal on their own. So Sleepcurves own propoganda (that you preach) uses scare tactics to get sales.

MaximumImpact

Errmmmmm.....my little one was in SCBU for many weeks..on his back...and he hasnt got a flat head...most babies in SCBU spend most of their time on their backs and they don't have these mattresses.....Nurses in there didn't mention this disorder....Confused slightly, as if it is that serious then why don't hospital neo-natal units use these mattresses????

MaximumImpact

Oh well...all those people who work for Sleepcurve must have finished their lunch and be back at work now...So guess I won't get an answer til they go home tonight.....

:rotfl:

fernliebee

This thread keeps coming up and I keep having a peek! IMHO it does seem as if this condition affects only a small amount of babies, and someone has already posted that their babies head started to look flat, they bought one and it went back so if your baby is affected then of course you would buy one. But I don't understand why you would buy one just in case? Unless of course your other children had the condition where I guess the likelihood of it occuring again may be slightly raised. Does seem as if you could make one yourself though! Foam is so cheap, just hollow a bit out No I'm sure there is more to it than that! Personally I wouldn't get one on the off chance that my baby might have the condition. My LO was always a nosy baby from day 1 so she wanted to be held upright all the time anyway, we had a fixed carseat not a travel system, and had her daytime naps on me, on her front. She was placed on her front a lot in the daytime, and was carried in a sling too.