Lainey graduated from Physical Therapy today!
"What?" you say. "Why was she going to Physcial Therapy?" Well let me tell you: 
Lainey had tortise neck. The proper term is Torticollis but it is hard to say and spell so I just call it her "tortise".
A few months ago i was whining to my good friend that Lainey would only nurse on one side and she suggested to have my doctor look at her for tortise neck. Then Auntie Shelly came to town and we looked at Lainey's head and sure enough, she was Flatty McGee on one side. I just never noticed it because of her hair. WILD I tell you. But when we wet it down there was a definite drop off on her left side.
If I go back and look at her baby picutres her head is most ALWAYS tilted to the left. I just thought she was really bad at holding her head up but it turns out there was a reason for the floppiness!
I made an appointment and sure enough she had the tortise. I actually asked the doctor if we could skip the PT and go straight to the helmet people because
1) A helmet would be really nice when she starts to crawl/walk/fall
2) it would cover up her current hairstyle that gives Donald Trump a run for his money.
We actually refer to her hair as "the Tonald". Please look at the patch she has rubbed off on the back since she acts like a thresher shark whenever she is laying on her back.
My doctor told me helmets were quite pricey and my insurance probably wouldn't cover it. Darn.
Off to Physical Therapy we went.
They measured her head and turned those measurments into a ratio.
Then they used the CVAI (Cranial Vault Asymmetry Index) to see where she was on the scale.
At her first appt she was a 5.3 (somewhere in the moderate range)
We were assigned a myriad of stretches, special holding positions and strengthening exercises and I literally NEVER layed her flat on her back except in the car and when she slept because yes, I am that cheap. Granted I may need back surgery from hefting around that 17 lb tano cat for the last few months.
Her tortise is gone and she is aligned and measured a 1.6 which is well withing the normal range. Hooray!
Now it's just maintenance for the next year. Good job Tano.
Next order of business....a new hairdo.
