Re: Need Help...keep taking her helmet off

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The first week also Lucia's head was soaking wet when I would take

the helmet off. The trick is to take it off and put it back on as

fast as possible. The idea is that, if the head is allowed to cool

down too much, she would have to readjust to it as if she had put it

on for the first time. I used to dry the band first with a washcloth

and place it in front of a fan (which I still use when I wash the

band at night.) Then I would wipe Lucia's head with another

washcloth. Then the helmet would go back on. The entire deal would

not last more than a minute. Fortunatelly for me, Lucia's hair is

very sparse. If your daughter has thick hair, you may want to have

the fan and the hair dryer ready. However, if the hair dryer becomes

an annoyance for her, it is better to have still wet hair than a

nervous baby. Make sure you do everything fast in a relaxed way. Then

kiss her beautiful head and put the helmet back on as if it were the

most normal thing in the world. The stronger you are, the more normal

you consider the helmet to be, the better your daughter will adjust

to it. I know it sounds like Psychology 101, and I apologize for it,

but I did not accept the helmet right away and it was only when I did

that Lucia did too. Hugs,

Valeria

> > I am into the end of 's first week with her

helmet....and

> I

> > find that I KEEP TAKING IT OFF OF HER! I just think she is so

> > uncomfortable at times. the first full night sleeping with it on

> was

> > last night and 6 hours into it I took it off of her. She just

has

> a

> > ton of hair and I can literally ring sweat out of her hair when

I

> > remove it. Then i get to thinking she needes to be cooler so I

> dont

> > put socks on her and dress her cool. All night I find myseld

> > creeping into her room making sure she is warm enough without

> > overheating..its terrible I am keeping myself and my husband up.

> >

> > ANYWAY I did not put it on her today OR TONITE... THE REASON she

> > woke up this morning after 1st night of helmet with her neck all

> > positioned to one side...could not sit up without falling

> over...had

> > a very hard time crawing..to boot I gave her her morning

> > bottle...within 10 minutes she threw it up.....and talk about

poor

> > kid she was just very bothered today...I could barley touch her

> > without her trying to hit me and she would put her hand to her

> head

> > and hit her head...WHATS THAT ALL ABOUT?????? SO I FELT

> COMFORTABLE

> > TO GIVE IT A REST INCASE SHE IS COMING DOWN WITH SOMETHING (or

was

> > it the helmet)who knows maybe she is teething she is one and

still

> > no teeth.

> >

> > Sorry so long...but I am just dealing with alot of

guilt.....that

> I

> > cant seem to keep it on her...for more than a car ride or 4- 6

> hours

> > in bed.

> >

> >

> > I will take any help I can...thanks in advance.

> >

> >

> >

> > , 1year

> > helmet: May 20,2004

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