Hanger helmet........decorating tips? advice?

June 15, 2006

Does anyone have any tips for decorating a Hanger brand helmet? I

think the plastic is different from the others in that it is

textured instead of smooth. My daughter Laelie is getting her

helmet today, and I have purchased some stickers and sealer, but I

wondered if any of you " experienced " parents have any advice for

me. The plastic is pink to begin with, so I won't be doing an all-

over paint, but rather stickers and possibly puffy paint, with

sealer over. I want to make sure that whatever I use can't chip off

and get into my daughter's mouth or eyes. Thanks for your help!

If anyone has any general advice (other than decorating) about the

Hanger helmets, I would love to hear it! And I would also

appreciate your prayers too......I am still so upset about the fact

that my daughter even has to get a helmet! We noticed her flat head

at about two months, but our doctor kept telling us " it will round

out " (it hasn't!), and we had never even heard of

plagio/bracycephaly before, so we didn't know to be really concerned

or do repo. My husband and I are going through all the emotions

that many of you have experienced....anger, resentment towards the

doctor, guilt over feeling like bad parents, embarrasment that our

daughter is the only kid we have ever known that will have to wear a

helmet......etc, etc, etc. And of course our insurance has denied

it claiming that it is " cosmetic " . Thanks for your thoughts,

advice, and

prayers!

proud mama of Laelie (8 months old, 98% brachy, 4mm asym., &

totally gorgeous!)

getting her Hanger helmet today 6/15/06 at 2pm! (it is a special

design created by an orthotist who has been making helmets for this

for 15 years)

near Gresham, Oregon

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