Re:Daycare responses and support

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My daughter goes to daycare and the staff wasn't all that crazy about the helmet when we first started talking about it. They just kept saying that they see 'flat heads' all the time and not to worry about it and that it will go away on its own. However, once she got the helmet, they all mentioned that she is very cute with it on and that it doesn't look like a medical device. The staff doesn't really need any experience with helmets since they won't have to do anything with it while she is there. The first day she wore it to daycare, we showed them how to take it off and put it back on, but they have never actually had to do that (and she has wore it for more than 3 months). I make sure that I put outfits on her that they can take off with the helmet on in case they have to change her. Also, once she started pulling up more and trying to walk, several staff members would tell me that they wished all babies would wear helmets during this stage since it

protects their head . She loses her balance quite a bit, but just gets right back up while the other babies get hurt and cry. There are no other babies with helmets in her daycare and they haven't had any before. And her daycare has been around for many years. We also haven't had any questions from other parents, but we have had several comment that they thought it was neat that her helmet could correct the shape of her head. We had one lady approach us in WalMart to see what the helmet was all about and it turned out that her son has severe brachy and she didn't know what to do about it. We have not had any negative responses from people about the helmet. Everybody has been very nice about it. We had to explain it many times so far, but that has never bothered us. I was a little worried at first about all of the stares and questions, but it has turned out to be a very good experience for us.

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Thank you for posting this info. I make me feel a little better know

you have not had a bad experience with it. I hope we can have a

positive time too.

Jenn

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> My daughter goes to daycare and the staff wasn't all that crazy

about the helmet when we first started talking about it. They just

kept saying that they see 'flat heads' all the time and not to worry

about it and that it will go away on its own. However, once she got

the helmet, they all mentioned that she is very cute with it on and

that it doesn't look like a medical device. The staff doesn't really

need any experience with helmets since they won't have to do anything

with it while she is there. The first day she wore it to daycare, we

showed them how to take it off and put it back on, but they have

never actually had to do that (and she has wore it for more than 3

months). I make sure that I put outfits on her that they can take off

with the helmet on in case they have to change her.

> Also, once she started pulling up more and trying to walk,

several staff members would tell me that they wished all babies would

wear helmets during this stage since it protects their head . She

loses her balance quite a bit, but just gets right back up while the

other babies get hurt and cry.

> There are no other babies with helmets in her daycare and they

haven't had any before. And her daycare has been around for many

years. We also haven't had any questions from other parents, but we

have had several comment that they thought it was neat that her

helmet could correct the shape of her head. We had one lady approach

us in WalMart to see what the helmet was all about and it turned out

that her son has severe brachy and she didn't know what to do about

it.

> We have not had any negative responses from people about the

helmet. Everybody has been very nice about it. We had to explain it

many times so far, but that has never bothered us. I was a little

worried at first about all of the stares and questions, but it has

turned out to be a very good experience for us.

>

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[Guest guest]

I'm glad to hear about the good responses. I really like and

appreciate the idea of writing a note to prepare the parents. My

son is in a 6 week to 1 year room (they move up when they can walk

and feed themselves). The center is very open, so some of the older

kids might have questions especially those in my daughters class (4

and 5).

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> > My daughter goes to daycare and the staff wasn't all that crazy

> about the helmet when we first started talking about it. They just

> kept saying that they see 'flat heads' all the time and not to

worry

> about it and that it will go away on its own. However, once she

got

> the helmet, they all mentioned that she is very cute with it on

and

> that it doesn't look like a medical device. The staff doesn't

really

> need any experience with helmets since they won't have to do

anything

> with it while she is there. The first day she wore it to daycare,

we

> showed them how to take it off and put it back on, but they have

> never actually had to do that (and she has wore it for more than 3

> months). I make sure that I put outfits on her that they can take

off

> with the helmet on in case they have to change her.

> > Also, once she started pulling up more and trying to walk,

> several staff members would tell me that they wished all babies

would

> wear helmets during this stage since it protects their head .

She

> loses her balance quite a bit, but just gets right back up while

the

> other babies get hurt and cry.

> > There are no other babies with helmets in her daycare and they

> haven't had any before. And her daycare has been around for many

> years. We also haven't had any questions from other parents, but

we

> have had several comment that they thought it was neat that her

> helmet could correct the shape of her head. We had one lady

approach

> us in WalMart to see what the helmet was all about and it turned

out

> that her son has severe brachy and she didn't know what to do

about

> it.

> > We have not had any negative responses from people about the

> helmet. Everybody has been very nice about it. We had to explain

it

> many times so far, but that has never bothered us. I was a little

> worried at first about all of the stares and questions, but it has

> turned out to be a very good experience for us.

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of

> Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.

> >

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