1 week in helmet and no comments yet!

[Guest guest]

My little guy has been in his helmet for just over a week and I have taken him

to Tim

Hortons, Safeway, Swimming, church, you name it... and we have not received any

comments

from any adult. It's surprising.

Ok... the only comment I got was " his helmet matches you swimsuit! " just before

I took it off

for swimming. haha. I guess I like blue.

Two three year olds have shouted " That baby has a helmet on! " but that was it.

So far so good. I was especially worried about the grocery store.

Anyone else notice the silence on the helmet in public? Most people just say

that he is a

cutie, which is what they said before helmet.

[Guest guest]

Briar has been in his helmet for two weeks now and I have not had many

comments either. Most have been that they knew a child that had to

wear a helmet as well. The only negative encounter I have had was a

another father in the PT waiting room pointed his phone at Briar and I

could hear the beep it makes when a picture was taken-his wife looked

at the phone and said " you are so mean " , he continued to laugh and must

have sent it to someone. I completely ignored it-I could not believe

that someone would do this-especially when thier child is in PT as

well. Also if I hear that he looks like a character off of the Jetsons

or Peanuts one more time, I am going to flip out:)

I just ignore it all, it is not a big deal to me:) I think he is the

cutest, most adorable child ever, helmet or not:)

[Guest guest]

>

> Briar has been in his helmet for two weeks now and I have not had

many

> comments either. Most have been that they knew a child that had

to

> wear a helmet as well. The only negative encounter I have had was

a

> another father in the PT waiting room pointed his phone at Briar

and I

> could hear the beep it makes when a picture was taken-his wife

looked

> at the phone and said " you are so mean " , he continued to laugh and

must

> have sent it to someone. I completely ignored it-I could not

believe

> that someone would do this-especially when thier child is in PT as

> well. Also if I hear that he looks like a character off of the

Jetsons

> or Peanuts one more time, I am going to flip out:)

> I just ignore it all, it is not a big deal to me:) I think he is

the

> cutest, most adorable child ever, helmet or not:)

>

My son has been in his helmet since January 26,2009. We have never

had any bad comments and we take him out alot. We have met many

people curious though. Just yesterday we had cable installed and the

tech looked at my son strange with his helmet on and then my husband

asked him if he has ever seen a child with a helmet on. He replied

that no he hadnt. My husband then picked up our son and carried him

over to the man and began to explain what was going on. I sat there

and just smiled...to see the 2 men talk about it was remarkable.

Hearing my husband explain it and the tech really was interested and

such. When he left my husband felt so good about himself and feels

as if he taught the man something. Indeed he did as he has no kids

and wants some at some point. So I told my husband that you taught

him a very good thing as many doctors dont tell parents about plagio

or torticollis and if he was to become a dad he knows now what to

look for. He commented back as to to bad we cant tell the world

because he wouldnt want to see another child go through this if it

could of been avoided. I told him to use this time with Justice in

the helmet to educate as many as he can and he plans to do just

that. Most people are curious but we always have a moron some where

that is ready to say something messed up, but if they comment on a

child in a helmet it shows thier mantality and isnt worth worrying

about. Our kids are the most precious anyways.

mom to Justice age 4 months in starband helmet since 1-26-09

[Guest guest]

Oh my gosh! I cant believe how inconsiderate people are. I would have been so pissed if someone did that to my son. Im sure you were too. I overheard once when I was standing in line with my son some teenagers looking at him and saying "Timmy" from South Park. I know when I was that age I made fun of people too and maybe its karma coming back to get me?! But I now know I just didnt know any better and I was a rude and inconsiderate teen only worried about myself. We only have 2 weeks left in the helmet and I am more than excited to be done with it and I am even more happy with his rounder head.- /Cole in DOCband since 12/1/08From: so545462 <so545462@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:07:42 AMSubject: Re: 1 week in helmet and no comments yet!

Briar has been in his helmet for two weeks now and I have not had many

comments either. Most have been that they knew a child that had to

wear a helmet as well. The only negative encounter I have had was a

another father in the PT waiting room pointed his phone at Briar and I

could hear the beep it makes when a picture was taken-his wife looked

at the phone and said "you are so mean", he continued to laugh and must

have sent it to someone. I completely ignored it-I could not believe

that someone would do this-especially when thier child is in PT as

well. Also if I hear that he looks like a character off of the Jetsons

or Peanuts one more time, I am going to flip out:)

I just ignore it all, it is not a big deal to me:) I think he is the

cutest, most adorable child ever, helmet or not:)

[Guest guest]

Most people I've encountered don't acknowledge the helmet. My husband

says he sometimes gets looks, but if I get them, I don't notice them.

I've had lots of people comment on how cute my daughter is, but never

a negative comment. The one comment I did have about it was from a

grandmother who has a grandson in a helmet. She just asked me if it

bothers my daughter at all.

I can't believe some of the comments some people have made to some of

you. I don't know how I'd handle that, though I have been eager for

someone to ask about it so I can inform.

>

> My little guy has been in his helmet for just over a week and I have

taken him to Tim

> Hortons, Safeway, Swimming, church, you name it... and we have not

received any comments

> from any adult. It's surprising.

>

> Ok... the only comment I got was " his helmet matches you swimsuit! "

just before I took it off

> for swimming. haha. I guess I like blue.

>

> Two three year olds have shouted " That baby has a helmet on! " but

that was it.

>

> So far so good. I was especially worried about the grocery store.

>

> Anyone else notice the silence on the helmet in public? Most people

just say that he is a

> cutie, which is what they said before helmet.

>