Re: Fitting Problems

[Guest guest]

Hi Leila-

You are correct, I forgot to comment on that when I responded to

Amy's post. It has been explained to me that you cannot push the

prominent areas of the head in, you can only hold them in place so

that they cannot grow out any further. There have been many times

that I've wished we could just push my son's forehead bulge back

into place! But unfortunately, that's not possible.

The only thing I can think of with Bryson is if his overall head

circumference has grown, thereby making it appear that his width has

improved by 1/4 inch. Is that possible, Amy?

Jake-22m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 6 weeks)

Jordan-4

> >

> > My son Bryson is on his second Starband helmet as of yesterday.

He

> got his original helmet about 5 weeks ago with many fitting

problems,

> deep red spots, blistering, and tightness. After 6 appointments the

> ortho was able to shave the orginal one down to fit ok in the mean

> time until his second helmet was made (which we had to beg and

request

> for). The ortho put the new one on and made some adjustments After

> leaving,my son was a little fussy but I figured that it was him

just

> getting used to the way the new one felt. When I took it off at

> bath

> time he had large pressure marks where the closure of the helmet

is.

> It looks like it was pinching the skin together. But the rest of

the

> helmet is really loose on him. Is this normal to have the helmet

> really loose to where it moves around on his head. His orginal one

> never did that so I don't know which one " fits " better. The ortho

> said that OrthoAmerica makes the helmets loose so that there is

growing

> > room, it that true? I thought that there was supposed to be

> pressure on the spots that buldged out on the sides and loose in

the

> back where the flat spot is. Any suggestions?

> >

> > Amy

> > Bryson's mom-6 1/2 months old

> > Eau , WI

> >

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