Re: Hating helmet!!

[Guest guest]

My son was around 4 months when he was placed in the helmet. He also hated anything on his head. We had about 2 days and he was used to it and looked for it at his times off. He is now out of number 1 and he hates it without his helmet. The kids get used to it pretty quickly. The hardest part was acclimating to the helmet and we had to learn how to dress him so he wasnt to hot in the helmet, that took a good week.

mom to Justice 6 months old waiting on starband number 2 (friday March 27)

From: K <lmkdmk@...>Subject: Hating helmet!!plagiocephaly Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 6:04 PM

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?

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My son HATED anything on his head too and it took about 1 day to get used to the helmet. The crazy thing is that they are really unaffected by it. For the first day or so, he would cry when we put it on but he doesn't do it anymore. They don't even know they have it on.... It is crazy, how quickly they adapt. I swore that my son would be the one exception and we would have to stop using it, but I was wrong. He actually sleeps through the night with it. Right now he has a cold, and I find that taking it off in the middle of the night helps but other than this small cold he doesn't mind it at all! Missy,From: K

<lmkdmk@...>Subject: Hating helmet!!plagiocephaly Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 2:04 PM

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?

[Guest guest]

I was really concerned about this also - my son absolutely hated everything on his head, even the hood from a jacket! But, ironically, he doesn't seem to mind his STARband at all. He's been in it about 1 1/2 months, and it took him all of about 3-4 days to adjust. In fact, we had it off him this weekend for his "break" and I was trying on him a hat I bought for this summer (post-band) and he wouldn't have anything to do with it - go figure!

I was skeptical before he started with his STARband just like you, but they really do adjust quickly. I thought it would be awful seeing him go through that adjustment period, but he really surprised me when he adapted very quickly. He is even a little bit older, so he's moving around and the weight of it doesn't bother him a bit.

Good Luck!

Cinde, mom to Ian (STARband), 9 1/2 months old

From: K <lmkdmk@...>Subject: Hating helmet!!plagiocephaly Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 2:04 PM

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?

[Guest guest]

My son never acted any different but he got his first helmet at 7 months. He wasn't fussy or anythingSent via BlackBerry from T-MobileFrom: K Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:04:59 -0700 (PDT)<plagiocephaly >Subject: Hating helmet!! My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?

[Guest guest]

My son hated wearing hats and to this day still refuses to wear

them. However, he had no problem wearing his STARband. The first

couple of nights he was in the band he didn’t sleep very well but he

never had any problem with it during the day. It eventually got to a

point where he hated having the band off! We would take it off for the

one hour off and he would be miserable and we usually ended up putting it back

on early. Good luck when you get the band, the anticipation of getting it

is much worse than actually having it.

Molly

Novato, California

Nicolas, 3, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland)

4/24/06-9/12/06, Graduate!

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From: Plagiocephaly

[mailto:Plagiocephaly ] On Behalf Of K

Sent: 23 March 2009 11:05

plagiocephaly

Subject: Hating helmet!!

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe

plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did

physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping

helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead

with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet

itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now!

When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone

who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child

to get used to the helmet?

[Guest guest]

thanks, that's encouraging!

From: K <lmkdmk (DOT) com>Subject: Hating helmet!!plagiocephalyDate: Monday, March 23, 2009, 6:04 PM

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?

[Guest guest]

It is very interesting. My daughter generally hates hats as well, but she loves her helmet. for some reason, this has always just been different for her. She's also one that doesn't like new things, but she did well with adjusting to the helmet. Hopefully it will be the same for you.

, mom to , 19 months

18 weeks in STARband plus CST

land Hating helmet!!

My daughter was diagnosed with moderate to severe plagiocephaly at 2 months old. She also had torticollis. We did physical therapy to correct the torticollis, but she still needs a shaping helmet. She is four months old now. We have decided to go ahead with that, but I am nervous about how she is going to react to the helmet itself. She absolutely hates anything on her head as it is now! When we have to put a hat on her to go outside, she screams! For anyone who has already gone through this, about how long did it take for your child to get used to the helmet?