16 weeks wearing helmet and no major change?

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Hi

We're from Toronto, Canada and we obtained our helmet from Sick Kids

Hospital - the only place here that makes them. My son's head was

very flat at the back when we started 16 weeks ago (which also means

the sides of his head are way out). He is a slow grower (low birth

weight and he has stayed somewhere around the 3rd percentile on the

growth chart). Yesterday we went in for our 4 week check in and I

have to say I didn't see any change from the pictures they took at 12

weeks or 8 weeks. My son will be 10 months next week and I was told

that in about 2 months, maybe 3, the helmet will have done all it can

do and we may just have to accept his head the way it is. There is a

small bump at the back - its lumpy and not rounded and smooth but

that's it. The sides are still way out in my opinion.

Our helmet looks a lot different from the ones made in the US. Sick

Kids hospital is a very big hospital so I am sure the helmets they

use must be up to standard....I'm so disappointed this isn't working

after 22 hours a day for 16 weeks. I was wondering if the helmets

made in the US actually push the head shape back into normal shape?

My helmet holds onto the high spots and has a space at the back for

the head to grow into. Since my son has been labeled a slow grower

the back of his head isn't filling out as fast as I'd like. I'm

wondering when our time is up if I should look into popping over the

border and getting another helmet, is there any point at one year

going into another helmet? Do the Star bands actually apply pressure

to shape head or do they work similar to the one I already have? Is

a one year old baby too late to make any changes?

thanks for any advice, I know this was long.

Marina

I'll post a pic of Cal's helmet