Re: Nine Month Old

[Guest guest]

Sorry you're having such a tough time. I would say that you really need to

increase the helmet time to around 20 hours. There is no magic number, but you

want him in it any time he is growing. That is why most people try to do 23

hours a day. That way the baby is in it except for one hour cleaning and drying

time. If you are in it only a few hours a day it may do no good at all.

Having said that, don't get totally depressed :-) Most babies do well in a

band. What problems are you having with your child? If you're seeing skin

irritation and red spots you need an adjustment, if the baby is sweating too

much or heat rash you need to wipe him off frequently and keep him cool and dry

(clear up heat rash first), if he's just cranky try to distract him with other

things so he forgets his helmet is there.

Let us know what problem you are having, and hopefully someone here can help.

-christine

sydney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad

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> Hi Everyone,

> This is my first post on this group so please bare with me.

>

> My son is now 9 months old and he has a slight flat spot on the side of his.

Our Dr said not to worry about it when we first noticed it around 4-5 months. I

eventually convinced him to get us to a specialist to look at getting him a

helmet. Unfortunately through a series of miscommunications, we didn't get an

appt then the helmet until about a week ago. My son is obviously not liking this

so we're having trouble getting him to wear it for long periods of time. Maybe

around 1-2 hours a day and now striving for 4-5+.

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> My question is does anyone think this will benefit him? It's fairly late in

the game to be wearing the helmet plus the trouble we're having with getting him

to adjust to it. One thing the specialist mentioned was that there really isn't

any hard proof of how long you need to wear the helmet to have it be effective.

They simply suggest 18-21 hours because it provides the best chance.

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> Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the quick responses!

I'm located in Toronto Canada and the only available option was a full helmet.

I've seen the bands but was informed that they aren't offered in my home city. A

lot of the problems have been heat. It's gotten really hot the last two weeks so

he's been sweating quickly in it.

He gets some red spots, not really rashes on the front and back of his opposite

his flat spot. The specialist had said to expect that. From what I'm seeing the

best thingvto do is frequently check to keep him dry and cool.

How diffiult did you find getting your chld used to sleeping with it on?

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> > Hi Everyone,

> > This is my first post on this group so please bare with me.

> >

> > My son is now 9 months old and he has a slight flat spot on the side of his.

Our Dr said not to worry about it when we first noticed it around 4-5 months. I

eventually convinced him to get us to a specialist to look at getting him a

helmet. Unfortunately through a series of miscommunications, we didn't get an

appt then the helmet until about a week ago. My son is obviously not liking this

so we're having trouble getting him to wear it for long periods of time. Maybe

around 1-2 hours a day and now striving for 4-5+.

> >

> > My question is does anyone think this will benefit him? It's fairly late in

the game to be wearing the helmet plus the trouble we're having with getting him

to adjust to it. One thing the specialist mentioned was that there really isn't

any hard proof of how long you need to wear the helmet to have it be effective.

They simply suggest 18-21 hours because it provides the best chance.

> >

> > Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.

> >

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