Re: Getting Clothes On

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Our LO has had a very similar experience. He doesn't seem to mind the helmet at all. We remove the helmet to get him dressed in the morning. It's off for such a short time it doesn't make a difference and our LO doesn't fuss when he gets his helmet off and on. But I also bought the onesies (the kind with the cross over neck - no snaps) in a bit larger size. They can slide down passed his shoulders and come off at his foot end. That's what daycare does if he has a blowout. That way also no junk from the blowout gets on the helmet. I also put the onesie on starting at the foot and slide it up. DianeSF Bay Area8.5 month oldSTARband 2.5 weeksOn Nov 7, 2009, at 8:27 AM, d_jwhitehead wrote: I know that this may sound like a strange question, but I'm new to this (my son has had his helmet only 4 days). I thought that this was going to be an awful experience, but my son has been such a little trooper. He hasn't cried once and he's been nothing but his happy, smiley self. He even slept through the night last night with his helmet on which is no different than normal. Anyway, about getting him dressed. It their some trick to getting on his clothes without removing his helmet? How does one get on onesies over it or can I just take his helmet off to get him dressed? Looking for suggestions. Thanks!

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Some clothes go on easily over it and some don't. It's as simple as that. If I

could tell the top wasn't stretchy enough I'd have to take it off. It was a

pain, but much better than getting the shirt stuck half way on!

Jen

Sebastian- 10 months and 1 month out of starband

> Getting Clothes On

> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:27:03 -0000

>

>

> I know that this may sound like a strange question, but I'm new to

> this (my son has had his helmet only 4 days). I thought that this

> was going to be an awful experience, but my son has been such a

> little trooper. He hasn't cried once and he's been nothing but his

> happy, smiley self. He even slept through the night last night

> with his helmet on which is no different than normal. Anyway,

> about getting him dressed. It their some trick to getting on his

> clothes without removing his helmet? How does one get on onesies

> over it or can I just take his helmet off to get him dressed?

> Looking for suggestions. Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

We got our daughters helment through CT and they told us to just take it off when dressing her.

From: d_jwhitehead <d_jwhitehead@...>Subject: Getting Clothes OnPlagiocephaly Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 4:27 PM

I know that this may sound like a strange question, but I'm new to this (my son has had his helmet only 4 days). I thought that this was going to be an awful experience, but my son has been such a little trooper. He hasn't cried once and he's been nothing but his happy, smiley self. He even slept through the night last night with his helmet on which is no different than normal. Anyway, about getting him dressed. It their some trick to getting on his clothes without removing his helmet? How does one get on onesies over it or can I just take his helmet off to get him dressed? Looking for suggestions. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

I tended to look for things that were very big in the neck, or buttoned/snapped.

If your baby tends to get wet at night (leaky diapers) then it usually helps to

find things that don't require taking off the band to change her pajamas. You

don't want to wake the baby up more than needed.

-christine

sydney, 3.5 yrs, starband grad

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> Some clothes go on easily over it and some don't. It's as simple as that. If I

could tell the top wasn't stretchy enough I'd have to take it off. It was a

pain, but much better than getting the shirt stuck half way on!

>

> Jen

>

> Sebastian- 10 months and 1 month out of starband

>

>

> > Getting Clothes On

> > Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:27:03 -0000

> >

> >

> > I know that this may sound like a strange question, but I'm new to

> > this (my son has had his helmet only 4 days). I thought that this

> > was going to be an awful experience, but my son has been such a

> > little trooper. He hasn't cried once and he's been nothing but his

> > happy, smiley self. He even slept through the night last night

> > with his helmet on which is no different than normal. Anyway,

> > about getting him dressed. It their some trick to getting on his

> > clothes without removing his helmet? How does one get on onesies

> > over it or can I just take his helmet off to get him dressed?

> > Looking for suggestions. Thanks!

>

> >

>

[Guest guest]

We only dress Elijah when he has his helmet off for cleaning--and hope he

doesn't dirty his clothes in the meantime!!

Shirts with big necklines or with buttons or snaps on the neck opening are good

if you have to take it off without taking the helmet off; if you haven't already

found this out, don't do the cute hooded things--I've put Elijah down for a nap

in one and found it tightly tucked under the edge of the helmet--scary. We'll

have to wait on the hoods!!

You can take his helmet off if you need to for dressing; it isn't going to mess

up his shaping to be off for 2 minutes. But he might find it annoying to have

an extra on- and off-. Elijah doesnt' mind wearing his helmet at all after 5

months, but he doesn't love the off- and on- part

Betsy

I know that this may sound like a strange question, but I'm new to this (my son

has had his helmet only 4 days). I thought that this was going to be an awful

experience, but my son has been such a little trooper. He hasn't cried once and

he's been nothing but his happy, smiley self. He even slept through the night

last night with his helmet on which is no different than normal. Anyway, about

getting him dressed. It their some trick to getting on his clothes without

removing his helmet? How does one get on onesies over it or can I just take his

helmet off to get him dressed? Looking for suggestions. Thanks!