Re: New here! Feeling remorse after 5 days!

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My daughter has a full helmet as well. She also has Tort and Plagio. The helmet we have is made by Danmar. The helmet / tort / plagio has not hindered her in any way. She was 10 months old on Monday and is cruising my furniture and taking up to 4 steps at a time. She has not lost her hair as in developed any bald spots. I do however feel that it has fallen out / grown back at a faster rate than I feel it would have normally.

I am sure that someone told you to remove the helmet when you do the stretches and during PT.

New here! Feeling remorse after 5 days!

Hi everyone! My 7 month old just got his starband and I have a lot of questions already. I wasn't there when my husband went to get the helmet, so I didn't get a chance to ask questions. I will next time. I am hoping someone here can help. My son's plagio is mild. He is flat his left, but it's subtle. I was on the fence about even doing the helmet. Who knows if he would have just grown into it. After much back and forth we decided to do it. Now I am very worried. I thought I was getting a starband with an open design. It's not. It's completely closed and pretty big. The therapist did not even call to let us know it would be closed. We live in Florida, so it is pretty warm here. Can the helmet cause other problems, prevent delays with other milestones such ad crawling or range of motion, or even make the plagio worse??Will he lose his hair?If he had torticollis, won't the helmet make it harder for him to turn his head?Is there a chance we will see no improvement?I am definitely having regret. I kind of wish we had gotten a second opinion, but my dr said that the ortho plastic surgeon was the best. At this point I an not sure we did the right thing. I am skeptical of the dr and therapist and think of this as a business for them. I know this is effective treatment for many families, but what do parents of subtle cases do?Any advice would help. I am also a first time mom, so I am new to all of this.