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I've never had anyone in public be rude to me, but I did have one woman in

's one day say " OH what a cute helmet! Do you just put him in it to

protect him? " hahaha...I just laughed very nicely and explained what it was for

and that nothing was wrong with him, we are just fixing his flat little head.

She said it was super cute and moved along with her shopping. We were at brunch

on Sunday and people were staring at us, I felt a little uncomfortable, but I

got over it pretty quickly. I was so worried about the staring and the comments

when we started the Doc Band. But, I'm over it now. I do have a situation

though where my sister is really unsupportive. She laughs and shakes her head

when she sees him. She says " I just don't understand " . I keep telling her she

doesn't have to understand. It's not her money or her baby. She shuts up pretty

quickly after that.

Good luck!

New to the Plagio Doc Band

Son Connor has been in it since Jan 25th 2011

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> I am curious to know how some of you have dealt with the social aspect of

helmet therapy.  After talking to a very wise friend, I agree that I should

neither be confrontational and rude when responding to strangers' staring,

laughing, etc., nor passive in allowing people to make fun of my daughter.  I

also have a 5-year-old son who is pretty much always with me, and I am trying to

set a good example for him.  I don't want to teach him to lash out at people who

are ignorant enough to make fun of a baby in a helmet, but I also don't want him

to learn that he has to accept people snickering and making fun of his sister

for looking different.  I'm not sure how to approach this.  Most people are very

nice and considerate, curious at most, but we had quite an unpleasant shopping

experience the other day, and I need to be prepared for how to deal with it if

that happens again.

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> Also, have any of you had to deal with friends/relatives who are less than

supportive about using the helmet?  It's a lot easier for me, personally, to

shrug off the opinion of a passerby whom I'll probably never see again than to

deal with knowing that someone I considered a good friend seems to think I'm

overreacting to the process of deciding whether to helmet or not (which I

obviously have since decided to do, and I believe in my heart that I made the

right decision more now than ever, because all of these rude and non-empathetic

people I'm dealing with now would be the same kind of people who would have been

making fun of my daughter later because of her funny-shaped head.)

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> Any suggestions or input would be greatly appreciated.

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