New here! Feeling remorse after 5 days!

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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.