Re: OK, having trouble keeping motivated to keep helmet on!

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I wouldn't just call it luck Jodi! You listened to your mommy

instincts and moved quickly.

Even though we started at 5 months, I wonder if I should have just

listened to my instincts and banded Dane at 2 or 3 months. He

probably would have been in it half the time. Luckily we lived 15

minutes away and he was never bothered by it anyhow! Still got

about 95% correction.

You started at a great time. You also are a HUGE credit for putting

the ball in motion for that!

> I didn't realize how close he was to him outgrowing it last time

we saw

> her. I did mention there wasn't much left in the " sideburn " parts

but

> she said they would use heat to bend them out a tiny bit if

needed. I

> didn't realize at the time there was virtually no foam left above

his

> ears too. I'll ask her next week what happens if he outgrows it

before

> Jan 22. I imagine he'll just stop wearing it. I can't see any

plagio

> at all now when I look at him. I have been thrilled with the

STARband,

> and it saddens me to see so many parents having trouble with it

because

> of inexperienced orthotists. I wish everyone had the luck we've

had --

> and it truly was just luck. We saw a specialist, we went to the

clinic

> and he was scanned, all in the same day, so I had done NO research

prior

> to the scanning of his head. We just got lucky that we were

referred to

> a good orthotist.