Re: So sick of stares & ready to quit -**Jenn**

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Jenn -

Thank you for your response and telling me it was the same for you!

Maybe some days are just harder than others? I don't know but I'm

hoping that soon it gets much easier. Jaxson doesn't really notice it

on- he does know when it's gone though -his little hands go to his

head, feeling, almost as if he's saying 'wow, i have hair again'

When I venture out again, which will probably be in a couple hours,

I'm going to try and say something, not mean, but something to those

who stare. I do like what you said below about the helmet catching

their attention.

I know its for his own good and I have to remember that always. Next

time someone stares, I'll try to inform them. If they are rude, I'll

just trip them!

Kim

> > Hello all -

> > I am sure all of you that have had your little ones in a helmet

> have

> > went through this, and somehow managed. The first time I took

> Jaxson

> > out with his helmet, Dec. 6th (3 days after he got it) I had a

bad

> > experience with someone asking me if it was to stop him from

> banging

> > his head. I explained it to her, nicely, but all along my eyes

> > welling up.

> >

> > After that day, I told his PT about it and she said it really

> needs

> > to be known, more public, what a helmet is for. She suggested I

> call

> > the newspapers, news channels, etc. I emailed them all, haven't

> heard

> > anything yet (just did this on Thursday). I want more people

> around

> > my area to know about it.

> >

> > Well, I wanted so badly to just be done with the helmet this

> > weekend. First, I was in Wal-Mart picking up stocking stuffers

and

> > decided to check out their sticker department. I had noticed all

> > along people just kind of looking at Jax, but a little glance was

> > ok.. I was ok with it. In the stickers, this woman stopped right

> next

> > to my cart, STARING at Jax. She didn't say anything. I said

> nothing.

> > Yet. She walked away, turned around, and CAME BACK to stare MORE.

> She

> > stood there looking at him like he was a side show at the fair or

> > something. I asked her in not so nice of a tone what she was

> staring

> > at and just ASK already. She said nothing and walked away. I was

> sooo

> > mad.

> >

> > To top it all off, I went Christmas shopping at the mall

yesterday

> > along with Jaxson. All kinds of people just stared at him like he

> was

> > a freak. I wanted to pretend it was because he's so darn cute,

but

> > after the 15th, 20th time of hearing the comments after they

walked

> > by, I couldn't take it any longer.

> >

> > I want to take it off and keep it off him. I don't want to go

out

> in

> > public this way again with people commenting, but never asking. I

> > feel so stupid because I'm crying right now typing this. Bawling

> > actually. It has only been 12 days in this helmet and I am now

> > emotionally, a mess. I dread going out in public. Jax's dad tells

> me

> > to ignore it, but how can I? I can tell if someone is staring and

> > it's just not right, not polite.

> > More needs to be done to have this out there, to have more

> > information out there. Any suggestions or help, BESIDES locking

me

> up

> > in an institution...

> >

> >

> > Kim

> > mom to Kaela (age 9) and Jaxson 5 months w/plagio/tort CranioCap

> > 12/3/03