No concept of head injuries?????

[Guest guest]

I have been watching my son now, day 3 in his helmet. He seems to have

figured out very quickly that banging his head no longer hurts. He doesn't

even seem to second guess falling over onto things. I know this is a long

time away, but I am worried that when he finally graduates, which the

Orthotist has projected to be in about 4 to 5 months, he will have gotten

so used to his helmet protection that he will have a hard time adjusting to

not running into things with his head and really hurting himself. Has

anyone had a hard time getting their child to understand the concept of

hurting themselves once they no longer have the helmet?

I guess I am already looking forward to getting this thing off of him and

he has only had it 3 days.

Thanks,

Grants Mom

Plagio/Tort

Local Helmet rec'd 11/22/04

[Guest guest]

Connor was in his helmet for 3 months. He got out of it as he was

starting to cruise. Not great timing, lol. It took a little while

for him to figure out that it hurt without the helmet, but he didn't

have any major spills.

Connor (PPO helmet grad 8/04, tort resolved, mild craniofacial microsomia)

> I have been watching my son now, day 3 in his helmet. He seems to have

> figured out very quickly that banging his head no longer hurts. He

doesn't

> even seem to second guess falling over onto things. I know this is

a long

> time away, but I am worried that when he finally graduates, which the

> Orthotist has projected to be in about 4 to 5 months, he will have

gotten

> so used to his helmet protection that he will have a hard time

adjusting to

> not running into things with his head and really hurting himself. Has

> anyone had a hard time getting their child to understand the concept of

> hurting themselves once they no longer have the helmet?

>

> I guess I am already looking forward to getting this thing off of

him and

> he has only had it 3 days.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Grants Mom

> Plagio/Tort

> Local Helmet rec'd 11/22/04

[Guest guest]

My son was a year old when he got his helmet (not walking at that

time) and was in his helmet until he was 18 months. He had a couple

of nasty spills when he was wearing his helmet, one so bad that I am

sure he would have wound up in emergency if he didn't have the

helmet on!!! After he got it off it took only one or two

light " bonks " to figure out that he wasn't wearing his helmet and

yup, his melon hurt when he hit it!

I consider the helmet to have been a lifesaver for my son in more

ways than one!

, mom to Ethan

Local Helmet Grad Dec 2003

Vancouver, BC

> I have been watching my son now, day 3 in his helmet. He seems to

have

> figured out very quickly that banging his head no longer hurts.

He doesn't

> even seem to second guess falling over onto things. I know this

is a long

> time away, but I am worried that when he finally graduates, which

the

> Orthotist has projected to be in about 4 to 5 months, he will have

gotten

> so used to his helmet protection that he will have a hard time

adjusting to

> not running into things with his head and really hurting himself.

Has

> anyone had a hard time getting their child to understand the

concept of

> hurting themselves once they no longer have the helmet?

>

> I guess I am already looking forward to getting this thing off of

him and

> he has only had it 3 days.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Grants Mom

> Plagio/Tort

> Local Helmet rec'd 11/22/04

[Guest guest]

Hi there

I don't think it is a problem. Lucia has just come out of her helmet

about three weeks ago, and is cruising round no problem with no

major bumps. I think it was harder when they have their one hour off-

she seemed to get more bumped and bruised then, I guess becasue she

was used to the protecion. Once it was off for good, she readjusted

no problems.

Babies and children are incredibly resiliant and I think they just

adapt to the new circumstances.

Hope your son doesn't destroy the house with his new games!

Hannah (mum to Lucia, London, UK)

Cranio grad

> > I have been watching my son now, day 3 in his helmet. He seems

to have

> > figured out very quickly that banging his head no longer hurts.

He

> doesn't

> > even seem to second guess falling over onto things. I know this

is

> a long

> > time away, but I am worried that when he finally graduates,

which the

> > Orthotist has projected to be in about 4 to 5 months, he will

have

> gotten

> > so used to his helmet protection that he will have a hard time

> adjusting to

> > not running into things with his head and really hurting

himself. Has

> > anyone had a hard time getting their child to understand the

concept of

> > hurting themselves once they no longer have the helmet?

> >

> > I guess I am already looking forward to getting this thing off of

> him and

> > he has only had it 3 days.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Grants Mom

> > Plagio/Tort

> > Local Helmet rec'd 11/22/04