Re: Day 2 in Hanger Helmet- heat rash

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Hi there

The Handout you want is called Tips for helping baby adjust to first

helmet and is in the files section towards the bottom. Hope it helps.

Hannah

> > > I would like to thank everyone for their support. I am

> disappointed

> > to

> > > report a roadblock. My daughter was in the helmet all night

for

> > 10 hours. She

> > > slept through the night nicely, she did fall asleep later and

> woke

> > up earlier

> > > than usually. But just by 1 hour total. Then I took it off

> this

> > morning for

> > > an hour and then back on for 4 hours after that. Then I took

> it

> > off because

> > > I noticed sweat dripping down her face and the helmet kept

> falling

> > to her

> > > eyebrows. I cleaned her head and the helmet and then I

noticed

> > that she has

> > > developed a rash around the perimeter of the helmet. It is

red

> > and pimply. The

> > > bottom back of her head right above her neck is also red and

> rashy

> > looking.

> > > So I haven't put it on since. So she has been out of it for

> > almost 6 hours

> > > and she is still red and rashy. So I am deciding if I should

> put

> > it on

> > > tonight for bed or if I should just leave it off and call the

> > technician tomorrow.

> > > What do you guys think. A friend of mine suggested that I

put

> a

> > thin layer

> > > of cloth over her head and then put on the helmet. Will that

> > affect

> > > results? I don't want to reapply a helmet if her rash is

still

> > red. I will also

> > > ask about the gold bound powder. I am so confused and upset

> that

> > I am about to

> > > go to another neurologist for a second opinion. Again thanks

> for

> > all the

> > > help. The helmet issue was hard enough for me to deal with

but

> now

> > the rashes

> > > and sweating are making it even worse. Help!!!!