Re: no head growth while wearing helmet.????

[Guest guest]

Yah it seems silly to take it off when it is paid for and is

still " good " . It isn't making any red marks or anything is it? Why

not leave it on for the usual 4 months if it isn't hurting anything

right? My son is 18 months old and his head hasn't grown much at

all but the improvement in his head shape espeically his forhead has

been huge.

Haylee

> >

> > hello all....my son nicholas has been wearing his helmet for 1

> month

> > now....cranial tech already sees a lot of progress....today i

took

> him

> > to his specialist and he also sees progress but he said his head

> didnt

> > grow at all since last month....he said he will only allow that

> (zero

> > head growth) for one more month and then tell us to stop wearing

> the

> > helmet....he is the dr that referred us to ct and suggested he

> wear

> > the helmet, but he said that a lot of times the places that make

> the

> > helmets dont believe that wearing the helmet can stop head

growth

> and

> > they'll leave the babies in helmets for sometimes 5-6 months

with

> no

> > head growth....i'm just curious if anyone has had this happen

with

> > their babies head while wearing the helmet....he said he's still

> in

> > the 75% percentile for head circumfrance so he's ok....i'm just

> > confused and wondering if this is a common thing....

> > monica g

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yah it seems silly to take it off when it is paid for and is

still " good " . It isn't making any red marks or anything is it? Why

not leave it on for the usual 4 months if it isn't hurting anything

right? My son is 18 months old and his head hasn't grown much at

all but the improvement in his head shape espeically his forhead has

been huge.

Haylee

> >

> > hello all....my son nicholas has been wearing his helmet for 1

> month

> > now....cranial tech already sees a lot of progress....today i

took

> him

> > to his specialist and he also sees progress but he said his head

> didnt

> > grow at all since last month....he said he will only allow that

> (zero

> > head growth) for one more month and then tell us to stop wearing

> the

> > helmet....he is the dr that referred us to ct and suggested he

> wear

> > the helmet, but he said that a lot of times the places that make

> the

> > helmets dont believe that wearing the helmet can stop head

growth

> and

> > they'll leave the babies in helmets for sometimes 5-6 months

with

> no

> > head growth....i'm just curious if anyone has had this happen

with

> > their babies head while wearing the helmet....he said he's still

> in

> > the 75% percentile for head circumfrance so he's ok....i'm just

> > confused and wondering if this is a common thing....

> > monica g

> >

>