Re: My daughter's helmet likes to rotate clockwise

[Guest guest]

My son's helmet rotates clockwise as well. I spoke to the ortotist but

checked his helmet and claims that it has a snug fit and shouldn't move

at all....but it does!!

[Guest guest]

Hi-

Does it continually move or shift? Or does it sit firmly on her

head, but just not centered? It definitely shouldn't be so loose

that it constantly moves around on her head. However, if it's just a

matter of it sitting a little crooked but is still firmly in place,

I think that's okay. My son has a DocBand which has the

little " widow's peak " point in the center of the forehead. But it

doesn't line up straight with his nose, it is over to the left (his

right) a little. The therapist told me that it's fine that way and

the bigger concern would be if it was so far off center that it was

more in line with his eye than his nose (which it isn't, but another

mom I know of had that problem and her son is getting refitted for a

new band because it didn't fit right to begin with). I believe the

reasoning behind this crooked look is because in essence, their head

is crooked to begin with, therefore the band accentuates those

crooked features. At least that's what I attribute it to in our

case.

My son's band also laid on his ear a little at first, but the

therapist just shaved some room out of the ear hole and it's been

fine ever since. But again, if it's a matter of it constantly

shifting, that doesn't sound right at all. I would definitely bring

it to the ortho's attention again, until you feel satisfied that all

is as it should be.

Good luck!

Jake-18m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08)

Jordan-4

>

> My daughter (10 months old) got her helmet almost two weeks ago. I

> put it on straight and as soon as she starts moving it slips. My

> orthotist assures me that it's still working, and it doesn't seem

to

> bother my daughter even thought it sometimes mushes her ears a

little,

> but I'm getting really tired of defending it to everyone who

remarks

> that it's crooked. Going into this process, I prepared myself for

> getting a lot of questions and comments on why she wears a helmet,

but

> I wasn't prepared for the questions about why it's crooked. Has

> anyone else had a similar experience?

>