Has anybody seen improvements towards the end of the time spent in the helmet?

[Guest guest]

My daughter who is now almost 9 months old has been wearing her

helmet for more than 6 weeks now and while we have been seeing some

results, they are not as significant as we were hoping. Her head is

rounding out some, but the flat spot is still clearly visible. Also,

she has facial assymetries and I can't see any improvement in that

so far. Especially her ears are still off by a lot and her cheeks

are clearly different. She started out 10 mm assymetrie. She hasn't

been scanned since then so I don't know if that number has gone

down, but when they measure her head, the ortho always says that she

is exactly on track and on the growth curve (which to me means that

her head is growing, but her plagio is not getting much better).

I have been reading a lot of posts about early improvements, babies

who have the most improvement within the first few weeks or even

days spent in the helmet. Has anybody seen a lot of improvement

towards the end? She still has about 2 months left before she'll

outgrow the helmet. We are very compliant with the wearing schedule

so that she has the full benefit of the helmet and I don't know of

anything else I could do to make sure she gets the best results. I

guess, I am getting a little worried that the helmet is not really

helping her.

[Guest guest]

Has she had a growth spurt lately? Maybe she's due for one and you

could see a big change then. If she's only been gradually growing,

the changes might be too small to see. I would urge you to stay

positive, you still have 2 months left and your baby is still

growing at a pretty rapid pace. Please don't get discouraged. My son

doesn't even have his band yet and he's 17 months old, so I'm trying

to stay as positive as I can that we'll see at least some results.

Just think about her last growth spurt and if you think she's ready

for another one coming up. Is she getting two small for some of her

clothes? Is she eating more than usual? I think my son had one

around 9 or 10 months old. I would definitely give it more time

before becoming too discouraged. Good luck! And keep us posted!

in Raleigh

Jake-17m DocBand 2/11/08

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> My daughter who is now almost 9 months old has been wearing her

> helmet for more than 6 weeks now and while we have been seeing

some

> results, they are not as significant as we were hoping. Her head

is

> rounding out some, but the flat spot is still clearly visible.

Also,

> she has facial assymetries and I can't see any improvement in that

> so far. Especially her ears are still off by a lot and her cheeks

> are clearly different. She started out 10 mm assymetrie. She

hasn't

> been scanned since then so I don't know if that number has gone

> down, but when they measure her head, the ortho always says that

she

> is exactly on track and on the growth curve (which to me means

that

> her head is growing, but her plagio is not getting much better).

> I have been reading a lot of posts about early improvements,

babies

> who have the most improvement within the first few weeks or even

> days spent in the helmet. Has anybody seen a lot of improvement

> towards the end? She still has about 2 months left before she'll

> outgrow the helmet. We are very compliant with the wearing

schedule

> so that she has the full benefit of the helmet and I don't know of

> anything else I could do to make sure she gets the best results. I

> guess, I am getting a little worried that the helmet is not really

> helping her.

>