Does anybody know their baby's results (improvements) halfway thru the process?

[Guest guest]

I have posted before that I don't think the helmet is helping my now

10 month old daughter as much as we were hoping for. But she was

scanned again last week and I was wondering what everybody thought of

the results and how they compared to other babies' results halfway

thru the process. She had been in the helmet 8 weeks when the ortho

scanned her again. Her head had grown 9mm during that time and she

went from 10mm to 7mm asymmetrie. I am glad that she is improving, but

it still doesn't seem like it's going very good. She only has 8mm left

to grow before she outgrows the helmet and judging by how much she has

improved so far, it would get her to about 5mm asymmetrie once she is

done. I guess after reading about all of the babies who improved by 10-

13mm, I didn't expect her to only improve by around 5mm. She also has

facial asymmetries that have so far only improved by 1mm (from 7mm

down to 6mm). Is this a 'normal' result halfway thru the process? We

are VERY compliant with the 23 hour wearing schedule. I guess I don't

understand why some babies improve more than others since the helmets

work the same way. Shouldn't they all have 'round' heads once they are

done??

[Guest guest]

Which helmet is your daughter wearing and which place are you using?

>

> I have posted before that I don't think the helmet is helping my

now

> 10 month old daughter as much as we were hoping for. But she was

> scanned again last week and I was wondering what everybody thought

of

> the results and how they compared to other babies' results halfway

> thru the process. She had been in the helmet 8 weeks when the ortho

> scanned her again. Her head had grown 9mm during that time and she

> went from 10mm to 7mm asymmetrie. I am glad that she is improving,

but

> it still doesn't seem like it's going very good. She only has 8mm

left

> to grow before she outgrows the helmet and judging by how much she

has

> improved so far, it would get her to about 5mm asymmetrie once she

is

> done. I guess after reading about all of the babies who improved by

10-

> 13mm, I didn't expect her to only improve by around 5mm. She also

has

> facial asymmetries that have so far only improved by 1mm (from 7mm

> down to 6mm). Is this a 'normal' result halfway thru the process?

We

> are VERY compliant with the 23 hour wearing schedule. I guess I

don't

> understand why some babies improve more than others since the

helmets

> work the same way. Shouldn't they all have 'round' heads once they

are

> done??

>

[Guest guest]

I've wondered the same thing...my son started at 8mm and graduated

with 3mm assymetry. He wore the band for 8 weeks and we were told

he outgrew it. I'm not sure what the half-way numbers were but I

would think with 9mm of growth you should have seen more improvement

but I'm not sure. Hopefully, others know.

>

> I have posted before that I don't think the helmet is helping my

now

> 10 month old daughter as much as we were hoping for. But she was

> scanned again last week and I was wondering what everybody thought

of

> the results and how they compared to other babies' results halfway

> thru the process. She had been in the helmet 8 weeks when the

ortho

> scanned her again. Her head had grown 9mm during that time and she

> went from 10mm to 7mm asymmetrie. I am glad that she is improving,

but

> it still doesn't seem like it's going very good. She only has 8mm

left

> to grow before she outgrows the helmet and judging by how much she

has

> improved so far, it would get her to about 5mm asymmetrie once she

is

> done. I guess after reading about all of the babies who improved

by 10-

> 13mm, I didn't expect her to only improve by around 5mm. She also

has

> facial asymmetries that have so far only improved by 1mm (from 7mm

> down to 6mm). Is this a 'normal' result halfway thru the process?

We

> are VERY compliant with the 23 hour wearing schedule. I guess I

don't

> understand why some babies improve more than others since the

helmets

> work the same way. Shouldn't they all have 'round' heads once they

are

> done??

>

[Guest guest]

My son started with 20mm and finished his first band at 9mm. We are starting a

second band on the 10th. He is 10.5 months old and our therapist said she

expects him to wear it for 12 weeks (he also wore the first for 12). She thinks

he will improve to a 4 or 5. They are not expecting his head to be " perfect "

when he graduates, but he will have a great deal of improvement.