Any ideas on how to get older babies to keep the helmet on?

[Guest guest]

My daughter, who is now 13 months, has worn her helmet for almost 6

months. We haven't had any problems until about 2-3 weeks ago. She

started taking off her helmet and no matter what we do, she won't keep

it on. It is not hurting her that I can tell, the only thing different

is that she now sweats more due to the hot weather. I have gotten on to

her so much now that she takes it off less during the day, but she does

it all the time at night (and I don't think that she is uncomfortable

as she never complained before). Since she is not a good sleeper, I

hate waking her up to put it back on and sometimes it seems like the

helmet is off more than it's on right now.

Has anybody experienced this with their baby? Is there anything that

the ortho could do to the helmet so that she can't take it off anymore?

Her helmet only has a velcro strap that she can undo without a problem.

I am still hoping for some more correction on her facial asymmetries

and so I want her to wear it as much as possible.

Thank you,

[Guest guest]

Hi :

We had the same problem with my Grandson. First he learned to open

the Velcro and then he simply pulled the helmet (Starband at the time)

off his head. It was a combination of an ill-fitting helmet and a more

savy baby.

Now, with his DOC band we taped the end of the Velcro down with clear

packaging tape right from the start. At first he fiddled around with

his hand, searching for the end of the Velcro and then, when he did

not find it, just left it alone.

So, unless the helmet is a bad fit, the packaging tape should do the

trick for you.

Good luck,

Heidrun

Aiden's proud Grandma

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> My daughter, who is now 13 months, has worn her helmet for almost 6

> months. We haven't had any problems until about 2-3 weeks ago. She

> started taking off her helmet and no matter what we do, she won't keep

> it on. It is not hurting her that I can tell, the only thing different

> is that she now sweats more due to the hot weather. I have gotten on to

> her so much now that she takes it off less during the day, but she does

> it all the time at night (and I don't think that she is uncomfortable

> as she never complained before). Since she is not a good sleeper, I

> hate waking her up to put it back on and sometimes it seems like the

> helmet is off more than it's on right now.

> Has anybody experienced this with their baby? Is there anything that

> the ortho could do to the helmet so that she can't take it off anymore?

> Her helmet only has a velcro strap that she can undo without a problem.

> I am still hoping for some more correction on her facial asymmetries

> and so I want her to wear it as much as possible.

>

> Thank you,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You can try a barrette, one of those long ones that can clip over

both layers of the velcro at the opening, and then she shouldn't be

able to undo it. I've been lucky, my son is 21 months old and still

hasn't taken an interest in trying to get his band off on his own.

But if he does, I'd probably try that first (although I'm sure it

will look better on a girl's helmet!).

Jake 21m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2-Day 4)

Jordan-4

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> My daughter, who is now 13 months, has worn her helmet for almost

6

> months. We haven't had any problems until about 2-3 weeks ago. She

> started taking off her helmet and no matter what we do, she won't

keep

> it on. It is not hurting her that I can tell, the only thing

different

> is that she now sweats more due to the hot weather. I have gotten

on to

> her so much now that she takes it off less during the day, but she

does

> it all the time at night (and I don't think that she is

uncomfortable

> as she never complained before). Since she is not a good sleeper,

I

> hate waking her up to put it back on and sometimes it seems like

the

> helmet is off more than it's on right now.

> Has anybody experienced this with their baby? Is there anything

that

> the ortho could do to the helmet so that she can't take it off

anymore?

> Her helmet only has a velcro strap that she can undo without a

problem.

> I am still hoping for some more correction on her facial

asymmetries

> and so I want her to wear it as much as possible.

>

> Thank you,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry it took me so long to reply. My daughter is in a Hanger helmet

and has not grown much over the past 6 months. I do think that the

helmet still fits. She was scheduled to graduate in April, but just

didn't grow on her previous curve. So here we are, six months into

this and still room for growth. She doesn't have major red spots,

nothing that doesn't fade within the hour off, so I don't think that

it's uncomfortable for her. We still go for regular adjustments of

course and there is still foam that the ortho can shave off.

We are going for another adjustment tomorrow and if she can still

wear it after that, we will try all suggestions for getting her to

keep it on.

Thank you,

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> > My daughter, who is now 13 months, has worn her helmet for almost

> 6

> > months. We haven't had any problems until about 2-3 weeks ago.

She

> > started taking off her helmet and no matter what we do, she won't

> keep

> > it on. It is not hurting her that I can tell, the only thing

> different

> > is that she now sweats more due to the hot weather. I have gotten

> on to

> > her so much now that she takes it off less during the day, but

she

> does

> > it all the time at night (and I don't think that she is

> uncomfortable

> > as she never complained before). Since she is not a good sleeper,

> I

> > hate waking her up to put it back on and sometimes it seems like

> the

> > helmet is off more than it's on right now.

> > Has anybody experienced this with their baby? Is there anything

> that

> > the ortho could do to the helmet so that she can't take it off

> anymore?

> > Her helmet only has a velcro strap that she can undo without a

> problem.

> > I am still hoping for some more correction on her facial

> asymmetries

> > and so I want her to wear it as much as possible.

> >

> > Thank you,

> >

> >

> >

>