Re: Day 1 with our new Helmut

[Guest guest]

Is the band custom made by Sick Kids? How often will you be going in

for adjustments? It looks like there is a chin strap on it; if so,

be careful with it as it could be a choking hazard.

Molly

>

> We just picked up our helmut today from Sick Kids Hospital in

Toronto,

> (Canada). Cal only had it on for 5 minutes before he started

crying

> and it had slid down over one eye (kind of squishing his forehead

down

> too). I fixed it immediately and smiled at him telling him he is

such

> a lucky boy and bless him he smiled back through his crying.

Tomorrow

> I'll make more of an effort to keep it on him and eventually over

the

> next few days we'll get him napping and then sleeping in it. I'm a

> little nervous now that I have the helmut but excited too - to see

some

> improvement over the next several weeks that is.

> Wish us luck and thank you to everyone again for all the

encouragement!

> Marina

>

> I don't know what type you would call this band....it covers his

entire

> head with 4 holes on the top, a long slit opened down the back,

hard

> white on the outside and all foam on the inside. I'll post a

picture

> under the C section for " Cal "

>