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

[Guest guest]

Has she been wearing the same helmet for 6 mo? Are you sure it still

fits properly? Usually the same helmet cannot be worn that long (I

think for starband and hanger 6 mo is the max, docband is less). It

might not be comfortable or fitting properly now so that is why she

is taking it off. My daughter graduated at 10 mo, so it might also

be an older baby thing, but would still check the fit.

-christine

sydney 2 yrs starband grad

>

> 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 - I got a grown-up size metal barrette (like by goody, at the supermarket - i got the thickest one in the packet), and clipped it over both parts of the velcro. and then slanted it (so it didn't rest perpendicular to the velcro), so it covered more of the velcro and didn't poke the baby.I had to do this the last few weeks my daughter wore her band (she was 13 months when we finished),because she suddenly was interested in the velcro (open, close, open, close). She never tried to take the helmet off but naturally we wanted her to benefit from the tension the velcro provides (when closed).Hope this helps!-ali in NJ