Helmet Free!

Congratulations Nathan!!

You made it over 3 months dealing with something constantly on your head. It started off as a rough journey but you were such a trooper. You made it through all the questions, pointing and stares of strangers (ok, mommy made it through all of that too!) with a smile on your face and drool on your chin.

It is a journey we are glad is behind us and now we can push forward to the next chapter.

I must say it was entertaining at times as to what people speculated was the purpose of the helmet. One guy honestly thought Nathan was into extreme sports already (I'm sure that day is coming). Others thought he had seizures, one man asked if he wore it because he banged his head against walls, one lady thought it was a winter hat, another thought he had brain surgery and of course someone asked if he was retarded.

Sigh....so glad that is over. I know people are just curious, and i have no problem explaining the use of the helmet I am just relieved I don't have to deal with it any more. Now people will see a cute boy instead of a helmet.

Here is the certificate for graduating from the helmet!

Your cute smile...with no helmet blocking or distracting from your face!

At his last appointment the y took a bunch of pictures so you can see the difference between the before helmet and post helmet.

They told us from the beginning, they could not guarantee huge results since he was "older" when he started the process.

However, at the last appointment they said he made excellent progress and they could tell we were 100% compliant with the helmet (as far as leaving it on ALL the time, except his 1 hour break).

They want to use his pictures to show other parents that older babies can benefit from the helmet if they are compliant! I thought that was quite a compliment to all 3 of us!

Here are the before and after shots. Before pics are on the left, after on the right.

The 2 main goals of the helmet was to correct the flatness in the back and to gain some length in his head versus width (look at his forehead).

The side shots are the most impressive, in my opinion.

You can really see how his head rounded out and how he has more even balance of his head on his neck.

Overall, the helmet was worth it for us! We made it through and now we can say "Adios helmet"!