In the month that he had it on he only had 3mm (itty bitty tiny) amount of growth. When the tech told me this number first I braced myself for bad news. That little growth means you probably won't see any real changes. But then the tech told us that all 3mm of growth was exactly where we needed it! All in the back of his head. And that his head actually lost 1mm of width while in the helmet so it really is helping to reshape his head! He went down from 96% brachycephaly (severe) to 93% brachycephaly (less severe).
The tech feels that if we have two more months of growth only where we need it in the back of his head that we may finish in the mid 80% range which is what they consider acceptable for a child with position brachycephaly. He also clarified that if we don't get those results in the next couple months that the helmet can easily fit him until he's almost 18 months old and we could keep going if needs be. I hope not, but definitely good news on the helmet front (or back ;)).
1 month since starting helmet:
Pre-helmet:
1 month since starting helmet:
Pre-helmet:
Up picnicing a couple Sunday's ago:
Hiking at Silver Lake:
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