Ethan got his helmet today and he didn't seem to care at all. He just looked around and then continued playing with his giraffe toy. The occupational therapist left us for fifteen minutes to let Ethan acclimate then returned to see how the helmet settled. She then marked up the helmet for trimming. It was too low in the front covering his eyebrows. It was too low by one ear. After going over care instructions and watching us remove and replace the helmet on E, we were good to go.
We are supposed to take the helmet off every 3-4 hours to look for discoloration for where the helmet might be rubbing against his head. So far so good. When it is off, we can dry the sweat off the inside of the helmet and his head. It can come off for one hour each day for bath time. His head needs to be washed EVERY day. The helmet needs to be wiped down with alcohol and dried completely EVERY day. There are weekly follow up appointments.
The day before, we saw a pediatric occupational therapist. We are also supposed to do simple stretches to loosen E's neck and leaning preference. So when he is on his back, we turn his head to look over one shoulder, then the other. Then, bring ear to shoulder on the same side.
Hopefully between the helmet, physical therapy and the sessions with the pediatric chiropractor, all this will be sorted out in the next two months!
There's a website specializing in vinyl decals to decorate the cranial bands, so I'm anxiously waiting for E's to arrive in the mail. I'm excited about making it a cute accessory because right now, it looks like a boxing helmet.
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