Helmet Head: One Month Later

Here's a quick update on Little Mister's head situation.

His cranial vault (the difference between the rounded and the flat spots) was initially at 14 mm, which is a moderate difference. The powers that be predicted it would take between 3 and 5 months to correct it, so at his one week check-up, the helmet specialist was amazed to find that his cranial vault had already decreased from 14 to 11 mm.

We had our first 3 week checkup yesterday afternoon. (We're supposed to go in at 3 week intervals from now on.) The helmet specialist took the measurements three times to make sure that he wasn't being overly optimistic, and it turned out he wasn't. Little Mister's cranial vault decreased even more--from 11 to between 5 and 6 mm. We were blown away!

The specialist said that if he continues to progress as quickly as he has been, after his next 3 week checkup, he might get to turn in his helmet early!

Bottom line--Little Mister is responding exceedingly well to the molding helmet, and we are simply praying that he continues to respond as well over these next few weeks. With the crazy heat we've been having, getting rid of the helmet early would be a blessing in more ways than one! Plus, I've really started to miss "seeing" him without the helmet. That one hour each evening really shows me what I'm missing--he looks so much older, so much more mature without it. I feel like I'm missing him "growing up"--just a little bit--which is hard on this mama's heart.