O goes in for his head scan tomorrow...

leviandlandensmom

For his helmet. We have to head to Seattle which is a little over an hour away from where we live. They're going to laser scan his head and then we go back in 9 days for the helmet. I'm thinking we'll decorate it with Transformers decals

Babsie7

Did you get a referral for the scan or are you going on your own? I think my DS may need one.
I bet your DS will look adorable.

leviandlandensmom

We got a referral from his pediatrician to go to the craniofacial specialist and then the craniofacial clinic referred us to the helmet place. It happened really fast, I was surprised.

royalcrown1

Not to sound stupid, but if you don't mind my asking, what is the helmet for?

 

Ruby_Tuesday

I feel for you having to drive over an hour to get there.  Do you have to go to the same place for you bi-weekly checkups?

We considered driving 2 hours to get the Doc band but then decided that the Starband place which is 30 min. away would be just as good.  (Actually we think Starband is better for us simply because of the orthotist.  She is wonderful.)  But anyway, what a PITA to drive so far.  It would have cost us about $50 in tolls and gas each time.  That really adds up!

I think you should put his name on the helmet too.   It helps people to be friendly and address him by name when you are out and about.  The starbands come decorated.  I'm kind of glad because I'm not good at that sort of thing.

Good luck!  I had a fair amount of anxiety over it before we did it but it's really not a big deal so far.

SLM05

Good luck, My big boy J is almost done with his helmet (hanger pros.) and i could not be more pleased with the results.  I was nervous about it all at first but it's been easy.  If you are looking for fun helmet decals, check out "bling your band" https://www.blingyourband.com/ and if you like her on facebook, she is alwasy running sales.
Good luck tomorrow!

Hopeful1!

Congrats on the helmet! It is a PITA but you won't regret it when you see the improvement. Decorating the helmet was very helpful in not seeing it as a medical device. Blingyourband gets rave reviews but here is a source if you want to decorate it yourself. I painted and decorated 2 helmets and it wasn't that hard. I also suggest getting letter stickers so you can write your LO's name, it made him more approachable. Good Luck!

 https://www.cranialtech.com/images/stories/DecoratingBands/letsdecorate.pdf

 

leviandlandensmom

Thank you for all the decorating tips ladies! I didn't even think of putting O's name on it - that's a great idea.