Friday, August 19, 2011

9 months and 2 helmets later!

i'm finally getting around to it, but Kaleb has been helmet free since July 28th!!! The picture to the left is his very last moments in his helmet, and let me happily say, his LAST car ride having to wear it!!
He was 4 months old when we started the doc band treatment with Cranial Technologies, and it was quite a ride. Dealing with stinky, and i mean STANKY helmet head was probably one of the least loved moments. Car rides lasting longer than 10 mins in the AZ heat were also terrible! I carried a hand towel in the car so i could wipe down all the sweat in the helmet at each destination. I would also sometimes carry a few ice packs and leave them in the car seat while we were in the store or wherever, just so when we came back he seat wasn't so dang hot!
Luckily, Kaleb was pretty much an angel child through the whole process and it never seemed to bother him that he had to wear that thing 23 hours a day! Overall, we are very happy we decided to go with the doc band, i loved Cranial Tech, they were great (sucked that i had to drive to Phoenix Childrens Hospital ALL the time) and we are pleased with the results.
You can see his before and after pictures below, which may not seem that amazing to everyone else, but it is crazy awesome to me!!!








5 comments:

Joann said...

That looks so amazing. He'll always be our little helmet head.

Kelly said...

He really looks great. That did an amazing job. So happy he's helmet free =)

Daisy's Realm said...

I am so glad he is free of the helmet! Those pictures are amazing. When I had my little one they had a amazing 3D image of his head done. You could see how much it changed him. His was only 8 weeks, but still it's amazing!

Steven and Chelsea said...

That is amazing!! He is cute with or without the helmet though!

Bryan and Katie said...

o gosh! that sounds like such an ordeal! I'm glad it's over for you. He is SOO cute and so Jared! I love how drooly he is in the before picture lol