We had a check up appointment the other day and Alex’s head circumference improved 3mm! We are at an improvement of 7mm total since he started wearing the helmet! The flat spot is noticably fading away. Hopefully we’ll find out in July that he won’t have to wear the helmet anymore. He still doesn’t seem to mind it too much though he seems to be relieved when it is removed for an hour each night. During this last check up some ventilation holes were drilled in the helmet to try to help with cooling in the upcoming summer months. The helmet is getting a bit icky inside – odor and discoloration – despite the fact we clean it each night. It’s actually a good thing though because the discolorization shows where the helmet is contacting the head.
Alex started crawling this past weekend and he’s even standing up on his own now. I’m glad he has the helmet at times because he’s had a few light falls from loosing his balance where the helmet protected him!
PT is going well. Alex is getting more movement when he turns his head to the right and his movement is faster than it had been. His neck is also being strengthened from all this crawling he is doing now!
Alexander's Helmet Journey 
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