Helmet Adventures!

We had another special delivery this last week.  I was so so excited to find Cash another book about plagiocephaly.  This book is so well written and I love how it sparks imagination & adventure.  I am so grateful to have this book to read to Cash when he is older to help him understand and know why he had to wear his awesome helmet.     

Cash was super excited to get his new book.  We read it together before bed.  

And then Cash had to taste the book!  LOL everything goes into his mouth these days!

You can order this book here on amazon.com.

One more month

Cash had his 3 month scan today.  We were running late today, so we didn't get to see Mr. Dwain. Instead we saw Ms. Libby. Cash loved her and her name tag. ;0)

We had to take an appointment selfie. 

Cash played while we waited for Ms. Libby. He sits up so well now. He has also mastered how to go from sitting to crawling (still army crawl) and from his belly to sitting. Such a big boy. 

The red is his intinal scan and the blue is the scan from today. His little head is rounding out nicely. 

He started at 9.9 mm asymmetry.  At his 2 month scan he was 4.3 mm asymmetry and today he is at 3.5 mm asymmetry. Our goal is to get as close as we can to 0. 

I love seeing his progress over the last 3 months. 

The image on the left is from his initial scan and the image on the right is from today.  The flatness across the back is getting better!  He has gone from 103% to 96.6% to now 95.5%.  (The % is the ratio between the length (front to back) of his head to the width (ear to ear).)  Our goal here is to get as close to 90% as possible. 

Ms. Libby recommended that we continue treatment for another month. I want to get the best results possible.  We got back May 23. He will turn 9 months on the 23, be in his helmet 4 months on the 23 and hopefully graduate.  

I have found lots of helmet mommas on Instagram and one of the ladies just wrote a book inspired by her sons adventure with his helmet.  Today it is available on Amazon.com. 

I just ordered it and I can't wait for it to arrive next week!!!! I am so happy to have  special books to read to Cash. :0) 

This boy loves his helmet! 

Cash loves to FaceTime with his daddy. 

Busy, busy.

Cash found his helmet. At first I was worried that it was bothering him. He was touching and pulling at it a lot. But every time I took it off to check, there were no red marks.  Not much else has been going on with the helmet.  We go back in 2 weeks for a scan & hopefully graduation.  I am done.  Senioritis. It's so close I can taste it. I know it is selfish, but I can't wait to not have to have a bath every night.  I am so ready to not have to smell alcohol.  I am ready to cuddle and kiss and love my babies round, beautiful head.  His hair is growing in and I love to kiss and smell and rub my cheek on it. 

Cash has been very busy the last few weeks. 

He finally got to meet his Aunt Casey!! 

It was love!!! ❤️❤️❤️

And his cousin Sebastian. 

He had his first dentist appointment. 

*it looks like he wasn't happy having his teeth cleaned...he was. It's just the picture.  I had just laid him back and tried to take a picture real fast and that's what I got.*

He went to his first ball game. 

He loved watching the batters.  

He went to his first birthday party. 

Our very good friends turned 4!!  Cash loved loved loved the balloons. He has an obsession with strings (hoodies) and was in heaven with all the balloon strings. 

 

He has started pulling up on things. 

Busy busy. 

And here are a few of my favorites from the past few weeks. 

**sorry for any typos. Mobile post again. 😉

Huge Progress!!

Let me start by staying that we woke up on time and Cashs appointment was great. 

I think he looks so cute in his stocking cap.  Mr. D put this cap on so he could get a nice smooth image of Cashs head. I still was unable to get a picture of Cash in the scanner. I hold his hands while Mr. D runs the machine. 

Cash played while we waited for Mr. D to run all the numbers and to show us the comparison picture.  I was shocked. 

It was so much better than I thought it was going to be.  The red is Cashs head at the initial scan and the blue is from the scan today. His asymmetry started at 9.9mm and was 4.3mm today!! That is over 50% improvement.  His cephalic index started at 103% and is now down to 96.6%.  A perfect head has a cephalic index of 80%; a % lower than that is a long/narrow shaped head and a % higher than that is a short/wide shaped head. A few weeks ago Cashs head was finally longer than wide. (Longer being from front to back)  Cashs total head growth since 1/13/14 was 16.2mm. 

Mr. D said he wants to keep Cash in his helmet for another month (thank goodness). He thinks we could see some more growth over the next month and get his numbers down some more. He said that if there was good growth we would continue treatment and if not than Cash will be done on our next visit.  So we have at least one more month. We have been going for visits every 2 weeks and now we will go 4 weeks.

We had lunch at In & Out Burger. Oh how I love an animal style double double.  I had a few guys give me a hard time about his St. Louis Cardnals sticker. Rangers fans are everywhere. ;) 

Cash zonked out on the ride home. I was glad for that. These trips are so hard on him so I was glad he got some good sleep. 

Cash is super excited!! He gets to meet his Aunt Casey & cousin Sebastian tomorrow!!!!! (I'm super excited too!!) 

Again excuse any typos!! ;0) 

2 Monthiversary

Yesterday was Cash's 2 Monthiversary and his 7 month birthday.  I can not believe how quickly the last 2 months have gone by.  Everyone always says it goes by quickly....and that it does.  Here is his 2 month comparison photo. 

I love this little round head

I look at the shape from Day 1 and am just stunned.  I really didn't realize it was that bad.  Wow.  Cash has his 2 month scan on Friday.  I can not wait to see what his numbers are and to see a visual picture of the change. 

 

Cash has been super busy in the last few weeks. 

He has been practicing sitting up on his own. 

 

He got to meet his Grumpy for the first time!!

He has 5 teeth and working on #6.

He likes chicken. 
(he decided he wanted what was on my plate.  LOL)

 

 

Cash loves to play with his Daddy.

He likes to take selfies.

Cash has also started "crawling".  I tried to upload a video but my computer has gone crazy! 

 

 

Save The Date

3 Hours 1-way

When I take Cash for his adjustments we have to drive 3 hours to get there.  Some days we have a good trip and get there without having to stop. Other days we don't. Today we left early enough that Cash fell back asleep and slept the entire way. It's was nice. ;)  

Cash was so excited to see Mr. Dwain!  I was shocked when he told me that Cash had had 3 mm of growth since his last visit. I thought that Cash was going through a growth spurt. He was sleeping and eating a lot last week. 

I couldn't believe how round the back of his head was! I know I keep saying that, but I am just amazed by this entire process. 

After our visit we stopped at the mall to stretch and be out of the truck for a while before our 3 hour drive home.  I had a hard time there. It seemed like everyone was staring and it just really rubbed me wrong today for some reason. I am usually easy going about it and tell my self that everyone is staring because he is the cutest baby in the world. ;) But today I couldn't get past it. So much so I had to leave the mall. As we were riding the elevator down to the parking garage a lady asked me about it.  It's always the same "please forgive me for asking..." I always say "don't be sorry, thank you for asking". Anyways the lady asked and I told her why and what the helmet does. She was so kind and sweet. I walked out of the elevator and started to cry.  Some days are just hard. 

I love my helmet baby. But somedays I am just so tired of it. Tired of having to take it on and off to get dressed, tired of the smell, tired of cleaning it, tired of the stares. But when I see his round little head it makes all of that and the 6 hr drive worth every second!!