9 Weeks

Remember....here's our head BEFORE HELMET...

And here's our head 9 weeks in the helmet...

Right side's looking good.

If I was a bettin' woman, I'd bet we're gonna need 'more room' again on the left side.

You can see here that the occipital is coming out. 

If you put your thumb and pointer together on both hands to make an O and put it at that spot

you can definitely see it coming out.

That's BJ's trick.  When you localize it like that you can see more change.

We'll take it.

And because he's so dang cute...

here's his little face.

You see the back of his head most of the time!

BJ Thursday!

Will update after!

Thanks for reading!

Happy Rounding!

2 Months

2 months in the helmet!

I'm satisfied with the progress.

Progress has slowed- or maybe we're just used to seeing it so we don't notice.

But I do think it's getting better.

The "occipital" is coming out nicely. 





Yes...there's the occipital bone.

It's lumpy and wonky feeling back there, but that's a good sign.

That means it's coming out.

We go to see BJ Thursday.

It's been 3 weeks since we've seen him so I'm anxious to hear what he thinks!

Hopefully this marks our half way point.

We'd love to be out of this by summer!

Be back Thursday for Helmet Update!



6 weeks 2 days- Helmet Check Up

Last Measurements:

Cranial Width: 137mm

Cranial Length: 145mm

Cephalic Index (width/length): 94%

Left anterior to Right posterior: 142mm

Right anterior to Left Posterior: 144mm

Cranial Vault Asymmetry (difference of L & R):  2mm

Today's Measurements:

Cranial Width: 140mm

Cranial Length: 145mm

Cephalic Index (width/length): 97%

Left anterior to Right posterior: 146mm

Right anterior to Left Posterior: 149mm

Cranial Vault Asymmetry (difference of L & R):  3mm
Head Circumference: 475

To me, these numbers don't look good- they look like they've reversed, however BJ was pleased.
He was pleased with the circumference the most.
It has grown 5 cm.
Head growth is important at this stage of the game. 

So, we go back in 3 weeks.
We'll keep rounding out hopefully.
He's doing wonderful with his helmet so it's really no bother to him or us.
Strange questioning looks are the main bother!

5 Week- Plastic Surgeon Check Up

We met with Dr. Kelly today.

He's with Vanderbilt Plastic Surgery.

He was very pleased with Easton's progress.

He marked up Easton's helmet for BJ to adjust.

We go for that adjustment tomorrow...

Until then, we need MORE ROOM!

Tomorrow BJ will carve out this portion of the inside of Easton's helmet.

This will allow MORE ROOM for growth for the left side of Easton's head.

And here's the inside of Easton's helmet.

For those of you wondering what it looked like.

So, we'll keep rounding.  Progress is awesome and so encouraging!

Yes...MUCH better!!!!!

1 Month (and 2 days)

OOPS, I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES ON TUESDAY NIGHT

PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

We've been in the helmet 1 month and 2 days.

Time is flying.

Easton continues to do so well with his helmet.

He's stopped sweating in it so that's  nice. 

He does still sweat when he sleeps but not just wearing it.

Here are our 1 month (and 2 day) pix:

and because I love me a good neck picture...I'll leave you with that goodness.

Mmmmm.  This is the sweetest neck EVER!

We meet with Dr. Kelly Monday.

I'm anxious to see what he thinks about our improvement.

BJ Check Up- 3 Weeks

Today we went to see BJ.

He was THRILLED with what he saw when he took off Easton's helmet.

When we started 3 weeks ago his measurements were as follows:

Cranial Width: 140mm

Cranial Length: 144mm

Cephalic Index (width/length): 97%

Left anterior to Right posterior: 149mm

Right anterior to Left Posterior: 141mm

Cranial Vault Asymmetry (difference of L & R):  8mm

AND TODAY:

Cranial Width: 137mm

Cranial Length: 145mm

Cephalic Index (width/length): 94%

Left anterior to Right posterior: 142mm

Right anterior to Left Posterior: 144mm

Cranial Vault Asymmetry (difference of L & R):  2mm

This is such an encouragement to us!

We are SO thankful that we chose to have Easton in the helmet.

We're so thankful that he's responding so well to the remolding therapy.

We are also very thankful for BJ.  I'm so glad we chose to take him to BJ.

We go to see Dr. Kelly Wednesday so we'll see how he feels the progression is.

Back to BJ on the 17th of March

1 Day before his birthday.

His.1.year.birthday.

He's growing up way too fast.

3 Weeks

3 Weeks in the Helmet

2 weeks at 23 hours a day

We can tell a nice difference

It's not near as wide at his ears

And there's knots coming out on the back

We definitely feel we made the right decision

We go see BJ on Thursday for a check up and measurements.

Hoping for a big change in the cephalic index!