Ada is still wearing her helmet, in case you were wondering. We're working on 6 months now. That's 2 months longer than I was hoping and expecting she'd be in it. Her head does look much better, but she has a really stubborn flat spot on the back, top part of her little head that just won't pop out. So every month we make a trip in to see Thomas and he says we shave a little more out of it and keep going. But we're all tired of it, even Ada, or maybe especially Ada? The only thing is that she believes (truly believes) that she is invincible, and that helmet is kinda her super power, so we're all afraid of her losing it for that reason. So here are some pictures I took along the way.
I wish I had the pics for May and June, but I think it was just too much of a regular part of life at that point, so most of the pictures we have are with the helmet. I'm going to make a point to take more head shots tomorrow, though, and put them on here. I think it will help me to have them all together for a comparison. I feel like there hasn't been much change lately, although just looking at the pics from April, I can tell a world of difference now. I just think that maybe we've reached the place we're going to reach, and we should just be happy with the good results we've gotten? I'm eager to ask the pediatrician next week when we go for 1/3 year check ups. Although I kind of expect her to defer to the orthotist and I know he'll recommend we keep going.
This is a more recent (albeit still a bit old) picture, and I do think her head shape is pretty good from the front. And honestly, I think she has my hair, so all of this is probably for naught anyway :p
She's a beautiful little girl, and looks adorable in her helmet, too, but I'm anxiously awaiting a decision that we can be rid of the stinky (literally) thing!
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