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| Bubbles everywhere... even in my ear!! |
I really can’t believe where the last few weeks have gone again, time is just flying. In the last few weeks Noah has learnt to crawl and there is no stopping him now! He started to crawl a bit about two weeks ago, and now he can get a good speed up. He has his own style of crawl, it’s a bit crab like, but he is mobile!! He is also really enjoying walking (whilst holding our hands), and has stood a few times without any support - just for a few seconds. It is wonderful to see him like this as he really enjoys moving about, exploring his surroundings.
I read an article before we started his helmet treatment saying that a helmet could hinder development in crawling and walking. I don’t know how common this is but it really hasn’t been the case for Noah. If anything its made it easier as Noah is free to lie, roll and do what he wants to do, rather than me worrying about him lying on his back with his head resting on the flat side.
Noah has been wearing his helmet for 8 weeks now and we’ve had another check up. His head circumference has increased by another 4mm in 3 weeks and his asymmetry has reduced by 4mm! So amazing, he is growing so fast at the moment - much to our advantage with seeing results quickly. He started at 15mm asymmetry difference. In his first review he had reduced this by 2mm, then 3mm at the next review and 4mm this time. So his head is now down to 6mm difference, the measurement we were told we should be able to achieve when we started treatment (3mm being the average difference). His cephalic ratio/Brachycephaly, has also gone down another 1% to 88%.
Our next appointment is in 4 weeks now and Rachel, the consultant, took quite a bit out of his helmet lining to allow for further growth (we could see this clearly as these areas look nice and clean!!) His head shape is now more like a triangle, and we are hoping that at his next check up his Brachycephaly % will have decreased even more. This will make his head more oval shape, the final stage in returning to his head to a more natural shape.
We are truly stunned at how fast Noah’s head has improved, as I mentioned before, he has grown so much in the last two months. In 6 weeks his overall head circumference has increased by 11mm - that’s a lot when you are only 9 ¾ months old!
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| Noah is sleeping on his front, back and sides now - we are pleased as it will take the pressure off the former flat spot when he stops wearing his helmet. |
At the start we were advised 4-6 months of helmet wearing for Noah, now we wonder if we could be looking at 3-4 months. We are still taking Noah to see the Chiropractor regularly and everything combined is working wonders. It is so exciting and so reassuring to see how things have progressed. It was such a big decision for us (there can be some quite negative people/articles/etc out there), but we really couldn’t be happier. Roll on his next check up!!
