3 weeks down!

Well I guess it's pretty common but my poor baby has his 1st "pressure spot" :( aka his helmet is rubbing his tiny head raw.

The helmet works by applying pressure to the misshapen areas and leaving room in others. It's such a delicate balance- not enough pressure; the helmet won't do much. Too much pressure; pain and sores. Pressure spots turn into pressure sores (little open wounds with redness) and that it was you do NOT want to happen. If his turned into a sore he would need to keep off the helmet until fully healed- losing crucial days right now during these 1st important weeks.

We had another adjustment today- it was supposed to be our last weekly visit (then we'd switch to every 3 or so weeks) but because of B's little spot we will be making the trip again next week. ugh. The adjustments visits are just loads and loads of measurements, helmet on/helmet off, marking for adjustments, sitting veeeery still. B always ends up crying and I always feel like crap. They marked his pressure spot with this crayon thingy and then put his helmet back on, so they could mark the exact spot to sand down. He seems to be doing okay with it now but I have orders to keep a strict eye on it.