Ethan at his appointment today--big sitting boy!
Top 'o his head!
Ethan has his first measuring appointment today, and we got to see his amazing progress! He has been going through a major growth spurt--I could tell because he was eating a lot (of mostly mommy-made food...what an adventure!) and growing out of his clothes. This helps because the helmet is made to direct growth--the helmet leaves room for growth on the flat side and is flush with the protruded side. Most of his growth is filling in the flatter side of the head, which is a great thing!
For number crunchers, Ethan started with a cranial vault asymmetry of 13mm before the band and now has one of only 5mm! Cranial vault asymmetry is basically the difference between the measurements of the two diagonals of the skull. His cephalic index (width divided by length) was 93.1% and now it's 86.8%, so he is doing really well. His orthotist said today that Ethan will definitely have the cranial band completely off by Christmas and we'll start tapering before that. I'm so excited! It's so rewarding to see the progress.
Top 'o his head! 
Ethan has his first measuring appointment today, and we got to see his amazing progress! He has been going through a major growth spurt--I could tell because he was eating a lot (of mostly mommy-made food...what an adventure!) and growing out of his clothes. This helps because the helmet is made to direct growth--the helmet leaves room for growth on the flat side and is flush with the protruded side. Most of his growth is filling in the flatter side of the head, which is a great thing!
For number crunchers, Ethan started with a cranial vault asymmetry of 13mm before the band and now has one of only 5mm! Cranial vault asymmetry is basically the difference between the measurements of the two diagonals of the skull. His cephalic index (width divided by length) was 93.1% and now it's 86.8%, so he is doing really well. His orthotist said today that Ethan will definitely have the cranial band completely off by Christmas and we'll start tapering before that. I'm so excited! It's so rewarding to see the progress.