And we thought that cradle cap was bad...

Over the last few weeks, Jason and I had to make a very hard decision concerning Baylor. His pediatrician recommended that we take him to Cranial Technologies for their opinion. His little head is flat in the back/top. It is nothing that would affect his brain or anything serious like that, but something that cannot be corrected once he is past 18 months. Of course, we were less than thrilled about the prospect of our precious little baby wearing a "helmet". He has enough problems with his acid reflux, spitting up and projectile vomiting, so we certainly did not want to add to his troubles. It turns out his "troubles" are part of the reason we are in this boat. Because he is so uncomfortable after eating, it is hard for him to do tummy time and he is only comfortable in certain positions (flat on his head) while being rocked. Soooooo, for the last 6 weeks Jason and I have been working with him as much as possible to have him sitting up when it is comfortable for him and of course he is now able to sit in the Bumbo which helps, but it just wasn't enough. Cranial Technologies thinks they can help him in about 6-10 weeks. It was scary at 1st. Looking at him having his images made from all angles and seeing the pictures of the helmet babies, but sitting there watching them take the pictures with all of their high tech machines (they reminded me of MRI machines) made me realize how lucky we are that he is healthy and that all of this is strictly for cosmetic reasons. We want him to be able to wear a football helmet one day, and to shave his head with the rest of the guys from the basketball team down the road!! Actually being there in the lobby and seeing all of the cute little helmet babies who were smiling and laughing with their individually decorated bands on was really heart warming and cute. Made us feel alot better about it. We ordered the band last week. "Band" is the politically correct term for this, by the way. I took him this morning to have it put on. This is Baylor after they put it on, strapped into his carseat. Both Poppi and Gigi commented how he looks like an astronaut about to launch into space! It is only day one and I hear the 1st days can be rough, but he will get used to it shortly and it will not bother him. We have to go back every week, then 2 weeks for adjustments. I am just hoping it works fast so that he doesn't have to wear it into the hot months of Summer. We will decorate it in a couple of weeks, once they get initial adjustments right. I told Brighton that it was Baylor's "Hat" and he likes it. Wish us luck!!