Helmet Chronicles

The time has FINALLY come. Dixon is officially done with his helmet!!!! After being carried low for weeks, 3 hours stuck in the birth canal, and traumatized neck muscles, Dixon's poor head had no chance. It was flat in the back and on one side. So, at 5 1/2 months, he got his helmet. He's had to wear it 23 hours a day. He never seemed to mind it but his skin didn't take it so well. He had a smelly, blood and puss filled reaction to it. His orthotist thought that he was allergic to the lining in the helmet. So we sent that one back and got a new one. Same problem. Long story short, he was reacting to the alcohol I was using to clean it. The company that makes the helmet claims you have to use alcohol and only alcohol to clean it. According to them, he couldn't be allergic to the alcohol. Idiots. Anyway, after we resolved that issue, Dixon developed nasty smelling orange scales on his head. Fortunately they seemed to protect his head. Unfortunately, they pulled out his hair when I finally did a treatment to get rid of them. His hair is still growing back, mostly on top and by his ears. Cute if you ask Mommy. Hideous if you ask Daddy. But that is all in the past. Just in time for his 1st birthday he is out of the helmet for good!!!!!