party hat

so kylee has gotten her helmet ... or party hat as we like to call it. she has a flat head and is wearing a corrective prosthetic to make it pretty :) she has to wear it for 3-6 months (but they've told me she'll probably only have to wear it closer to 3 months). the way it works is that it has a tough plastic shell and on the inside there's dense foam. it is shaped for her head specifically (had to do a few digital scans for it to be perfect) and the foam fits snuggly on the areas we don't want to grow as quickly (sides of her head) and leaves room for easier growth in the back. it has been making her really hot, but other than that she doesn't seem to mind it. she has to wear it for 23 hours a day, the one hour off is to clean the helmet and let it dry and bathe the munchkin. she really hates it when i take it off and put it back on, but other than that she hasn't been fussy with it at all. (well, she's still semi-fussy from her ear infection, but it seems to be going away now)

as you can probably see in the picture, i have put a little velcro circle on her helmet and have made bows with the opposite velcro on the back of them so she can match in every outfit. i had fun doing that, but some of them turned out to be larger than i thought and block her vision ahha. she also goes by the pink power ranger (as matt calls her)