Friday, October 31, 2008

Two new things...

Caleb has recently acquired to new things in his life: his helmet and his doorway jumper. Although it seems as if the two may go together, they don't! Caleb got his helmet last Friday and it has not seemed to phase him at all. Now, other people....that's a different story. It's amazing how many looks you get when you put a helmet on your child's head! I would just rather them come ask, than stare!! I have had a few very nice people say things like "Now how long will he have to wear that?" or "My niece, nephew, family friend, etc had to wear one of those too!" Anyway, other people's reactions is whole other blog for a while other day! Like I mentioned before, he has transitioned well. He has never cried when we've put it on or taken it off and he just acts normal as if nothing is any different. My biggest fear was his first night sleeping in it. Since he's been pretty much sleeping through the night since about 11 weeks, I just wasn't ready to go back to those long, sleepless nights, BUT he did beautifully! He never made a sound all night long! WHEW!! So, we are 1 week into it with hopefully only about 12 more to go. We had a check up today just to make sure the helmet wasn't rubbing him anywhere and we go back again in 2 weeks for some measurements. I suppose we will know more about the length of time after that appointment. I'll be sure to post an update.

And as for the doorway jumper...well, let's just say him being a frog for Halloween was a GREAT choice!! I'll post pics of that too after this evening's festivities are all over.






4 comments:

Unknown said...

I will keep this comment rated G - people are just ignorant. They think a helmet means something hush-hush and have no clue an external helmet fixes an external and structural problem. Can you tell it gets me heated? People think Abbie has mental problems because of her speech, and honestly, I just want to punch them in the face (:
By the way, he looks ADORABLE!!!

The Cassidys said...

he looks adorable and i love that it's personalized! i'm so glad he's taken to it very well and i hope he continues to do so!

Emily Jennings said...

How did you personalize it? Are those stickers? SUper cute!

Lil Mama said...

He is getting so big! Lindsay and Emily both loved their doorway jumper. we actually had to sit close to Lindsay because she would jump too high.Go figure right? See you at Thanksgiving!

KP