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Head Safety

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:53 pm
by Bonnie
My daughter is nearly 15 months old and is falling a lot. I have asked her PT about a helmet or some sort of protective head thingy especially for when she is outside, walking on the pavement!

Can you please tell me where I would look to find what there is available. I don't really want her to have to wear a big helmet. Avery's PT is faxing some pages from a catalogue to me but I just checked out their web site and don't really see anything for less that $150 or that is small enough.

Thanks. I love having this resource/support!
Bonnie

Re: Head Safety

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:17 pm
by Francine_Litz
bonnie - how about this?

http://www.cyberbabymall.com/5094.html


Re: Head Safety

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:35 pm
by Francine_Litz
I guess the other thing I wanted to add is that Maia started walking at 22 months and she fell ALL the time. And as she gained more confidence and got better at walking- she STILL fell all the time...every few steps actually. She got evaluated by a PT and they fitted her with orthotics. She immediately stopped falling. She wore them for about 6 months and it stabilized really well and she stopped wearing the orthotics. Now- she's almost 5 and she's falling a lot again - so she'll be re-evaluated for new orthotics. The orthotics fit into her shoe - you couldn't even see them and it made a world of difference...she has left leg weakness and her toes were turned in (meaning that her whole leg was turned in) and the orthotic made the foot sit in a neutral position so that the leg would get more balanced. It was really great.

Also - no matter what helmet you get - it's not going to cover your sweety's face! And face down they always go!

good luck,
francine

Re: Head Safety

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:17 am
by marymom
oh man
the bruise line
thats what we used to call the line of bruises accross Maxs head from falling and not putting his arm out to catch himself,
I used a toddler bike helmit when he climbed the trees and when we rode bikes, not sure but thats alot less pricey ~under 20$, Walmart.
Look for the baby/toddler sizes.