Well, we went to the “head doctor” yesterday, and we got a little of both kinds of news.

The good news is that Noah’s head is really re-shaping well.  He is now under the magic number of 10mm (the difference in distance across his head, if you were to draw an ‘X’ on the top and measure the length of both lines then subtract them).  Noah is at 9.2mm now (mild plagiocephaly), down from 15 or 16mm just a few weeks ago.  His head is growing rapidly, and thus, it is changing rapidly.  You can visibly tell the difference, too.

The bad news is that he is now within 6mm of outgrowing his helmet – only 3 weeks into wearing it!  His head circumference (distance around it) has increased by 14mm since he was measured for the helmet and it was created, and the helmet is only designed for 20mm of growth.  The boy is growing fast!

The doctor needed to review his notes that were at a different office, and he’s supposed to call us today with more information.  He seems to be leaning toward another helmet for Noah, which we really don’t want to have to do, if at all possible (these are expensive, and not covered by insurance).  But, we’ll see what he has to say.  If this is a cosmetic issue, that’s one thing; but, if it affects the symmetry of his face by stopping early or if it can effect the skull size/mass in the future, we have to consider another helmet.  We would appreciate prayers for wisdom in this.  God has already answered prayer, in that what we thought would take 3 months has only taken 3 weeks – amazing.  Now, we just have to decide how we move forward from here.

Noah still has his helmet wrapping party on Friday, so hopefully he will get to wear this one for a little while longer!