Kellen has torticollis, which basically means that the muscles on one side of his neck are not as strong as the other side. This caused him to turn his head to the left a lot more often then he turned it to the right. We've been taking him to physical therapy to work on strengthening the muscle for a few months and he's doing great! Because he was always sleeping on his back with his head turned to the left, the back left side of his head became flat. In order to correct the flatness, he is wearing this helmet, called a Cranio Cap, 22 hours a day. Doesn't it look like a little hockey helmet? As you can tell, it doesn't phase him at all! He's still as happy as ever!
He looks SO cute! I have a feeling Brett is going to want him to wear the helmet even when he doesn't have to, so he'll still look like a hockey player! GO Kellen!
ReplyDeleteIt sure doesn't seem to affect him much! you look so cute in your helmet, Kellen!!
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