Life is tough, get a Helmet

Brady recently has gotten himself a new accessory. A helmet. Yep, you read it right folks, my son wears a helmet. Not ALL the time... just 23 hours a day.... for the next 3 months....

I attribute this to the fact that I have such a perfect baby. You see, since he was 6 weeks old he has been sleeping through the night. Such a blessing.... even now he sleeps on average 12 hours per night, with a couple naps throughout the day. One thing my babe does not have a problem with is sleep... and Austin and I thank him for that every day.

Well... all this sleeping has given him a flat head.... he tends to always sleep on his left side (which is quite a coincidence because when I was pregnant he only liked me to sleep in my left side too!).... Well... he has developed a flat spot on his left side of his head. It wasn't incredibly bad or anything... but it was noticeable. The doc told us to talk it over with our family & see if getting a helmet to correct the shape of his head was a good idea. The doc said, "If Grandma ever sees him and says 'wow! look at his head' or something along those lines you probably want to get him one." Well.... this wasn't going to really work for us since my mom sees him about every day, and Austin's mom now lives 1000 miles away.... But.... my dad did say (who has no hair, mind you):

"If he is anything like me, you need to get him one! You don't want him to be 50 years old, bald, and have such a flat spot you can land a helicopter on it!"

Okay Dad.... that sealed it. We were getting him a helmet. Yes, it is a cosmetic thing... but it is so easily correctable now, and not so much after a year old, when the head starts to fuse together for good. After we met with the helmet company... they gave us a "break in" schedule in case he wouldn't tolerate it. And he couldn't.... he absolutely hated it.... I am sure you can tell by the evidence below how much it bothered him:

This past weekend we even had a "Helmet Party" to introduce everyone to Brady's new accessory. Everyone had to wear a helmet or a hat to help Brady feel more comfortable. We even decorated it for the Nebraska game...