Aaaw, look at the baby of the family! Today is his 6th birthday, he has been counting down for months now. Aiden has been such a fun boy to have around! See how he is looking to the right? We thought that he just preferred to do that. As it turned out, he had a condition called Torticollis. It is the tightening of a muscle in his neck that resulted in his always looking to the right, and that resulted in his misshapen head called Plagiocephaly. If we had only been diagnosed with the torticollis BEFORE his head was so lopsided, we could've prevented the helmet!
See? Looking back at all of his photos, we sure wish we could've just gently helped him stretch out that muscle by turning his head the other way. Isn't he cute? Our baby.♥
Aiden is inquisitive! He is my sweetheart pie. I want to reach into this photo and kiss him to pieces!
He waited until he was seven months old to get the helmet. That way his neck would be strong enough to handle wearing it 23 hours per day. Yep- he had to sleep at night with it. I think it was harder on us parents than it was on him. If it was exceptionally hot outside, we would take it off. But otherwise, it was on. The helmet prevented the round parts of his little skull from growing outward any further, and allowed the flat parts to grow out into the correct head shape. The helmet was amazing- it worked wonders although his head is still a little misshapen to this day.
Poor quality photo, but Aidens grandpa painted the helmet to be a tiny replica of a Seahawk helmet! Suddenly the other kids wanted one, too.
Aiden loves to follow his big brother Ethan around. They are pretty good "buddies" most of the time. Look at those little legs!
We had a birthday party yesterday! He had a great time surrounded by friends and family. Aiden is one lucky little guy!
Happy 6th Birthday to my "snuggie"! He has declared that he will still be my "snuggie" even though he is now six. Thank goodness! ♥♥♥
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