Gavin got an upgrade last week! He outgrew his first helmet faster than we anticipated. They shaved the Styrofoam all the way down to the plastic right after Christmas, so we had to order a new one. Here's a picture of what it looks like when he is getting his head scanned for a new helmet:
The black box on the top has sensors in it, and the stocking material has lots of tiny wires in it. The orthotist scans his head with a handheld scanner that is connected to a computer, and it builds a 3D model of Gavin's head. It looks like this:
They complete 4 separate scans like this, which takes about 5 minutes. Fortunately, Gavin doesn't mind the stocking, and our orthotist has great toys to keep him entertained. Once the scans are completed, they send off the scans and 3 days later, viola - a new helmet!
We went with the basic black helmet this time (Greg says it's tactical). Gavin doesn't really care what color/pattern it is, as long as I let him go nakey once in a while.
In non-helmet related updates, we went to Utah for Thanksgiving, spent Christmas with Greg's family, Greg's shift changed to graveyards, and I started my second semester of graduate school.
We are in the midst of the "everything I touch must go immediately into my mouth" phase. Also, Gavin has become more mobile. Between rolling and squirming, he can go pretty much anywhere. He has decided that the dogs are his best friends, and he is always trying to pet, touch, grab, roll over, and generally annoy them; poor Dani is the only one patient enough to actually let him.
We tried rice cereal for the first time on New Year's Eve. He insisted on helping me with the spoon.
It went pretty well the first time, but he hasn't really been interested since. I keep offering, but he doesn't like it. A week ago, I made him sweet potatoes, and his face pretty much sums up how he feels about that. I got the same face when I made him apples. Looks like we're not quite ready for food yet - maybe we'll try again in a few weeks.
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