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Ollie got his special little helmet last Monday. As you can see it is blue camoflague print which is pretty cute, but if we take him into a blue forest, it is going to be mighty difficult to find him.

He has adapted really well to wearing it, with no problems sleeping at all. And it stops him from scratching at his head all the time which is a plus. Another plus is the extra protection it provides at this time when he is still getting his balance. At baby group the other day he keeled over and knocked his noggin on a chair leg. We all held our breath but Ollie just looked at us all like "what??" and went on with his playing.
After having only worn it for six nights we can already see a massive improvement in the shape of his head. I've included a pic of him from overhead so you can see the gap where his head is being encouraged to grow. That was taken on the first day. So far the bottom plate has popped out significantly but I hope the top one won't be too far behind. We have an appointment in three weeks (so after he has worn it for a month) to check on his progress so fingers crossed it has pretty much sorted itself out by then.
Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went and had a foodless picnic at the Botanical Gardens. We sat beside the lake and Ollie watched the ducks, which he loved. We can't wait to go again. Those ducks better look out once Ollie gets moving around though. We actually ran into some friends of ours who happened to be the next group of people picnic-ing over from us. They noted our tragic lack of food and swung us some great homemade lamingtons.

Check out the last pic. We had dinner with the Brisbane based Aunties and Uncles the other night and got Emma to dig out some of Nick's baby photos. We were all absolutely gobsmacked by this pic of Nick when he was about the same age as Ollie. Apart from the slightly darker hair, it is Ollie to an absolute tee. Spooky stuff.

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