There are many commercial items that claim to “round out baby’s head,” with new things coming out everyday.This also works during naps/sleep time – if your baby likes looking out the slats of the crib, flip her head/feet orientation in the crib so that she has to turn her head a different direction. I found that putting a bright light-up toy, or a mirror, or even myself on a certain side would encourage Jack to look that direction and relieve the pressure on the flat spot. Alternating things in the room to encourage laying on the other side of the head.Hold your baby while she’s awake to relieve pressure from carriers, swings and infant seats.I find the breastfeeding pillows have the perfect curve for it. A mirror is very entertaining! Prop her up on a pillow to give her a little height (And her heavy head a soft landing pad). Find new toys or objects to stimulate her everyday. Give her plenty of supervised tummy time while she’s awake.So your baby is a few months old now, you’ve been putting her on her back to sleep like your pediatrician recommended, and now she’s got a big ole flat spot on the back of her head. What came next was a beautiful drop in the number of babies dying in their sleep, and the unfortunate side effect was the rise of plagiocephaly. In 1992 we launched this campaign to reduce the rate of SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Often, it’s due to your pediatrician’s golden rule of putting her on her back to sleep. However, after that exit, there are lots of external forces that can flatten the infant skull. This special ability helps the baby with an easy exit through the birth canal, and allows the brain to rapidly grow during the first year of life. They are made of bone plates that are loosely held together, and they can move and shift. Let’s talk about infant skulls – like many baby body parts, they aren’t small versions of the adult skull. “It’s so perfect! Not like the poor little cone-headed babies!” Little did they know that his pretty little spherical skull would soon resemble a pancake on one side.ĭoes your baby’s head have a flat spot? A flat region? A flat continent? Do not fear! It’s likely normal skull flattening (the fancy medical term is positional plagiocephaly ), it’s totally normal, and only rarely do baby craniums need any “fixing.”
When my son Jack was born via C-section, everyone had something nice to say about his beautiful round head.
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