Flat Spot
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Skull
Asked by L.T. from Oklahoma City
on January 30, 2008
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This is going to sound CRAZY, but here goes...
Last night I was lying in bed and felt the need to scratch my scalp. When I did, I noticed a "dent" or "groove" toward...
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- You should look up a frenologist (phrenologist?)...a person who reads people's heads to essentially, get their fortune. Personally I think it's a bunch of whooy but i...
- Hi L. T., My name is B. T. I have the same thing that you have with the dent in the head. I have that dent in the back of my head Ihave had it looked at & ...
- i noticed some a long time ago too, i always thought it was weird. i said something about it to someone and they told me that's where your skull plates came together. ...
Flat Spot
Asked by L.S. from Portland
on June 4, 2007
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i need some advice. everyone keeps telling me that it's fine but i don't think it is. my son has a really bad flat spot on his head (the first few months he would only...
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- Hi L., My niece has a very mis shaped head as well. My sister took her to a doctor for some head fixing helmet thing. It was wonderful. My sister made it fun f...
- I have three kids of my own and if you don't like what that doctor is telling you go to another doctor and see what he says. If it was one of my kids I would take them...
- If your son is always wanting to lay on one side, then he may the toricollis that another mom mentioned. This is a condition where one side of their neck muscles is t...
Flat Spot on Head
Asked by M.L. from Tucson
on October 22, 2007
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We have noticed that our almost 4 month old's head has a flat spot on the back right side. We have tried positioners, but he ends up twisting himself and getting wedge...
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- Hi M., Infants usually favor one side because parents do too. Do you always lay him on the same side to change his diaper? Do you put him to sleep a certain way? ...
- M., We had a similar issue with my son. He always wanted to lay on a certain side. He had a flat spot and the Dr. said to rotate what side we layed him down on. ...
- We too noticed a slight flat spot at 2 months, I ignored it and tried to reposition, but it got worse. At 4 months we took him to Cranial Technologies and had him fitt...
Flat Spot on Head
Asked by M.B. from Nashville
on January 22, 2007
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Hi my daughter will be 4 months on jan 27th she has a very bad flat spot on the right side of her head she always laid on that side and still does every now and then s...
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- Have you tried waiting until she goes to sleep and then trying to roll her to the other side? Maybe if you let her fall asleep on the side she favors then doing the s...
- Flat spots such as that are caused by baby laying on that side,unfortunately if she continues with the flat spot she will always have it. In infancy, the skull is soft...
- My daughter was the same way. I put her in a sleeping wedge and then rolled a recieving blanket to put up under the side she normally slept on (not near her head)so s...
Flat Head !
Asked by A.U. from Detroit
on January 10, 2009
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Help my 10 week old baby girl has a flat spot on the back of her head. She has an insane amount of hair, so you can't really see it much, but when I feel it I can FEE...
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- My son had a flat spot on his head very early and our pediatrician said it would probably round out on its own over time. We varied his sleep position as much as possi...
- There are a couple of ways to make tummy time more enjoyable for your daughter. you can put her on an incline with her head higher than her feet, so so much pressure i...
- This happenned to my baby girl because she was such a sound sleeper, and no matter how I moved her, she ended up on her back with her hands over her head in 5 minutes....
Flat Head
Asked by A.F. from Chicago
on April 8, 2007
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My 6 month old has a flat head on the left side and thus the right side of his skull shows the plates quite prominently. (Poor guy has no hair which makes things more...
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- Hi A.! My son also had a flat spot on his head at that age. He had a torticoulous(Sp?) which caused the neck muscles on his one side to be tight so he favored the ot...
- This shouldn't be too much of a problem if he really doesn't like to be on his back anymore (presumably this is because he likes to sit up or be on his stomach? Basic...
- It's hard to keep them on one side vs the other especially when they are mobile. Try your best and if you don't see any improvement (or your pediatrician) doesn't at ...
Flat Head
Asked by B.S. from Chicago
on March 19, 2010
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My son wore the star band for 4 months. At his 12 month bday the doctor told us that we were done with it, since his head was growing in the right direction, but woul...
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- My son has a really bad flat spot. We have asked his Dr. about this, but his Dr. says not to worry. He was born C-section so his head was perfectly round, but he had...
- I am a pediatric PT and to be honest I had never heard of cranial-sacral therapy to treat plagiocephaly but having just read a bunch of articleson it I would definatel...
- at 15 months, you've still got time. but it would be too late by 18-19 months. so i would hurry if i were you.
Flat Spot
Asked by J.B. from Los Angeles
on May 16, 2009
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My son has developed a small flat spot, I try to get him to sleep on his side but some how he ends up flat on his back. His pediatrician wasn't to concerned but said t...
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- Hi! I went through this with my youngest son (now 4). I tell you this story because I was sooo worried about it, like you. My son's head was so flat that my pediatric...
- For most the flat spot is a visual issue. Most moms with that concern don't have to worry about the health of their child. However, feel free to talk to your doctor ...
- Put him on his tummy and see how he does with that. At this age had can lift his head so he should be fine. The only real time for concern of sids is right after a vac...
Need Advice for Flat Spot on Child's Head
Asked by M.I. from Memphis
on November 7, 2006
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My 3 and a half month old daughter has a flat spot on one side of her head. I have tried switching sleeping positions, rolling up a receiving blanket to put under one...
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- Continue what your doing by letting her sleep on her side. During the day when you can watch her you can let her sleep on her tummy. Brittany got a flat spot on the ...
- tummy time.. She won't like it at first but start slowly. Give her 5 mins at a time then work her way up. She'll start to like tummy time. I think that is wny my daugh...
- M.... I used to "Shape" my kids heads myself...Literally, with my hands. I would hold them and shape their heads like a grapefruit by molding the spot gently everyday...
Baby Has a Flat Spot on Her Head
Asked by L.M. from San Francisco
on March 7, 2011
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Hello,
My daughter has a flat spot on the back of her head. We have found that it is caused by positional plagiocephaly. This simply means that she rarely turn...
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- Does she roll over by herself yet? If not get her more tummy time! Evey time you put her down put on her tummy for a few minutes every hour. This will help and hold mo...
- I had the same issue with my daughter. I didn't go the helmet route for various reasons. But the two main reasons being: One because of the cost and the fact that it w...
- I would get the helmet. She won't need it for very long. It is causing you a lot of stress, not to mention loss of sleep, by trying to reposition her head all the ti...
