Kaitlyn has a terribly flat head ...it even ended up indented! . Our Dr referred us to a neurosurgeon and he said he thought she sound wear a helmet for an undisclosed amount of time ...I was not happy with that so I got a second opinion from another neurosurgeon who said she did not need one it would just take time to round itself out.
Anyway long story short...Kaitlyn is now 7months and her head is starting to round out ..the second neurosurgeon said it will take a long time but it will happen. Try and encourage lots of tummy time. Also if you are bottle feeding try feeding so his head is not resting on the flat side. I also bought a stand up activity centre to give Kaitlyn more time off her head.
But I would not worry to much as once he starts sitting and crawling he wont spend much time on his back anyway!.
Oh the other thing that the second neurosurgeon told me was that only about 1 in 10 children need intervention when their head is flat ..so that is pretty good odds!.
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