Flat Head

Ok, I really don't know what to make of this.

At the end of last week I saw my plunket nurse for the first time and when she turned him over she said, oh he's a little flatty.

I was not impressed as i have been given so many leaflets about avoiding it, anyway she said oh there is nothing you can do, the following day we were at the Dr and i asked her and she said its quite normal and there is nothing you can do.

i am not overly worried, but having read the leaflets again, Finley spends lots of time on his tummy or being cuddled by us, and sleeps on his back, I have no hope putting his head one way or the other as he wiggles like crazy and is always in different places - do i need to worry or do more?

Thanks, it would have been nice if she had said that, or perhaps said nothing at all, I think you are right but you know how it is when people say these things.

Most babies heads do seem to round out, but Jimmy's didn't. I was quite annoyed that they always said the same things to me ... don't worry, he'll grow out of it, ra ra ra ... until he was 8 months old when a GP (not our usual one) said "sorry, its too late - he's always going to have a flat head and there's nothing you can do now (as he was rolling on his own etc by then) .... but he'll have lots of friends with flat heads"...

You can use a little wedge under their head to keep them tilted to one side, then change it a few hours later etc, but TBH I think you'd have to have used it from birth for them to accept it - but might be worth a try anyway?