Comments on: How to prevent SIDS and avoid a flat head in babies - part 2 http://www.baby-log.com/my-baby-day-by-day/how-to-prevent-sids-and-avoid-flat-head-in-babies-part-2/ Learning to be a Mother, Raise a Baby, Live as a Family Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:13:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Emma http://www.baby-log.com/my-baby-day-by-day/how-to-prevent-sids-and-avoid-flat-head-in-babies-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15395 Emma Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:18:06 +0000 http://www.baby-log.com/?p=493#comment-15395 Hi Rissa, I know exactly how you feel. My parents live overseas too and when I found out my baby's head was flat, I freaked out. So take your baby to the doctor and if he says that this flatness is dangerous for baby, he will tell you what you can do to fix it. But otherwise, just don't let your baby lie on just one side. Put him in cot on his other side, if you have a changing table - turn it around so that you will stand on another side while changing your baby and he will start turning his head to another side. Depending on how old your baby is, flatness can be fixed this way. Give him a lot of tummy time, when he lies on his stomach and you're watching him. Don't worry, you can fix it. Hi Rissa, I know exactly how you feel. My parents live overseas too and when I found out my baby’s head was flat, I freaked out.

So take your baby to the doctor and if he says that this flatness is dangerous for baby, he will tell you what you can do to fix it. But otherwise, just don’t let your baby lie on just one side. Put him in cot on his other side, if you have a changing table - turn it around so that you will stand on another side while changing your baby and he will start turning his head to another side. Depending on how old your baby is, flatness can be fixed this way. Give him a lot of tummy time, when he lies on his stomach and you’re watching him. Don’t worry, you can fix it.

]]> By: Rissa http://www.baby-log.com/my-baby-day-by-day/how-to-prevent-sids-and-avoid-flat-head-in-babies-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15382 Rissa Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:23:51 +0000 http://www.baby-log.com/?p=493#comment-15382 I have a flatted-head baby. he always sleep looking to the right that makes his head flat in right side. my mother-in-law seems a bit dissapointed of how I take care my baby. moreover, he is my first baby. I know it's my fault. Because this is my first time to take care a baby. I never like babies before I have one. So I never asked people how to take care of a baby. And now I get the hardest part of what i've never think before. I must to raise my baby without my parents. because I lived overseas from them. So, no one told me how to take care my baby boy. Maybe just the neighbours who visit me sometimes. Moreover, I am just 20yrs old. So please tell me what I exactly have to do to make my baby boy has a perfect-round head again. That is now become my obsession. thanks for your advice before:) I have a flatted-head baby. he always sleep looking to the right that makes his head flat in right side. my mother-in-law seems a bit dissapointed of how I take care my baby. moreover, he is my first baby.
I know it’s my fault. Because this is my first time to take care a baby. I never like babies before I have one. So I never asked people how to take care of a baby. And now I get the hardest part of what i’ve never think before. I must to raise my baby without my parents. because I lived overseas from them. So, no one told me how to take care my baby boy. Maybe just the neighbours who visit me sometimes. Moreover, I am just 20yrs old.
So please tell me what I exactly have to do to make my baby boy has a perfect-round head again. That is now become my obsession.
thanks for your advice before:)

]]> By: Emma http://www.baby-log.com/my-baby-day-by-day/how-to-prevent-sids-and-avoid-flat-head-in-babies-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9874 Emma Sun, 24 May 2009 04:48:52 +0000 http://www.baby-log.com/?p=493#comment-9874 Hi Vincent! Thanks for the comment. My hubby's mom says that she used to press his ears to the head so that he doesn't get floppy ears :) Sorry if I was out of line using your photo here - I thought linking to your Flikr profile was enough in terms of giving the credit. I've added "all rights reserved" and it appear when you hover over the photo, so everyone knows it's copyrighted. Hi Vincent! Thanks for the comment. My hubby’s mom says that she used to press his ears to the head so that he doesn’t get floppy ears :) Sorry if I was out of line using your photo here - I thought linking to your Flikr profile was enough in terms of giving the credit. I’ve added “all rights reserved” and it appear when you hover over the photo, so everyone knows it’s copyrighted.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.baby-log.com/my-baby-day-by-day/how-to-prevent-sids-and-avoid-flat-head-in-babies-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9871 Vincent Sun, 24 May 2009 04:14:36 +0000 http://www.baby-log.com/?p=493#comment-9871 Hey! It was a surprise to find my picture on your blog! For our son, we tried many things like you suggested but in the end it was to no avail. Our son got fitted with the helmet on our pedi's suggestion, and was fitted at 7 months. He wore it until he was 12 months. There is another reason for flat-headedness too, which is that for some babies, their neck muscles aren't developing symmetrically, and so one side is weaker, and so they prefer having their head turned one way (towards the strong side). So in addition to the potential flat head, the pedi will also try to take care (or at least observe) that neck condition too. At the orthopedics office we went to there were at least one or two babies like that - and their "flat spot" is on the side of head! Interestingly my mom always said that she rubbed my head as if to make it round, daily, when I was a baby. She insists that it works! Heh Heh. Anyways, here's the link to my original, copyrighted picture. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40275313@N00/2767365720/ I have no problems with you using my picture here, just wished you asked for permission next time, or at least gave credit for the photo :-) Hey! It was a surprise to find my picture on your blog! For our son, we tried many things like you suggested but in the end it was to no avail. Our son got fitted with the helmet on our pedi’s suggestion, and was fitted at 7 months. He wore it until he was 12 months.

There is another reason for flat-headedness too, which is that for some babies, their neck muscles aren’t developing symmetrically, and so one side is weaker, and so they prefer having their head turned one way (towards the strong side). So in addition to the potential flat head, the pedi will also try to take care (or at least observe) that neck condition too. At the orthopedics office we went to there were at least one or two babies like that - and their “flat spot” is on the side of head!

Interestingly my mom always said that she rubbed my head as if to make it round, daily, when I was a baby. She insists that it works! Heh Heh.

Anyways, here’s the link to my original, copyrighted picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40275313@N00/2767365720/
I have no problems with you using my picture here, just wished you asked for permission next time, or at least gave credit for the photo :-)

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