my 2 month baby head is gone flat from 1 side on which he use to sleep . how can i make it back to normal?

Answer 1

That is normal. It happens all the time. In time, his head will "round out", and everything will be fine.

Answer 2

You need to make sure he sleeps on alternating sides of his head. If he refuses to sleep on one side he may develop torticollis (one side of the neck is weker than the other). My son did this. He was very flat on the backside of his head. The docs wanted to put him in a helmet to reshape his head. We decided not to and were able to round his head back out with repositioning.

There is also a product out there that helps relieve the pressure on their head and keep it more round. Boppy makes one called Noggin Nest Support.

At 2 months you don't have much to worry about b/c he is so young but it is something to keep an eye on. Tummy time helps with this as well.

Answer 3

Ok, don't believe the people saying it will go back on its own, because it will not and your doctor will tell you so. You need to make it so he will face the other way when he sleeps. My son slept in a basinett at that time and like to sleep facing me. So I just flipped him to the other end and that worked. My doctor said if I didn't do this he would have to wear a baby helmet to fix his head. Switching the side he slept on worked and I didn't have any more problems.

Answer 4

Give him lots of tummy time during play time and alternate sides that he sleeps on, also let him sleep on his back. The back of my sons head was flat for a couple of months and it went back to normal eventually.

Answer 5

We had the same problem. Since it was our first child, we were a bit worried about it as well. Just lay your baby so it's on the other side and it'll work itself out. We found that by switching from one side to the other every few days helped keep it from getting flat.

Answer 6

Just alternate sleeping positions but be careful I've seen lots of babies with flat bald heads from laying on their backs too much

Answer 7

Thats normal! Just make sure while he is leeping that you check his head and if he is sleeping on that side just move his head to the other side. Alot of babies the back of their head does that cause they sleep on their backs! But they are fine!

Answer 8

this is normal...hopefully it will round out...doesn't always round out. to prevent this from happening you never lye them on their back back or the same side all the time. ALWAYS rotate them.. I was worried about that happening with my daughter and i prevented that from doing that. She has a perfectly round head. The reason why is say the head does not round out is because my friend always laid her son on the same side and his head is was not perfectly round. He is 5 yrs now and can't really tell, but when he was younger you could because he didn't have that much hair on his head.

Answer 9

Alternate his head. It will most likely grow back fine...my niece had this.

Ask the doctor, in most cases this is a normal thing and nothing to be concerned about....He'll get more hair to cover it!

Answer 10

this is a normal occurance. just move your baby to different positions. don't leave him/her in the same spot. with time it will reshape. a baby's skull is "soft", because the bones haven't fused togather. i have 16 nieces and nephews, so when my child was born, i felt like a pro. i moved her from cradle to playpen to swing to blanket on floor. we also held her. she never lost her head shape. good luck. always remember, there is never a stupid question, especially concerning babies.