2007-08-20 07:21:21 · 9 answers · asked by ccccc 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
When they are about a year some closes earlyer and others slightly later.
2007-08-20 07:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by stacey 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All babies have them! The small, circular, soft spot on top of your newborns head, which is actually called the fontanel. What you may not know is that there are actually two fontanels on your newborn. The anterior fontanel is on top and the posterior fontanel is at the back of the head.
Soft spots are placed where the skull has not completely closed at birth. The anterior fontanel is about two inches wide and may not be closed completely until your baby is 18 months old. The posterior fontanel is only about a half inch wide and will be closed by the time your baby is three months old, much earlier than the anterior soft spot.
2007-08-20 14:31:21 · answer #2 · answered by Chelsea ツ 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
According to the book I have, there are actually four at birth. Only 2 are noticeable though, the ones on the top and back of the head. On average, the smaller one on the back of the head closes between 2-12 weeks. The larger one on the top of the head closes somewhere between 6-18 months.
2007-08-20 14:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jessica 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the one on the back of the head closes around 10 weeks, the one on the top does close untill 1-3 years.
2007-08-20 14:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ LovingMyLittle1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Between 6-12 months.
2007-08-20 14:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think they close completely around 2-3 years.
2007-08-20 14:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by cherrie022 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It varies, usually by the time they're 2 you wont feel their brain pulsating through it. The bones don't actually fuse together until much later though.
2007-08-20 14:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Violet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
really they dont close until we are 18, or at least thats what i heard.
2007-08-20 14:26:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
When they get their teeth and start chewing food.
2007-08-20 14:32:30 · answer #9 · answered by billi70 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋