Parents have the vision of a perfect, beautiful newborn as it graces the world. Many are quite surprised to see instead a wrinkly, splotchy little creature with a newborn head shaped not unlike many of those odd movie screen aliens. Why does the baby’s head look so weird? What happened? Nature happened and there is ...
Newborn babies have soft skulls which may become misshapen in a condition called “positional plagiocephaly” or commonly known as “flat head.” When your newborn spends a lot of time sleeping or leaning on one side of her head, the soft, pliable skull bones can begin to mold slightly. The result is a flat spot on ...
Torticollis, which means twisted neck in Latin, is a condition affecting children from birth to around age two in which their neck muscles become shortened causing excessive head and chin tilting. Although torticollis can develop in the womb, incidents of newborns developing the disorder after birth have become increasingly common in recent years. Back to ...
Because of the worries associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), doctors and other childcare experts recommend that parents put their babies to sleep on their backs. This helps keep the airway open and prevents the baby from suffocating him- or herself. Unfortunately, this practice often results in a flat spot on the back of ...
In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics initiated the “Back to Sleep” campaign recommending that infants be placed to sleep in the supine position to reduce the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Although there was a significant decrease of approximately 40% in the occurrence of SIDS, the practice creates a condition of flattening ...
