Most new born babies have misshapen heads at birth and in the majority of cases this will self-correct in the first few weeks of their life. However, there are a number of reasons why a baby may continue to have a misshapen head or for a misshapen head to develop. It is important to recognise what is considered a normal head shape and the options available for babies who develop a flattening in early infancy.


This blog posts explores the causes of a misshapen head and how long it takes for a baby’s head shape to fully develop to ensure you have all the information you need when finding the right treatment for your baby.
What is a normal baby head shape?

Normocephaly (pronounced norm-oh-kef-alley ) is the medical term for a baby’s head that has normal dimensions and proportions.



When looking down at the head, a normal head should resemble the shape of an egg with the back of the head being wider, becoming narrower as you reach the front of the head. A perfectly normal head width at the widest part is 78% of the length. There may be a slight difference diagonally and any diagonal difference below 6mm is considered to be within the normal range.


What causes a misshapen head?










There are 29 separate bones in a human head and the majority of these are in the face and supporting the brain. In an infant, the top of the skull (called the cranial vault) has 5 separate bones which have flexible fibrous sutures holding them together. In between the bones, there are fontanelles (commonly called soft spots) and the two latest ones to close are at the front and back top centre of the head. The sutures and soft spots allow a baby’s skull to flex as the head passes through the narrow birth canal. These structures allow the skull to expand and adapt to the rapid brain growth your baby experiences in infancy.


At birth, your baby’s head shape may appear pointy or cone-shaped, this is due to the amount of time spent squeezing through the birth canal and a result of a longer delivery. Cone shapes tend to round out after a few days as the birth trauma settles.





However, during the first few months of a baby’s life, the skull can develop a flattening if your baby’s head is continually lying in one position on a mattress, in a carry cot, car seats or strollers. If your baby has a tendency to spend a lot of time with the head in one position in early infancy,

flat head syndrome may develop. This will be most noticeable when looking at your baby’s head from above. Looking down on the top of the head, you may notice that one side of the head may appear flatter than the other side or it may look very wide.

If you have noticed that your friend or loved one’s baby has a misshapen head and are worried about how to approach the subject without causing upset, our recent blog post explores some of the best ways to tell someone their baby has a misshapen head.
How long does it take for a baby’s head shape to fully develop?

Your baby’s head shape has fully developed when the cranial sutures have fully closed. So all through childhood the skeleton is developing and remains flexible. In the head, the soft spots start to come together and the fontanelle at the back of the head closes at about 4 months, with the frontal fontanelle closing between 9 to 18 months. Remember though, that even though the soft spots have closed, they still remain flexible and will do all through childhood to allow the head and face to grow and remodel.

https://www.technologyinmotion.com/long-take-babys-head-shape/

Lalasticlala

Tribal war loading

helpsystem:
Tribal war loading

No be small most nairalanders have A1 in that.... afonja dat afonja this, Ipob/Igbo dat Igbo this shm

lefulefu:

why u de laugh

fineboynl:
why u de laugh

na ur thread na wey funny

lefulefu:
na ur thread na wey funny

and u are always using obama

fineboynl:
and u are always using obama

he"s my boss
anyway this one u talking about flattened head and cone head..hope u do know it might cause a tribal E fight here

Why do I find this thread funny?

Mynd44, lalasticlala, seun

noted

Quite enlightening @op.

Those pix are abit funny shaaa

I don't get it

The head can be remodeled or shey na reshaped be the right word during the first few weeks. I have seen people do it while bathing the baby. They massage the waistline in female babies too. I guess that is to give them shapely bum

Op, do you mean something like this?!?

sKeetz:
Op, do you mean something like this?!?

wah dah fvccckkk

lol na Y yiminrins get flat head be DAT.

first pics looks like Toastedbread head

lol . pics looks like Toastedbread head

lol .

How can you say that shape of head is familiar with a particular tribe