the more irregular-Headed Baby

Incidents of babies with irregular shapes such as flat head on the back of the skull continues to rise in the United States. Case-headed baby peyang increased since the country was campaigning back to sleep or supine position to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

"There is no doubt that when we as a nation began campaigning for a baby to sleep on their backs. This method can reduce sudden infant death syndrome significantly. But, simultaneously, the incidence of plagiocephaly or head position caused by the asymmetric form of infant sleep position continued to improve," Dr. Sherilyn Driscoll, director of pediatric rehabilitation medicine at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota.


Driscoll said the baby's head shape asymmetry is generally easy to handle, but the timing must be precise. Therapy should be performed when the baby's skull is still growing and before the baby's skull bones fused and the soft (soft spot) on infant's head close.

Baby's head shape asymmetry should be addressed quickly. One of them, Driscoll said, through the method of repositioning, the baby lay in state on his stomach and rested on his stomach or so-called tummy time and change the baby's sleeping position (not just one side). If this approach does not work, therapy can help helmeting skull bones grow in the right direction.

Driscoll explained that the use of helmets is not intended to apply pressure to restore the shape of the skull or the baby's head.
Helmeting therapy is most effective if started at age 4 months to 6 months. However, if the new therapy is done when the baby has reached the age of 1 year, the success rate is very small.

When the parents found the baby's head shape asymmetry at the age of less than 4 months, Driscoll advised to consult a specialist to discuss ways to position the baby as well as identify strategies to direct and take the baby turns his head on the uneven side.

Driscoll emphasizes, babies with head shape asymmetry must receive treatment from a specialist to determine whether the condition is due to the wrong infant sleep position or other causes. "There are some other less common causes, such as craniosyntosis, which can cause head shape asymmetry," said Driscoll.

Craniosynostosis is a medical condition in which the formation of the skull bones formed in premature infants. This can cause abnormalities in the baby's head shape of the skull bones.