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hi girls, i have a little boy aged 5 weeks and have noticed that his head is flat on one side, i have also noticed that he will not turn his head the other way much and prefers to stay on the side that his head is flat, i have started trying to put a rolled up blanket on the side his head is flat so he will turn his head the other way, does anyone elses baby suffer with this and has anyone any ideas on how to cure a flat head

when my daughter was about 6-8weeks i noticed a very slight flatning on one side of her head because she always lent her head to the left in her bouncer,bed layin on the floor etc...

she grew out of it....to help her i use to put her on her tummy and sit infront of her so she was lookin at me and didnt have her head side on the floor..... i also turnd her head to the other side when she was sound asleep and held her quite alot so her head wasnt resting as much.  breast feeding pillows are good to prop them up and they are soft so wont flaten his head.  hope this helped xx

This is completely normal and the doctor actually pointed our little boys flat spot out at his 8 week check.  they simply prefer to lay on one side and whilst the skull is still developing it remains out of shape. I really would not worry

newborns often favour turning their head to one side over the other which as they spend a lot of time on thir back can lead to a flat head. it will often resolve as they become more aware of their surrounds and look round more.

sometimes they can have a tightness in one of the muscles in their neck which can prevent/make it harder for them to turn their head in the opposite direction (torticollis) so it may be worth a trip to your gp to check it out as a referral to paediatric physio would be needed if this is the case.

to help flat head lots of tummy time when baby is awake and supervised is good, it can be with baby laying on you while you are laying on the bed/floor/sofa as it feels secure to them and as they gain control of their head will be lifting their head to look at you. as they gain more head control you can try them on their tummy on the floor and maybe use a rolled small towel/blanket under their chest/arms to lift them off the floor a little at first.

once they can hold their heads up well they can sit in a bumbo for short periods too

hi helen  well i had the same with my son at about 8 weeks exactly as you descibed but yes it ok now as hes 4 but at 5 weeks i noticed my daughter had the same flattnes on the same side i looked into a pillow and now at three months its completley round again after using a pillow calleda lovenest by babymoov. its a red heart shaped pillow with a hole in the middle where there head sits while being able to move it both ways . have a look at the website  www.babymoov.com i can highly recomend this pillow it works ........ she does have a little bald spot at the back now but a perfect head good luck 

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