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Mumsnet Discussions: Health : My DS 6 months has an odd shaped... any experience on the 'caps' to re-shape head... (2 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Teriwith3 on Fri 16-May-08 21:36:14
My DS who is 6 months old has a 'mis-shapen' head. When he was born, he was fine, but this has developed over the last few months.

I think it's due to him lying to one side all of the time (my DD now 2 and 1/2 had this a little bit too). I have tried encouraging him to sleep to the other side, but it's not helped. I've taken him to the doctors, who has said this is fine and sometimes happens (although admitted in DS case it is quite severe), and that it will rectify itself once he spends less time lying down.

Someone has mentioned to me that there is a 'cap' that can be worn, that will re-shape the childs head. My doctor said this is a complete waste of time. Does anybody have any experience of this? Either using the cap, or that their childs head shape returned to normal?

Sounds silly, but as my DD only had it mildly, and now has long hair, it's hard to tell if her head shape is back to normal.

Hope this doesn't make DS sound like a freak! I think he is a gorgeous little thing anyway
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By probablyaslytherin on Fri 16-May-08 23:45:14
My ds2 had this. It was so obvious that children at ds1's nursery remarked on it - not just flat but very squintly flat.
We didn't have a helmet. I can't remember whether they had been invented at that time! (14 years ago).

Over time his head rounded out no problem. You would never know now how bad it looked when he was a babe. The Gp said lots of adults have strangely shaped heads, but their hair hides it. The consultant said he had been inundated with 'funny heads'since babies had to be put down to sleep on their backs not their stomachs.

I wouldn't worry about it - it will round out with time.


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