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Two lumps back of baby's head

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SunshineAndSummer · 11/10/2022 17:00

Hi,

Wondering if anyone has come across naything like this

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SunshineAndSummer · 11/10/2022 17:02

Submitted that by mistake, will continue here.

I was wondering if anyone has noticed something like this with their LO.

My 6 month old has a round bump kind of thing on the back of his head, it is above the ear line so I doubted it being a lymphnode. Then today I noticed there's one similar an inch to the right of it almost parallel. What is it? It feels roundish and hard, can't tell if it is part of the skull. Clueless here.

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Squashpocket · 11/10/2022 17:20

Sounds like it could be your baby's occipital bone - if you Google 'occipital protuberance' is it in the position marked on the images Google brings up?

SunshineAndSummer · 11/10/2022 19:37

Thank you for replying.

I googled! The occipital bone seems to be lower down on the adult skull as shown on the google images, on his little head they're a bit further up so above the ear line.

So maybe? Hmm

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