Does the newborn's sleeping position affect the head shape? The sleeping position of the newborn will affect the head shape. After the child was born, the skull was not completely closed. There are still sagittal suture, herringbone suture and coronal suture in the six separated skulls of the child. As a newborn skull that accounts for about14 of the body, the unclosed skull bears a "huge" weight.
If you sleep in a sleeping position for a long time, the originally round brain will become flat under the action of gravity, so the back of the head of a supine child is easy to flatten. Sleeping on the side for a long time, in addition to sleeping sideways, is also easy to cause the child's "big face".
How can newborns sleep to have a good head shape? 1. Parents are advised to change their sleeping positions frequently, and they can adopt a combination of prone, lateral and supine sleeping positions to effectively protect their baby's head shape. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to adjust your sleeping position every 2 hours or so.
2. Pay attention to your baby's ears when sleeping on your side. If the baby is prone to milk spillage after feeding, let the baby lie on the right side after feeding to reduce milk spillage.
In addition, when the newborn sleeps on his back, his back and back are on the same plane, and the muscles of his neck and back naturally relax. In addition, the baby's head is big, almost shoulder-width. When lying on his side, his head and body are on the same plane, so you don't need a pillow.
Generally speaking, for babies less than 3 months, you can stack several layers of towels on the head and neck instead of pillows. Don't sleep with a hard pillow.
Note: every one or two days, let the child lie from the left to the right, and then change to the left or side.
The timetable for getting a good haircut is 1, and the most important thing is within 2 months. When the baby grows up, the hardness of the skull will also increase, the bones will be closer, and the head shape will not change much. About 2 months old at this time.
It is too late to adjust within 2 or 3 months. If the baby's head shape is found to be asymmetrical after 2 months, it is not too late to adjust it within 3 months. Parents need not worry too much. The baby's head shape is basically fixed for more than 3 months, and he can sleep freely.
3, the fontanel is closed for life Generally speaking, when the baby is one year old to one and a half years old, the front fontanel will be closed. After the baby's front fontanelle is closed, the head shape is fixed and it is difficult to change.
What if the baby's head is flat and crooked? Even if the child's head is flat before, as long as he adopts the correct sleeping position, his head will gradually become round. Parents don't have to worry too much, as long as they often help to change various sleeping positions. But the above methods can only be used for children within 6 months. If the baby's head shape can't be recovered after 6 months, parents should go to the hospital to find a specialist, because the baby's head shape will start to be fixed after 6 months, and it is not very likely that the baby's head shape will be rounded by changing the sleeping position.
At present, the plastic surgery department of Nanjing Children's Hospital has developed a technology, which is to put a special hat on children and change their head shape by controlling the growth direction of their skulls, so as to achieve the effect of plastic surgery. At present, only one children's hospital in China is developing this technology.