What are the methods for correcting flat heads in babies?

The baby's sleeping posture will actually affect the baby's head shape. Babies sleep for a long time every day during infancy, and their heads are relatively soft. If they sleep in the same posture for a long time, it will easily become deformed. If the baby has a flat head, parents can ask them not to always face in one direction when they sleep. At the same time, they should correct their bad sleeping postures and choose suitable pillows for babies.

1. When a baby first comes into the world, he spends most of his time sleeping, which means that the baby's head cannot be separated from the pillow most of the time. Infancy is the period of fastest growth and development in children. Because their skulls are soft and elastic, they are easily deformed. If parents do not pay attention to the baby's sleeping posture and the baby always sleeps in the same direction every day, head deformation is inevitable over time.

2. Since flat heads in babies are mostly related to unreasonable sleeping postures, for babies with flat heads, the bad sleeping postures should be corrected in time and corresponding treatment measures should be taken. There is still hope for recovery. The younger the age, the easier it is to correct. It is best to do it within one year old. The specific methods are as follows:

3. Change body position frequently : This is an effective and convenient way to correct your baby's flat head. Parents are required to consciously place their children's heads before and after they fall asleep and choose the most appropriate sleeping position to help correct flat heads. For example, if the patient has a "right flat head", he should lie on his left side; if the patient has a "left flat head", he should lie on his right side; if the patient has a "back-of-the-occipital flat head", he can lie on his left side alternately, but he should not lie on his back anymore.

4. Babies naturally know how to sleep, but they don’t know when and how we want them to sleep. When they are only a few months old and a few years old, it is the role of parents to teach them to develop good sleeping habits and create good sleep hygiene conditions for them.