Flat head

Re: Flat head

• smfdjo member

  May 2013

  The sooner you get in the better.  No proof but two friends that had their kids in RNP and ended up in helmets swear it was the RNP.

  I know they have pillows out there that are suppposed to help this.  The good thing is most flat spots are cosmetic and won't hurt the baby.

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• tig594 member

  May 2013

  If you google rock and play/flat head you'll see a LOT of discussion about whether it causes flat spots or not.  I'm not a doctor or a product designer or anything.  However, I was thinking about buying one of these because everyone swears by them.  I then saw all these bad reviews and articles about class action suits and ran the other way.  I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially where my daughter is concerned. 

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• wendalsue member

  May 2013

  I just posted about this in another thread!  My LO is also getting a flat head and I think it's from the RNP.  I have read a ton of bad reviews about how RNP causes flat spots, but I thought that people must be leaving their LO's in them for too long.  Mine is in his overnight and is really starting to get a bad spot, so I'm definitely thinking of switching to a new sleeping arrangement after reading these posts!

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

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• amykins1283 member

  May 2013

  Take this for what you will but my first slept in the RNP for his naps and nighttime sleep until he was 4 months and never had a flat spot. My second was using it and has a small flat spot. I think if your baby is prone to them then it is something that can just happen.
  
  We still use the RNP at night but I make sure I spend a lot of time on the play mat doing tummy time, we started using the exersaucer since he has good head control, and I wear him a lot. Basically, trying to keep him off his back as much as possible during the day to help correct the flat spot. It seems to be working!

  
  

  
   
  

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• luckylauren14 member

  May 2013

  Your DS is young enough that if you give him plenty of tummy time and maybe try to carry him when you're out running errands (instead of staying in the car seat) it should be fine (not implying you don't carry him, but just in case, it's a good idea!)

  With DS, he had torticollis which led to a VERY big flat spot on the back/side of his head. He had to wear a helmet for about 7 months to correct it.  As a FTM, I never noticed that he favored one side over the other and at our 3 month check up, the pedi decided he needed PT.  Hopefully, it won't get severe for you! GL! 

  
  

  
  

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• tashadee75

  May 2013

  My LO is 12 weeks and he has a flat spot on one side of his head because he had torticollis and favored his right side. We noticed it at about 5 weeks and actually got him to physical therapy. The therapist actually taught me how to side lay him with a rolled towel behind him and a rolled receiving blanket in from to prevent roll over. Not straight on his side like and adult but kinda leaned back a little just in case he rolls, he will roll back instead of front.

  Since he has grown and gotten bigger he does does end up on his back but the side of the head he ends up on is the left which is allowing his right side to round out a little more. But it's a slow process. Although my pedi doesn't think he is anywhere near needing a helmet it is so hard to fathom his head rounding out perfectly over time....I'm still a little skeptical about it rounding out on its own.

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• Jcat123 member

  May 2013

  I would just wait until the 30th.  At our 2 month appt a week ago we discovered the flat spot.  LO has LOTS of hair so we never noticed.  She sleeps in a RNP as well.  We also learned that she has the same neck problems others mentioned and always favored one side.  We are now doing neck stretches with her and if it doesn't improve will have to take her to PT.  Suggestions made to us were to use a baby carrier (which we just started), lots of tummy time, and try to switch her head around to different sides.  The last one is the hardest though because she usually moves it right back.  I hope it can fix itself without a helmet.  The handout given to us said that a flat spot can cause facial features to change.  GL!

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