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Babies Flat Head. This usually happens when a child prefers to lay on his or her head on the same spot, causing the head to be misshapen. Avoid leaving your baby for extended periods of time in a car seat, infant seat, baby swing, baby carrier, or other place where her head is likely to rest on the same spot.

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The helmet essentially provides a tight, round space for the head to grow into. Positional molding is generally considered a cosmetic issue. Flat head syndrome—medically known as positional plagiocephaly—occurs when a baby’s head develops a flat spot in the first months of its life.

Babies with flat heads increasing in Canada RCI English

Plagiocephaly is a misshaped or flat head. Flat head syndrome is most common between the ages of 6 weeks and 2 months old, and almost always resolve completely by age 2, particularly if parents and caregivers regularly work on varying baby's positions when he's awake. There are actually two types of plagiocephaly: Positional molding is generally considered a cosmetic issue.