Babies With Big Heads at Babies

Babies With Big Heads. On average, a newborn’s head measures about 35 cm and anything above that is considered “big.” seeing that your baby has a larger head than others their age might bother new parents at first. Baby girl with a big smile.

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Big head baby = smarter adult. That's not the only factor, of course. By far the most common cause is family characteristic — meaning, it’s genetic.

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There’s a standard used to define macrocephaly: The growth makes their heads markedly larger than those of. A newborn with a significantly large head should probably be scanned to determine the cause. These spots, called fontanels, allow a baby's relatively large head to move through the narrow birth canal.