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Flat head in infant

2018-04-17 10:07:30
Hi , my baby is 2 months one week old, now I observed he has flat head on his right side, his back head is asymmetrical, I have attached the photo of it, right side if hiss head is little down, and left side it is little high.. please tell me will it become normal?. I am worried, any thing I need to do to make that symmetrical, apart from cosmetic , will it have any development delay??.. please suggest me any way to fix this .. thank you in advance
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Nothing to worry, keep monitoring head size by your Pediatrician, use mustard pillow to keep head more on non flat side while sleeping, will improve with age, has happened due to fixed positions for long time in uterus,you could be having fibroids in your uterus

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