We take time to explain your child’s condition. It can be scary when your baby has a condition that affects their skull. Sometimes it happens if the mother has a womb with an unusual shape or has uterine fibroids (noncancerous tumors made of fibrous tissue). Crowding may happen if there is more than 1 baby in the womb (as in twins). They also tend to move their heads less often. The skull bones of premature babies are softer than the skulls of babies born at full term. It can cause the baby to always rest on the same spot on the back of their head. If a baby’s neck muscles become too tight on 1 side, it can limit how much they can move their neck. A baby tending to look in 1 direction.These may make it harder for a baby to change positions. Many medical problems or delayed development.Many things can increase the chance of positional plagiocephaly: The condition also is called deformational plagiocephaly.

Your child’s doctor or nurse practitioner will check to see if there is a problem. This usually happens because of the way a baby likes to lie in their first few months of life.īy itself, a flat spot on a young baby’s head is generally not a concern. It is caused by pressure on the bones of the skull before or after birth. Plagiocephaly (PLAY-gee-oh-SEF-uh-lee) is a flat spot on the back or side of a baby’s head. Top of head of child with positional plagiocephaly (drawn by Huang MHS)

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