plagiocephaly

Since the ‘Back to Sleep’ campaign, which advises parents to place their babies on their back to sleep the number of babies with “flat” or misshapen heads increased. However, it seems as though outside of sleeping we need to try and minimise the time that babies are on their backs to avoid “flat” heads. There are several recommendations to mums to make sure their babies aren’t lying with the pressure just on one part of their heads