Avoid Flat Head Syndrome

Have you ever heard of flat head syndrome? Well unfortanetly I have. My eldest daughter, my first child suffers from this and while the problem for her is only cosmetic flat head syndrome can also lead to developmental delays. Flat Head Syndrome is a condition that is comprised of plagiocephaly (when flat spots develop on the infants skull), torticollis (occurs when an infant's neck muscles become tight on one side a neck tilt) or a combination of both.

November 28, 2011 the AAP shared a revised position on their stance on positional plagiocephaly by saying that pediatricians should counsel new parents about how to avoid flat head syndrome when they bring their newborns in for their check ups in the first 2 to 4 weeks of life. In the first year doctors should also screen for skull deformities at every wellness visit.

A new product has been developed by Dr. Jane to offer an affordatble and stress free solution for new product for parents to help avoid flat head syndrome. The Tortle (www.tortle.com) is a beanie designed to aid parents in positioning their infants to keep infants 6 months old and younger from lying to long on the same part of the head. Simply switching the Tortle from side to side with each feeding allows parents the ability to alleviate the flat spots and neck tightness that newborns often develop.

Take from a moms own word on this subject in this video