Your baby was born with soft spots on their head. Here’s why they exist, how to take care of them—and what to watch out for.
, MD, FAAP, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, compares a newborn baby’s skull to the continents in the world: “It starts out as separate pieces and they gradually form into a skull.”at birth. The most notable of the soft spots are called the anterior fontanelle and the posterior fontanelle.The anterior fontanelle is the soft spot in the middle of baby’s head. “If you draw a line between your ears where a headband would sit, that’s where the anterior fontanelle is,” Lai says.
It’s understandable to be nervous about touching the soft spot on baby’s head. “It’s literally a window to the brain, so we want to be gentle,” Fisher says. But that doesn’t mean you can’t touch baby’s head at all: You can do things like wash baby’s head and brush their hair—just have a light touch. “You want to avoid anything that directly impacts the head because it’s a more vulnerable area,” she says.
The fontanelles provide gaps for the bones to move during the first few months of life, so any pressure on the skull can influence baby’s head shape. “Because these parts of the skull move around a little bit, they’re not sealed,” Lai says. “If you press on any area, you can flatten that part of the skull.” guidelines to place baby on their back for sleep, this can cause a flat spot to form in the back of the head, Lai points out.
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