what is it called when a baby head is misshapen?
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This condition, known as deformational plagiocephaly, refers to an asymmetrical head shape from repeated pressure to the same area of the head. The head may be flat across the back or on one side. The change in head shape may begin when the baby is 1 to 2 months old.
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Hip dysplasia in babies, also known as developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), occurs when a baby's hip socket (acetabulum) is too shallow to cover the head of the thighbone (femoral head) to fit properly. DDH ranges in severity. Some babies have a minor looseness in one or both of their hip joints.
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Cradle cap appears as patchy scaling or thick crusts on the scalp and greasy skin covered with flaky white or yellow scales. Cradle cap usually doesn't bother the infant. Cradle cap causes crusty or oily scaly patches on a baby's scalp. The condition isn't painful or itchy.
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Shaking a baby or young child can cause their brain to repeatedly hit the inside of the skull. This impact can trigger bruising in the brain, bleeding in the brain, and brain swelling. Other injuries may include broken bones as well as damage to the baby's eyes, spine, and neck.
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The infant skull's bones are separated by fontanelles, or soft spots. At birth, the skull is incompletely developed, and fibrous membranes separate the cranial bones. These membranous areas are called fontanels.
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An infant is born with two major soft spots on the top of the head called fontanels. These soft spots are spaces between the bones of the skull where bone formation isn't complete.
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Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a rare birth defect in which bands of tissue inside the sac of fluid that surrounds a baby in the womb tangle around the baby's body causing injury.
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The baby may be head-down but facing their mother's tummy or another direction. Or they may be feet-down, or knees or buttocks down, in what is called a breech position.
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A condition in which the sutures close too early, called craniosynostosis, has been associated with early fontanelle closure. Craniosynostosis results in an abnormal head shape and problems with normal brain and skull growth.
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By 2 months old, baby head control increases, and baby can hold his or her head at a 45-degree angle. At 3 months, you'll see those adorable mini push-ups as baby rises to a 90-degree angle in preparation for crawling. And by 6 months old, you should see your child have complete control of their head.
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Sometimes, the baby is in a bottom-first (or feet-first) position. This is called a breech birth or breech baby. Babies can be breech early in pregnancy. Most of them turn on their own to be headfirst by the time of delivery.
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Lordosis (also known as swayback) is when the lower back, above the buttocks, curves inward too much, causing the child's abdomen to protrude and buttocks to stick out. Kyphosis is when the upper spine curves too far outward, forming a hump on the upper back.
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In a breech birth, the baby's head is the last part of its body to emerge making it more difficult to ease it through the birth canal. Sometimes forceps are used to guide the baby's head out of the birth canal. Another potential problem is cord prolapse.
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It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying force. Flat shapes, elongated ones (produced by binding between two pieces of wood), rounded ones (binding in cloth), and conical ones are among those chosen or valued in various cultures.
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["Occiput or cephalic posterior position: Sometimes the baby is positioned head down as it should be, but other times it is facing the mother's abdomen. ... ", "Frank breech: In a frank breech, the baby's buttocks lead the way into the birth canal."]
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This simply means small blood vessels on the head of your baby are broken or trapped and collected between the skull and skin during birth. It's not a serious issue, doesn't affect baby's brain, and it should go away on its own within a few months.
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Rather than just flaky, scaly skin, cradle cap is characterized by rough, crusty bumps that protrude from your baby's scalp. Whereas baby dry scalp will feel dry, cradle cap will actually feel oily to the touch.