Square skull is also called Ping Pong head. If you find that your baby has square skull, you must treat it in time. Square skull can be recovered if it is detected and treated early. If the baby still has square skull when he grows up, If so, it may have an impact on the baby's self-esteem. So is square skull a serious disease? Is square skull a serious disease?

When a baby is just born, we usually see a wrinkled baby. After a few days, the baby will reveal its own appearance. At this time, the mother will see the general appearance of the bones on the top of the baby's head. Some babies will have symptoms of a square skull. So, does a baby with a square skull mean rickets?

No, a baby with a square skull does not necessarily mean rickets. One manifestation of rickets is a square skull. However, it is also possible that a square skull is simply caused by a lack of calcium. To determine whether you have rickets, you also need to look at whether there are other symptoms of rickets. Early symptoms appear at about three months, such as lack of energy, poor sleep, easy sweating, etc.

Rickets has a great impact on a person’s life. What do we need to do to prevent rickets?

1. Bask in the sun. The most direct and effective way is to bask in the sun. Direct exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun helps the skin produce vitamin D. Helps baby absorb calcium. Note that the baby must be exposed to direct sunlight, not through glass or anything else. So as not to block ultraviolet rays.

2. Can’t relax. If a baby accidentally gets rickets, it will always follow him. Before the age of three, try to maintain the habit of basking in the sun. Especially for children with weak bodies, it is best to spend more than one hour outdoors in the sun every day. And maintain sufficient calcium. How to prevent your baby from having a square skull?

Square skull is not only unsightly, but also unhealthy. Therefore, preventing square skull is something that all mothers should pay attention to. Next, let us take a look at how to prevent square skull!

To prevent square skull, just supplementing calcium is not enough. Generally, vitamin A and vitamin D, commonly known as cod liver oil, should be supplemented from the 15th day after the child is born. Especially for premature infants, cod liver oil should be supplemented. The amount of supplementation is twice that of normal full-term infants. During the supplementation period, attention should be paid to observation. When you have diarrhea, you should increase the dosage appropriately under the guidance of a doctor. If the effect of supplementing cod liver oil is not good, you should go to the hospital for further examination. Once skeletal development abnormalities such as chicken breast and pectus excavatum occur, it will be difficult to recover.

1. Insist on breastfeeding. Breast milk contains more vitamin D than cow's milk. Although breast milk contains small amounts of calcium and phosphorus, the ratio of the two is appropriate (2:1) and is easily absorbed by the infant.

2. Mothers should eat a nutritious diet and get more sun during pregnancy and lactation.

3. Increase children’s outdoor activity time and expose them to more sunlight.

4. Add complementary foods to children on time.

5. Start feeding cod liver oil to newborns one month after birth, especially premature babies, twins or children who are growing rapidly. Your baby's head shape will change due to sleeping habits. So, some people want to know, what is the normal head shape of a baby?

Generally speaking, the normal head shape of a baby is that the head is relatively round and evenly rounded, and the head shape is also relatively symmetrical. , the whole thing looks more natural. Head shapes such as scaphocephaly (oval), plagiocephaly (leaning to one side when viewed from behind), and brachycephaly are all abnormal. Take plagiocephaly, for example, the shape of the skull is distorted. The skull of a newborn baby has not yet fully ossified. In the first few months after birth, if a certain part of the head bears the pressure of the entire head weight for a long time, such as lying on its back, the delicate occipital bone will be stressed for a long time. , the normal curvature will gradually be flattened, and as the age increases, the bones will calcify and form, forming a flat head.

If the baby’s head shape is skewed, it usually has a lot to do with his sleeping habits. Always sleeping on your back, or always sleeping on one side, may lead to abnormal head shape of your baby. Therefore, mothers should pay more attention to the baby's sleeping position at this time and avoid letting him sleep in a fixed sleeping position. You can help him turn over or change positions. If the head shape is severely deviated, it should be corrected in time, but you need to pay attention to the optimal head shape correction time. If you miss it, the head shape will be fixed and cannot be corrected.