what happens if my baby's soft spot closes too soon

Baby soft spots are made up of two open areas known as the fontanels. Several major bones make up the skull of a newborn.

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Usually during infancy the sutures.

. What happens when a babys soft spot closes too early. The bones are connected together by fibrous material called sutures. She said we have to get an xray today and go see a pediatric neuro-surgeon to discuss surgery.

The edges of the skull bones are called sutures which normally close by age 2 to 3. The area of the skull where two bones unite with this fibrous connection is called fontanelle. There are raised firm edges where the.

My friends baby had surgery because his closed too soon. Babys soft spot should stay soft past his first birthday. There is one large one in the front and the second is a smaller spot in the back of the head.

Are called fontanelles or soft spots The one at the back of the head closes when a baby is 1 to 4 months old but the front one and the sutures around it shouldnt fuse until 9 to 18 months. My sister was recently told by a doctor that her 4 week old sons soft spot was almost closed. Contact your babys healthcare provider if.

When the bones join too soon it causes a. It happens when one or more of the natural spaces in the infants skull join together too. They allow your babys head to be flexible enough for childbirth.

The lack of soft spots on your babys head may be a sign of very rare condition called craniosynostosis a birth defect in which your babys skull bones fuse together earlier than normal resulting in a misshapen head. The doctor told her its something to keep an eye on. With craniosynostosis the head stops growing in the areas where the sutures have fused and expands abnormally.

Use a baby brush or comb on their hair. Yesterday at my babys 4 month old well baby check up the doctor said she didnt have a soft spot it had grown together already. They also allow the head and brain to grow as the baby gets older.

How long should soft spots last. I have never heard of this happening. Craniosynostosis kray-nee-o-sin-os-TOE-sis is a disorder present at birth in which one or more of the fibrous joints between the bones of your babys skull cranial sutures close prematurely fuse before your babys brain is fully formed.

The smaller spot at the back usually closes by age 2 to 3 months. Your baby seems to lack soft spots. Soft Spot Closing Too Early.

Because there is no bone over the brain these soft spots can allow us to see brain problems. It is the smaller of the two fontanels so it doesnt take as long to close. Asks from Bloomington IL on January 22 2009.

These are actually open spaces in the bones of the skull. Allow your other children to hold and touch the baby with supervision As with all other aspects of caring for your infant always make sure to handle your baby gently. For example they may be low if a baby is not feeding well.

The front is the fontanel and the one in the back is the posterior fontanel. Updated on October 29 2010. This allows the skull to be molded during birth.

The larger spot toward the front often closes. The soft spots are the spaces located between the different bones in the skull. The posterior fontanel the soft spot on the back of your babys head will close first.

The anterior fontanel located on the top of babys head closes later. An infant is born with two major soft spots on the top of the head called fontanels. Wash their hair and scalp.

Yesterday at my babys 4 month old well baby check up the doctor said she didnt have a soft spot it had grown together already. The one up front is a. Put on a cute headband.

A newborn has six fontanelles but the most prominent is the anterior. It normally closes by the time your baby is 2-4 months old. Jack had his 8 week check on Monday and the dr mentioned his soft spot is very small and she thinks it is closing too early i asked her if this would be a problem and she said quite possibly she told me a babies soft spot on average closes between 12 and 18 months and if it closes too soon there wont be enough room.

Touch your babys head even on their soft spot. Craniosynostosis is a condition in which the bones in an infants skull grow together too early causing problems with brain growth and head shape. Craniosynostosis is a rare condition in which a baby develops or is born with an unusually shaped skull.

Brain growth continues giving the head a misshapen appearance. These soft spots are spaces between the bones of the skull where bone formation isnt complete. The doctor was an ER doctor she thought he had an ear infection thats why he was in the ER.

Your babys fontanelles can also provide helpful clinical information. Keeping the bones flexible gives the babys brain room to grow. Her pediatrician has only seen him once and said.

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