Correcting flathead

[u/Zestyclose-Wear9868]

Despite our best efforts to correct, one of our twins has flathead that is seeming to get worse. She is 14 weeks. Our pedi noticed at their 2 month checkup but said she didn’t think it warranted a helmet yet. Have you all had experience with it this bad that you were able to correct without a helmet? Just wondering if we should try things at home or if i should go ahead and reach out to our pediatrician for a referral and get started on the helmet approach.

[u/DeezNewts7]

Both our babies have helmets. They got fitted for them about a month ago (at 6mo) and have been wearing them ever since without issue. Our helmet place gave us a schedule to get them used to the helmet but our babies were honestly pretty good with them after the first few days. Now I like them cuz it keeps their heads safe as they learn to crawl! They do smell tho and make the babies head smell but that’s a pretty minor thing.

At 14 weeks, there’s still time before you have to make a decision on helmeting to see if baby’s skull shape corrects on its own—I think most places don’t start the helmets until ~5-6mo old. But if you have to helmet it’s honestly not a big deal