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My mother put me to sleep on my stomach or my side, that is the way that they did it back then, but times have changed. Due to a fear of SIDS, many experts say to put your baby down on their back allowing freedom for the nose to breathe. One side effect of laying your baby down in the same position every night is they may develop Plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome.Flat head syndrome can affect as many as 1 in 20 babies. With this rate increasing due to the before mentioned reason, more and more babies will have plagiocephaly. Is there a cure for flat head syndrome?
How do I stop flat head syndrome? It makes sense that the harder the surface is the better chance of plagiocephaly occurring. Therefore you can try a product such as Sleep Symmetry System, which is bedding that allows for proper sleep rotation and lessens flat head syndrome.
Flat head syndome is worrisome, but is a small price to pay inorder to decrease the chance of SIDS. Do your best to decress flat head by using products designed to help.