https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 01:30:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-894119 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:56:26 +0000 Mommy Finger 894119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS's head was looking a bit flat so we had to be diligent about not laying him on his back ever unless he's sleeping. We started being crazy about this at 4 months and by his 6 month appt, my doctor didn't seem worried. He has a little flat spot at the back of his head but I think that's just the way his head is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893803 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:43:09 +0000 Mrsbells 893803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: A lady at our daycare has her child in a helmet to correct something like this, she said one side of her baby's head was flat </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893798 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:41:40 +0000 Ginabean3 893798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Ha! Agreed and thank you! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893782 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:37:59 +0000 Adira 893782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: Well HOPEFULLY some other mom will chime in and let us know our babies have perfectly normal heads! But either way, you're not alone, so at least you know you're not the only one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893775 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:36:31 +0000 Ginabean3 893775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Ah! sorry for getting you worried!!! I'm sure little Xander is just fine. It was just bothering me ALL night I thought, "I'm going to post about it on HB to make myself feel better". LOL. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893771 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:35:18 +0000 Adira 893771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ginabean3: Gahh, now you have ME worried, haha! I was just assuming that his head was all bumpy! LOL! Now I'm going to his appointment next week and being all "FEEL HIS HEAD!!! IS THIS NORMAL???" I'm guessing it's probably fine though. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893765 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:33:47 +0000 Ginabean3 893765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Thanks for your input! My LO is also 4 months (2 mo adjusted for prematurity). I'm definitely going to ask the dr when we go next month. Her head LOOKS fine, it's only when I feel it that it feels slightly uneven....I hope she doesn't need one of those helmets...and if she does I'd rather her get one sooner than later! I'm sure she's fine. I'm just a paranoid first time mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893755 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:31:48 +0000 Adira 893755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really have advice, but I do find Xander's head fairly bumpy and uneven. Not sure if that's normal or not. It looks okay though. He's 4 months. Hoping at his 4 month check-up, the ped will let me know if it feels weird or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-knobby-head#post-893728 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:23:25 +0000 Ginabean3 893728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was touching LO's head today and it feels like it's a little knobby on one side. I know that it takes up to year for their skulls to be completely fused....but I'm a worrywart. Have you had an experience with knobby heads? Or even heads that are flatter on one side than the other? (I've been religiously turning her head from side to side when she naps so it's nicely shaped, LOL). I think I'm just paranoid because LO was a preemie so anything that doesn't seem "normal" I think is related to her prematurity...if that makes sense... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-lo-ever-fallen-on-hisher-head#post-616133 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:03:50 +0000 KT326 616133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS falls over all the time. When he was learning how to crawl he would face plant on our hardwood floors. He would occasionally get a bruise but not all the time. He has fallen backwards more times than I can count and has always been fine. I think now at 11 months he is finally learning how to catch himself and not fall as hard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-lo-ever-fallen-on-hisher-head#post-616105 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:54:15 +0000 googly-eyes 616105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was putting C in her swing for a second and as I leaned down to put her down she tried to roll out of my arms and she face planted on the edge of the swing (with her bottom half still in my arms.) I picked her back up and she paused, looked at me, and started wailing. I was shocked! But she was fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-lo-ever-fallen-on-hisher-head#post-616076 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:39:45 +0000 runsyellowlites 616076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G actually fell off the COUNTER when he was a baby. It was horrible! I was incredibly ill at the time and didn't realize he was just out of reach when I went to grab the towel (bathing him in the sink) he crawled out the sink &amp; went to sit of the counter but his bottom sat off the edge. I tried to catch him but just couldn't move fast enough. He ended up with a small skull fracture &amp; stayed over night for observation. He's grown up just fine, but that day was one of the most horrible days of my life!</p> <p>P has face planted a couple times now that she's crawling all over but nothing that a little boob couldn't fix. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-lo-ever-fallen-on-hisher-head#post-616065 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:34:48 +0000 cranberryapple 616065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So of course I avert my gaze for a bit and my LO who is sitting right next to me on the carpeted floor falls back onto his head and makes a loud thump! :( It took him a couple of seconds before he wailed loudly. I felt so bad! I hope he's okay. Has this ever happened to you? Was your LO okay? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-564290 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:04:37 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 564290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely recommend doing some exercises to open your pelvis. Liam's head was too big to fit through my pelvis and I wonder if I had done more exercises if it would have been easier (I didn't because he flipped so often that I was worried I would lock him in feet down). But I'd say you should definitely try for a vaginal delivery instead of a scheduled c-section! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-564288 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:04:29 +0000 swedishfish 564288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband's head measured so big throughout my MIL's pregnancy that the doctor thought he might be a giant at one point. His head is still humongous but he was born naturally. It can be done :)</p> <p>ETA - he's not a giant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-564278 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:28 +0000 FarmWifeGina 564278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, remember that baby's head is "squishable" and there's no way of telling how much it will mold as s/he moves through the pelvis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-564190 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:23:40 +0000 oliviaoblivia 564190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 33 weeks I was measuring 37. Sure enough we had a big baby with a big head. She was 10+pounds. After too many hours of labor (40ish) I did end up with a c-section, but honestly it was not the horror story they are made out to be. Yes it was major surgery, but my recovery has been easy and I didn't have to push out ten pounds of baby.<br /> No matter which way you birth, you will have a beautiful baby and that's all that matters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-564173 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:16:41 +0000 dookie32 564173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@charlotte: I didn't push for that long and he never made that much progress so there wasn't any real recovery from that part at all thankfully. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563663 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:30:14 +0000 charlotte 563663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ dookie: how was the recovery after laboring and then having the c-section?</p> <p>@ sarac: he said it was probably okay and just genetic. (my husband's family has always teased him for having a big head!) I agree, it really freaked me out and may not mean anything.. luckily this was just the peri that does my ultrasounds and not my regular OB. she is usually very reassuring and I really trust her judgement so I'm looking forward to getting her thoughts @ my next appt. she may say its no biggie!</p> <p>I really appreciate everyone's positive input. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563587 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:59:14 +0000 sarac 563587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 10th percentile for height and weight baby has a 90th percentile head. I pushed for two hours, and had only two very minor tears. Those ultrasound measurements are very inaccurate. Are they concerned about a problem with the head, or is it just a note that it's a little large? </p> <p>Please don't get psyched out about delivering vaginally! I think it was really unhelpful of your doctor to mention it unless you're working an actual issue around the fact. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563501 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:27:55 +0000 mrs. wagon 563501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my babies had 99th percentile heads. My first (a boy) I pushed for 3 hours and he never crowned. Once the doctor got the vacuum on his head he popped right out with 3 pushes. I did tear with him. With my second (a girl) I pushed for 15 mins and she slipped right out, one tiny tear! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563483 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:23:04 +0000 dookie32 563483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember what he was measuring pre-birth but my son has a huge head &amp; I ended up having a c-section. I pushed for about an hour before the doctor told me even though I was pushing well, he probably was never going to make it past my pelvic bone or wherever it is he needed to go past. His heart rate wasn't recovering as fast as they wanted with the pushes so I didn't want to go much longer- even though the doctor said I could try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563342 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:33:29 +0000 Weagle 563342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Yep, LO has a little head, and I had a second degree tear. It's definitely not an indication of how delivery will go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563335 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:31:04 +0000 sorrycharlie 563335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure what her head measured, but once she was out it certainly looked enormous. I dilated and delivered in a total of 4 hours so she kind of busted her way out. She was born within 15 minutes of pushing if I remember correctly!! I definitely tore, but I've also heard of tearing with smaller-head babies, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563331 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:29:29 +0000 Honeybee 563331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS (my second baby) had a big head. His head consistently measured 3 weeks ahead from 20 weeks on. Even when there was concern about the rest of his measurments, his head was big.</p> <p>In the end, it did take me a little longer than expected to fully dilate and a little longer to push him out. Since he was my second baby, everyone expected I'd get to completion faster and have less pushing time than I did with my first. In the end it took exactly the same amount of time for both births (about 12 hour labor and 30 minutes of pushing). So it was a little harder to birth DS because of his big head, but it was still totally possible and "easy" compared to many birth stories I've heard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563330 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:29:02 +0000 BelugaBean 563330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's head measured in the 98th percentile at 36 weeks. I gave birth vaginally with no epidural and had only a few stitches. I think her head still measures around the 90th percentile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563329 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:28:57 +0000 Weagle 563329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: Agreed. </p> <p>FWIW, my niece has a giant head... 95th+ percentile. SIL did end up with an episiotomy to help her out, but it wasn't a traumatic delivery. Based on her second birth and her comments, I actually think her OB does them as routine... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563315 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:23:51 +0000 plantains 563315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't worry, the measurements are off so often, it just seems like a bit of a crapshoot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/worriedbabys-head-measuring-big#post-563310 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:22:34 +0000 charlotte 563310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey everyone. Just got back from the peri and have some concerns about delivery. I won't see my regular OB until next week so I wanted to see if anyone can make me feel better in the meantime!</p> <p>I'm 35 weeks..level 2 ultrasound shows the head measuring 38 weeks already. I know these measurements can be off sometimes but I can't help but worry. He measured it like five times. The rest of the body is slightly above normal but nothing crazy.</p> <p>The peri said it's definitely possible that the head won't be able to engage (he is head down though). I'm okay with an uncomplicated vaginal delivery or scheduled section but terrified to have him get stuck or need an emergency section....or tear horribly. Anyone have experience with birthing big-headed babies?? Am I overreacting?? </p>