Flat Head

 Yesterday, per the pediatrician's recommendation, we visited the craniology department of Kaiser for a consultation for the girls. For some reason, we had to go to Ontario for the appointment, but oh well - it was for the girls. After a $20 co-pay per child, we met with the craniologist who also brought in a pediatrician and an occupational therapist (I think) to be a part of the consultation.

We knew that the girls had odd shaped heads - Charlie in particular. The back of her head is really flat and she's got two "crowns" on each side of the top of her head that I am thinking is exaggerated because of the flatness from the back. Lily has one side that is a little flatter than the other, and we do try to get the girls to face the opposite direction when they lay down. We do the neck stretching exercises and when they sleep, we prop their heads to face the opposite side of their flat head. But when we come back to check on them, they've scooted their bodies away from the prop so that they could turn back to their favored direction... enter consult with craniologist.

What we came out of the consult with: being told that flat heads were a common trait amongst Asians and to keep doing neck stretching exercises with the girls so that they don't favor looking one way because they can't turn the other way as easily. And to come back in 2 months (when the girls are 6 months old) for another consult to see if their skulls are bad enough that they would require wearing helmets.

Image of 9-1/2 month old triplets wearing
baby helmets from
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org

Charlie's head is more oddly shaped than Lily's, but Lily has a slight protrusion of the forehead from the flattening of one side of her head. Hopefully the girls' heads will settle down naturally, but there's no denying that both of them will have somewhat of a flat head *looks at hubster's head... looks at own head*... Sorry, girls.