Protect Your Baby’s Head Shape: Preventing Flat Spots on Your Baby’s Head
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Brochure, Revised 2023
This brochure provides parents and caregivers with information on positional plagiocephaly, or “flat head”. Information includes how to prevent flat spots and what to do if a flat spot is found on baby’s head.
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