Newborn Fontanelle
My baby is 4 weeks old today and eats like a trooper, he's easily taking over 1L of pumped breast milk a day and is putting on weight nicely. Plenty of wet and dirty nappies too! However we've noticed that once a day, usually early evening his fontanelle seems really sunken... sometimes it only lasts literally 5 mins then looks totally normal again. Everything I've been told is that it appears sunken when they are dehydrated, but I'm struggling to believe that with my baby as he takes so much milk every 2-3 hrs. Then the rest of the day it looks totally normal. Has anyone else noticed the same?
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Yes! Sounds like it might be the same. Did anybody ever tell you it was something to be concerned about?
I don’t think I ever asked anyone about it as it usually went back to normal quickly
@Annabel oh this is so reassuring my little ones is sunken when sitting up and I was so worried as we have been told his head is big too I’ve spoken to the dr and they said they aren’t worried but FTM and just get on Google and panic myself. I take it your little one is happy and healthy now xxx
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My first baby’s soft spot would appear sunken quite a lot when he was in upright positions, could be that? It used to freak me out 😆