Flat Spots and Noggin Nests

It's no secret that babies spend a lot of time on their backs. Sure there's the mandatory 30 minutes of tummy time every day (pfft, right), but for the most part they hang out sunny side up on their crib mattresses, changing tables, bath tubs, play mats, gyms, and whatever other contraptions Babies 'R' Us has convinced you will put your baby on the fast track to Harvard, so when Bear developed a little bit of a flat spot I probably shouldn't have been surprised (though maybe I should have taken tummy time a little more seriously?). Well I love overreacting, so instead of brushing it off as something he would grow out of my mind went straight to "OMG, his skull is crushing under the weight of his 99th percentile head!" Since I'm as annoying as I am dramatic, I proceeded to repeatedly present Bear's flat spot to M, the pediatrician, my mom, the pediatric neurologist, my sister, and my other sister (who is a neurologist) and asked them if they were sure it looked okay. They all assured me, yes, it was barely noticeable and would most likely improve as he got older. Whew.

About a week after Bear's last doctors appointment I woke up and decided his flat spot definitely looked worse than it had the day before. I freaked out a little bit and decided that simply increasing tummy time wasn't going to cut it before heading over to the online message board that I frequent to asked the ladies there what they recommended for flat spots. A lot of them said they had success using the Boppy Noggin Nest. I quickly looked it up and forced M to order it immediately because I could see Bear's head getting flatter by the second (okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration). I even made him pay the extra $20 for overnight shipping. Unfortunately the entire internet had run out of the brown one with circles, a.k.a. the boy version, so we had to go with the hot pink one with flowers.

The Nest arrived the next day looking as pink as I expected.

As of right now we're only using it in the Rock 'N Play Sleeper. If the flat spot gets any worse I'll start using it other places as well, but for now it seems to be doing the job. Plus, I think Bear needed a little pink in his life.