RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PATTERNS FOR BABY'S HEAD

Abstract

Babies born today will normally have an oval head shape because they have to pass through the birth canal. The size of the baby's head will continue to grow, because the baby's skull is still malleable, it is too long to spend time in one same position could lead to changes in the baby's head shape. Therefore, the optimal form of development that parents are very influential, namely in the patterns of parenting a newborn. Among infant sleep position, the use of baby bedding, baby feeding positions, baby's pillow. Determine the relation of parenting to the shape of the baby's head. This study is an sresearch observational withmethod. cross sectional The sampling technique used purposive sampling with 66 respondents. Data collected by filling the questionnaire and observation baby's head shape. The observations categorized by shape of the baby's head. Observations done on 66 respondents, ie 39 respondents have normocephaly head shape,15 respondents have plagiochepaly head shapes,6 respondents have scaphocephaly headshape,and 6 respondents have brachycephaly head shape.There is a relation parenting to the baby's head shape, including normocephaly, scaphocephaly, plagiocephaly, brachycephaly