Please tell me more about infant fontanel

The newborn fontanelle is divided into two parts: the anterior fontanelle and the posterior fontanelle. Although it occupies only a small area on the body, changes in the fontanelle reflect the child's physical condition. When touching the head of a few-month-old baby, parents will feel a soft spot in the beak area, slightly pulsating, called a bulging fontanelle.

Although the baby's fontanelle only occupies a small area on the body, changes in the fontanelle reflect the baby's physical condition. When a baby is born, there are two fontanelles on the baby's head: the anterior fontanelle and the posterior fontanelle.

For the most part, a sunken fontanel in a newborn baby or one that undulates and then returns to its original state is considered normal. The cause of this phenomenon is due to blood flow through this area. However, a sunken fontanel in a baby can also warn of some dangerous symptoms in the baby such as dehydration, malnutrition, etc.

newborn’s skull bones are not fused together at birth. Instead, there are spaces between the bones to accommodate the way the baby moves out of the mother’s pelvis. The suture lines on the skull that indicate the location of these soft spots are called fontanelles. These spaces allow the bones to overlap as the baby moves during labor. Therefore, after the baby is born, a safe fontanelle examination is also part of a comprehensive physical examination. So when should you check your baby’s fontanelle?