ISN’T THE HEAD A FUNNY SHAPE?       Maybe. It often is. To begin with, a baby’s head is large in proportion to the rest of the body and seems to sit on the shoulders without much of a neck. If a baby’s head were solid, birth would be difficult. So, actually, the head is made up of several bones which can do some giving-and-taking during birth. They don’t join together until later. Thus the head is shaped longer, rounder or flatter depending on the baby’s position during birth. At first, the forehead is often quite flat and sloped toward the back. Ridges and bumps can be felt where the bones overlap a little. Quite a bit of natural reshaping occurs in the first few days. Don’t worry. Baby will look better in a day or so!