Here is yet another excerpt from the pamphlet "Back to Sleep, Questions and Answers for Professionals on Infant Sleeping Position and SIDS" "There is some suggestion that the incidence of babies developing a flat spot on their occiputs may have increased since the incidence of prone sleeping has decreased. This is almaost always a benign condition, which will disappear within several months after the baby has begun to sit up. Flat spots can be avoided by altering the supine head position. Techniques for accomplishing this include turning the head to one side for a week or so and then changing to the other, reversing the head-to-toe axis in the crib, and changing the orientation of the baby to outside activity (eg., the door of the room). 'Positional plagiocephaly' seldom, if ever, requires surgery and is quite distinguishable from craniosynostosis." Pierrette Mimi Poinsett MD FAAP Modesto CA