{"id":20961,"date":"2022-09-27T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tipsdemadre.com\/what-is-the-mollera-care-and-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T18:22:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:22:29","slug":"what-are-fontanels-care-and-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tipsdemadre.com\/en\/what-are-fontanels-care-and-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the fontanels? Care and recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of us have heard that one of the first indications that relatives give to a mother who has just had a baby, is about the care of a baby’s fontanels. The reality is that there are many myths around it. So in order to properly care for our baby, this article is dedicated to learning about the subject, we will talk about what the fontanels are, even when it will be part of our baby and the reasons or functions<\/strong> it has, all in a simple and detailed way.<\/strong> Let’s start with:<\/p>\n

What are the fontanels?<\/h2>\n

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Medically they are called fontanelles, let’s say they are slightly “softer” parts<\/strong> found in your baby’s little head.<\/strong> You see, the skull is made up of several bones that over time will merge, we as adults say that it is only one. At this time when your baby is a newborn, he still has these bones unfused one hundred percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imagine a puzzle, where they are joined pieces, but that union is still noticeable and you can see more sunk in the part that they join. It is something similar, where they come together, there are soft areas, which is what we know as fontanels.<\/p>\n

In reality there is not a single fontanel, but there are two fontanelles<\/strong>, each of them has specific characteristics:<\/p>\n