i saw my mum do it to my niece 5 years ago

the girl is healthy and bouncing

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS TOTALLY WRONG TO SHAPE OR TRY TO SHAPE A BABYS' HEAD BECAUSE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING DAT THE CEREBELLUM AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA MIGHT GET DAMAGED AND JAMMED UP, ITS TOTALLY WRONG AND CALLOUS FOR ANY IDIOT TO DO THAT

ITS NO SURPRISE DAT SOMEONE IN THIS AGE AND TIME CAN OPEN THEIR STANK AND SAY DAT IT IS A YORUBA CULTURE TO SHAPE BABIES HEAD, HAHAHAH
DAT ONLY GOES A LONG WAY TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF ILLITERACY IN UR LIFE.

PLEASE ITS TOTALLY WRONG.

playah P:

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS TOTALLY WRONG TO SHAPE OR TRY TO SHAPE A BABYS' HEAD BECAUSE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING that THE CEREBELLUM AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA MIGHT GET DAMAGED AND JAMMED UP, ITS TOTALLY WRONG AND CALLOUS FOR ANY IDIOT TO DO THAT

where did you get this from?

cerebellar damage?
except they are using a giant nut cracker for moulding!

ROTFLMAO

THE CEREBELLUM AND MEDULLA OBLONGATA MIGHT GET DAMAGED AND JAMMED UP



My days!!

They must be using hammer n chisel to mould the head o! LOL

It is part of our long held tradition. Somethings never change.

If u want ur child's head to be flat like an Ibo man, always lay him down on a pillow. B4 long u would see d transformation. Tried, tested and proven.

LOL @ medulla oblongata getting damaged

Shaping a baby's head shouldnt be a big deal expecially when it's not done with hard objects but warm water,towel & ointment

by the way, i learnt some yorubas use some herbs (agbo) at pregnancy to make the baby's head small before birth. (can't tell how far it's true o) if it is,it would be a better alternative i suppose

The arguments for and against so far have been really interesting. Can any doctor in the house give us a professional opinion?

"Mishaped" head?? Thats normal with newborns (its called "molding", not to be confused with the act of actually trying to mold it manually), but the babies' head will gain its natural (less oblong) shape. With newborns, the bones of their skulls arent closed like adults' are. They have spaces inbetween the bones in their skulls. This is perfect because then when the baby has to be born, the baby's head can squeeze through the womanly space, without getting crushed and damaged,  (i.e its much more flexible, as the bones can move up, against, around to get that big head through the hole). BUT when it DOES pass through, it becomes "mishape"d (lol), and that is okay because those holes in the skulls, will eventually close up. When it does, the shape scull gets reshaped accordingly, hence why you dont see adults with crazy crazy head shapes, unless of course, they are genetically predetermined to, in which case, may GOD bless them lol.

But no, PLEASE dont try to mold your baby's head, you can do alot of damages because they still have those holes, so their brain really isnt protected,  matter of fact, as "eww" as it sounds, you can actually poke a baby's brain though their scull. Manual molding, is contraindicated, though I understand that some people would say its some sort of cultural obligation,  hey, to each his/her own!

This baby's head needs to be shaped!

Good Day!

it is actually good to shape a baby's head but one should do so carefully and without too much force because the bones of a baby are still soft.

why are ologor so brilliant,is it b/c dey hav extra dura mata?