Babies are born with two major fontanelles (soft spots) on their heads. There are a few others but are much smaller than the anterior and posterior ones. These are spaces between the bones of the skull due to bone formation being incomplete. There are a couple of reasons for this. The gaps allow for the skull to be moulded during birth. This is why some babies appear to have a strange shape to their heads when born vaginally. These soft spots take time to close as the skull grows rapidly with th