Some babies cope extremely well with even quite severe moulding and compression, and are contented and happy. Crying, fractious, irritable baby, needs to be rocked to sleep. Prefers being carried. The baby may be uncomfortable, with a constant feeling of pressure in the head. This is made worse by the extra pressure on the head when lying down.
Baby takes along time to feed and one feed merges into the next.
Feeding is difficult and tiring due to mechanical stresses through the head, face and throat. The nerves to the tongue may be irritated as they exit from the skull, which makes sucking difficult. Sickness, colic and wind. Regurgitation of milk between feeds, bouts of prolonged crying due to colic and wind. Often worse in the evening.