A five and a half month old baby who has a "severe" flat head needs a specialist helmet to assistance information technology grow correctly.

Tommy Hall from Chester was diagnosed with severe plagiocephaly and severe blachycephaly, which means his head has been growing incorrectly.

His mum, Christina Hall, who is originally from Wallasey, is fundraising for a helmet which is non available on the NHS, that will enable her son's skull to align every bit he grows.

Mum, Christina, 31, told the Repeat : "My son's head is flat in two directions, information technology's flat on the side and it's not growing upwards correctly.

"He had a scan of his head and it'due south in the astringent end of the condition. It's so severe information technology wont fully correct on its own as it grows.

"A lot of people think that this condition will simply sort itself out, and ofttimes with balmy cases it does, but his is so severe it won't on its own."

Five month old Tommy Hall's skull has not been growing correctly

5 month quondam Tommy Hall'southward skull has non been growing correctly

Christina, who has four other children, including a 20 month former, has been fundraising for the £2500 needed for a special cap to set Tommy's skull growth problems.

She says she feels "embarrassed" asking for help just with a young family at home she cannot raise the funds alone.

She said: "The NHS tell y'all to make sure you lie your babe flat, you tin't lie them on the front, and Tommy he has a preferred side, and no matter how much you turn his caput the other way, he lies back on that side.

"He'll do it when he's in the cot, when he'south in his bouncer and he has stiffness in his neck muscles. He tin can't fully rotate to the other side.

"He was born early, and that's a massive thing which makes babies more prone to get information technology and I had quite a quick nascence, he came early and the bones in his head are so soft.

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"It'south one of those things that can happen, and in his instance information technology has ended upwardly severe.

"A a mum you experience so guilty but I've joined a support group with other mums who are going through this where it is severe, and I think it's important to raise sensation as people think that kids can abound out of it, but that's not always the case."

Christina says that although his severity is "close to existence off the scale" the NHS has not offered the family the specialist cap equally it is considered a cosmetic issue, but Tommy's mum is concerned her piffling boy will be affected as he grows older if the problem isn't fixed as shortly as possible.

She said: "The NHS won't do it as it's classed as cosmetic. I could take cried when I was told."

Christina visited a specialist clinic chosen Engineering in Motion where she was advised the problem would not sort itself out.

She said: "The lady at the clinic says due to the severity information technology's not going to sort itself out and although he will soon have pilus growing over information technology, boys take their hair cut shorter and his ears aren't symmetrical, then what if he needs glasses later in life?"

Christina has fix a gofundme as she says, with three kids of her ain and her armed forces husband having ii children equally well they simply tin can't afford the £2500 needed for the cap.

A scan showing the extent of the flattening on Tommy's head

A browse showing the extent of the flattening on Tommy'southward head

In 24 hours, she has raised over £800 which Christina says has been "only bright."

She said: "Near of my family have donated and some of my friends, which was just brilliant.

"Information technology'southward difficult because I experience embarrassed doing it merely there'south no other way to get the cap for him.

"It'due south of import to become awareness out at that place too for parents every bit I don't think there'south many people know simply how astringent information technology can exist.

"Some have messaged me to say, await my child had that, it volition sort itself out, and while I appreciate and sympathise the comments, it's hard to capeesh until y'all see it upwardly close just how bad the flatness is on the side, information technology's pushing the other side of his head out.

"The cap is called a TiMband and it will help to shape his skull into the right shape. He'll habiliment information technology gradually more than and more over the outset few days and and so have it on 23 hours a 24-hour interval, taking it off for just an hr.

"He such a lovely little boy, he deserves information technology sorting out and I'yard simply grateful to be able to raise some sensation of the condition at the aforementioned time."