Re: MOMs once again “BIRTHPLAN”.
^^ Now the hospital name changed from JFK to LOL? 
Anyway, I didn’t know about aata and I didn’t know about flattening the back of the head as well. However, there’s this annoying custom of flattening the forehead 
My daadi used to do that to my brothers and my cousins and I am sure she did that to me too. When the baby was laying, she would just press the forehead firmly to give it some kind of shape. I don’t know why women do that. If flat forehead or back of the head was any better, I am sure Allah would’ve created that already and the child would be born with it, ladies wouldn’t have to do it.