| Remember that baby's fontanels are delicate, but they are certainly tough enough to withstand a gentle washing. |
| As the disease progresses, babies' fontanels, or soft spots, may begin to bulge. |
| Young children with open fontanels and mobile cranial suture lines are more tolerant of expansion of intracranial mass lesions, and decompensation may not occur until the mass lesion has become large. |
| Later, when the fontanels close, the skull can no longer expand. |
