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When the baby lands on the ground and the novice parents hold the baby, they have the most real feeling of being a parent, and their hearts are full of excitement and joy.
However, parenthood is not an easy task, and the first problem they face is the feeding of their children. Inexperienced new parents often lose when facing experienced old people.
The experience of the elderly is also desirable, but some elderly people's practices are not necessarily beneficial to the baby. Not only the elderly, but also some new parents, easy to make some "parenting mistakes" without knowing it, there are some injuries that are irreversible for the baby, parents already know, the safer the child.
5 "Parenting Mistakes" That Are Easy for New Parents to Enter
Parenting myth 1: Feed rice cereal to babies within four months
How are babies 1-4 months old fed?
Babies who are not yet full moons are mainly breast milk or formula.
If the pure milk powder is fed, the baby's one-month milk powder cost will become higher and higher with the baby's age, and the cost of 10,000-20,000 milk powder a month will make some new parents more headaches and the expenses are too large.
In order to save money, some elderly people simply feed rice cereal to babies within 4 months, and it is also homemade rice paste, from 4 months of children to 9 months of children, and even use rice cereal to completely replace milk powder.
Their reasons are sufficient: "Milk powder is too expensive, how good is it to eat rice paste!" This is still home-ground rice paste, safe and nutritious! My son grew up eating rice paste, and see if he is also raised white and fat now? ”
If young people object, these old people always have a reason to persuade them. Is the traditional old experience necessarily correct? Not necessarily.
Adults feed the baby rice batter too early, which will lead to insufficient nutrient absorption by the baby, serious weight failure, the child's body is too thin, and even the child's physical development will be slower than that of peers.
From one month to four months, babies still develop very quickly. Each month, the baby's weight will increase by 1.4-1.8 pounds, the baby's head circumference will increase by 1.25 cm, and the length will increase by 2.5-4 cm.
The nutritional value of homemade rice cereal is not high, the nutritional value of milk powder is more comprehensive, rice cereal can not meet the nutritional needs of infants of all ages, and rice paste cannot replace milk powder and become the only staple food.
From the birth of the child to the age of one, it is the golden period of the child's physical development, especially for babies who are 6 months old, nutrition is very important, we must not feed the baby rice paste too early.
1-12 months old baby, how should we feed the baby?
The American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Encyclopedia mentions that breast milk or formula is the only source of nutrition for babies during the first 6 months. Until the age of 1 year, breast milk or formula is the main source of nutrition for infants.
Before 6 months, it is not recommended for babies to eat rice cereal, let alone just rice cereal, and it is best for babies to use milk powder or breast milk, or mixed feeding.
After 6 months, the baby can appropriately add complementary foods such as rice cereal, do not make homemade rice cereal, we can prepare a nutritious rice noodles rich in calcium, iron and zinc and other trace elements for the baby, which should be selected according to the baby's taste.
Babies over 6 months old, even if they have rice cereal as a supplementary food, we must also take breast milk or milk powder as a staple food, after all, before the baby can eat and the baby teeth have not grown well, a large number of nutritional sources still rely on breast milk or milk powder.
Parenting myth two: Babies sleeping on their stomachs before 4 months
Some people say that one child is raised according to the book, and the second child is raised as a pig. In the second case, parents are too careless in raising their children. Whether the child is a first child or a second child, we can't raise the child too sloppily, especially the child's sleeping position.
Regardless of whether the baby's lying down is intentional or unintentional, parents can not be careless, must help the child adjust the sleeping position in time, especially 1-4 months of infants, lying on the stomach is easy to make the baby breathing is not smooth, or even suffocated.
1-2 months of baby, the head can not be fully lifted, the neck muscles are not supported enough, until 4 months baby can use elbows to support the head and chest.
Babies within 3 months of age will have their heads tilted back and cannot hold their heads upright steadily, so it is not safe for babies to sleep on their stomachs.
During this period, if the baby turns over by kicking his legs while lying on his back, it is difficult for the baby to adjust back to the supine position. After 6 months, the baby can turn over freely.
Whether it is considering the physical development of the baby, or the safety of the baby, the baby within 4 months, we do not let him sleep on his stomach, the most suitable sleeping position for babies aged 1-12 months is to lie on their backs.
Parenting myth three: give the baby a pillow too early
In order to let the baby sleep out of a good head shape, the elderly in the family have prepared pillows for the baby early, these pillows have different shapes, and there are fixed pillows to prevent the baby from turning his head randomly.
However, are these pillows really suitable for babies?
I don't think so, babies who don't have a full moon don't actually need to use a pillow. Too small a baby with a pillow, but it is easy to affect the development of the baby's spine.
The baby's head shape is not good, there is no direct relationship with the pillow, but it is indeed related to the baby's sleeping position, the baby maintains the same sleeping position for a long time, which can easily lead to the head left and right, asymmetrical before and after, forming a flat head or oblique head.
Before my little treasure can turn over, we have to often turn him over and adjust the direction of his head. Although we are more tired of doing this, it is gratifying that the result is satisfactory, and Xiaobao's head shape is a standard round head.
We want the baby's head shape to be good, and we usually pay attention to the baby's sleeping position. If you are afraid that the baby sweats too much, you can put some folded towels or sweat-absorbing scarves under the baby's head. When the baby is older, we give the baby a pillow.
Parenting myth four: Babies aged 1-2 months are held up too early
Many elderly people like to shake while holding their babies. If the baby is still crying, they like to hold the baby upright while walking and hum songs to the baby.
In addition to the elderly, some new parents, in order to make the baby stop crying, also love to use this trick. Babies who cry very badly, as long as they are held up, the baby will stop crying, look around with wide eyes, no wonder adults like to coax babies like this.
However, not all babies are suitable for vertical support, and babies aged 1-2 months have imperfect cervical spine and head development. Parents hold the baby too early, but it is easy to cause the baby's spine to deform, which is not conducive to the health of the baby's body.
5-6 months of baby, the baby's head has not shaken, the body development has been gradually improved, adults can properly hold the baby, without worrying too much about the baby's spine.
Parenting myth five: shave the head of a full moon baby
Many elderly people are keen to shave the head of a full moon baby, and they think that shaving off the fetal hair will make the new hair thicker.
However, a razor that is too sharp may cause damage to your baby's scalp or damage to the hair follicles.
Full moon babies are still small, hair is not long, we don't need to be so anxious to shave the baby's hair, even if we really want to cut the hair, we don't need to shave it all.
It should be known that the fontanelle of the newborn baby is not closed well, and the posterior fontanelle will not be closed until 2-3 months. Full moon baby resistance is not enough, it is not recommended to shave your baby's hair.
Even if we want to cut our hair, we must avoid the cold winter, and we should also leave some hair to protect the baby's brain gate.
epilogue
Babies come with the hopes of their parents, however, we find it difficult to raise a baby.
In the process of raising children by novice parents, because the parenting of the baby will contradict the elderly, it is inevitable that they will encounter various "parenting misunderstandings".
We should not believe too much in the experience of the elderly, but have our own judgment ability. Baby do not free range, the safety of the baby within 6 months, we do not ignore.
At the same time, we must carry out scientific parenting according to the age of the baby, and avoid these 5 "parenting misunderstandings" so as not to cause irreversible harm to the baby.