Many babies will grow some yellow things on their small heads about 2 to 3 weeks after birth, which is very similar to the dandruff of adults, and even emits a sour smell, and our hometown has a disgusting name called uncle.
Not long after my colleague Xiao Zhou gave birth, when Xiao Liu and I went to visit, I saw that her baby had a lot of mud. Xiao Liu next to him smiled and said, "Oh, the baby has a long head of mud?" It seems that Xiao Zhou's pregnancy period is not idle, and the essence of the sex woman is exposed. ”
When Xiao Zhou heard this, his face immediately turned red, and he smiled and said, "Sister Liu said blindly, there is something wrong." “
I was confused about what the child's long head mud had to do with the "impulse" during pregnancy. Later, I learned that there had always been a rumor in the mother's circle that "the baby's long head mud was caused by the same room during pregnancy".
At this time, Xiao Zhou's mother-in-law walked in and said: "It is normal for children to have long mud, and it has nothing to do with the 'that matter' you said." But Li Li don't use your hands to cut ah, otherwise it will be trouble. I came to take care of the kids for a few days and soon went down. ”
It wasn't long before we saw the child again, and the mud was gone.
Head mud is nothing
Between 3 weeks and 3 months after birth, most babies will develop greasy secretions on their foreheads, cheeks, eyebrows, ears, abdomen, and even legs, gradually forming a yellowish scab, which is called head mud. Regarding head mud, many people think that it is caused by intercourse during pregnancy, but it is not. At present, the medical community does not have a clear answer to the "cause of baby long-headed mud".
What is the effect on your baby
Under normal circumstances, the baby's long head mud is a normal phenomenon, will not have any impact on the baby's health, mostly when the baby is 6 months old will slowly fade. However, due to the lack of nursing experience of some parents, they often do the silly thing of "violently" removing the mud from the head, resulting in the baby's skin being infected by bacteria, inducing redness, swelling and inflammation of the skin, and they have to turn to the doctor.
What are the correct care methods
After the baby has a long head of mud, parents do not worry, generally when the baby is 6 months old, it will fade. Mom can also speed up the fading process of head mud through the following methods.
1. The mother can clean the baby's head and affected area with water at a suitable temperature, do not buy and use shampoo and shower gel with anti-dandruff function without authorization, which may irritate the baby's skin.
2. If the baby's head mud is thick and it is difficult to clean the water, the mother can apply some olive oil to the baby's head, wait for a quarter of an hour, and then rinse with water after the head mud softens. Remember not to use peanut oil to be hypoallergenic.
3. After the head is cleaned, the mother should dry the water on the baby's body with a towel in time and apply some moisturizer. Babies with long mud may have hair loss problems, and the mother does not have to worry, after the head mud falls off, the hair will slowly grow out.
4. Do not use force to cut and wipe the baby's head at any time to avoid skin damage in the affected area and induce bacterial infection.
Finally, if the baby's head mud is only on the head and is not very serious, the mother can take care of it according to the method above. If there is seepage and bleeding, it is necessary to take the child to the doctor in time and do not delay the condition.