Two days ago to take Xiao Bao to get a vaccine, met a bao mom holding a baby about the same age as my sister, so we chatted for a while, during the chat, the baby has been held vertically in the mother's arms, look at this, look at that, it seems to understand everything, then there is an aunt next to it said: "The child is too small to hold like this." Bao Mom replied awkwardly: "I also know that it is not good to hold vertically, but as soon as I hug him horizontally, I cry."
After saying that, a helpless expression appeared on his face. That's right, our sister is only two months old, and we often hug like this. We all know that the spine of a baby that is too small is still in the development stage, and many parents think that it is not good for the spine, so can the small baby hold it vertically?
Many parenting experts will tell us that children within three months are not suitable for vertical hugging, which will affect the baby's spinal development, but the more professional institutions in the world do not think so, because so far, there has been no more convincing paper to confirm that vertical hugging is not good for babies.
And when the baby has just finished feeding, it is necessary to gently burp the baby vertically, which can discharge the air sucked in well and prevent the child from choking.
However, the vertical hug should choose the right time, generally the baby can be held vertically after a few days of birth, but because the baby's neck support is still relatively poor, so when holding vertically, we need to use our hands to support the baby's neck position, and when the time is just started to hold, the time should be controlled appropriately, as the baby grows up, and then increase the amount of time.
In addition, in addition to vertical hugging, for babies, lying on their stomachs is also a good way, because the strength of the neck can be exercised through the movement of raising their heads, and they can also help the baby to lie flat for a long time.
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