I believe that many novice mothers in the process of raising babies, see some special performances of the baby, will vaguely feel worried, afraid that there are problems in the baby's intellectual development.
In fact, this concern of mothers is not unreasonable, because the problem of mental retardation of newborns is difficult to see in a short period of time, and it is difficult to detect this in birth examinations. In response to this problem, in fact, after the baby is four months old, the mothers can detect whether the baby has the problem of mental retardation by observing some characteristics of the baby.
Case: The baby will not turn over until five months, and the hint of friends makes the mother panic
Ms. Zheng's baby is already five months old, and Ms. Zheng gave birth to the baby at the age of 37, so she is also very precious for the baby and is also very careful in the process of parenting. Other babies may giggle at about three months, but her baby doesn't, and she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, thinking that the baby may just not like to laugh.
When the baby was five months old, a friend came to visit her at home, during which she asked a question, "Will the baby turn over now", Ms. Zheng shook her head, and the friend continued, "That may be a little later, other children are almost three months later, they will start to toss and turn over, your baby is also very cold, do not laugh." By the way, one of my friend's children was like this at the time, and then I went to check it out, as if I found some motor neurological problems, and I didn't know what was going on. ”
Ms. Zheng understood the hint of her friend, and for a time she also began to panic, and then deliberately found a time to take the child to the hospital for examination, did not expect that there was no doctor to tell, there is indeed a situation of mental retardation, but fortunately the symptoms are not so serious, as soon as possible intervention in treatment intervention, or can be cured, Ms. Zheng is relieved.
After two years of treatment, Ms. Zheng's baby slowly behaved like other children, Ms. Zheng is also grateful to her original friend, if it were not for her, she may not have realized the seriousness, the child may have missed the best time to heal, and now will not recover so well.
01 After four months, the baby still has these "special" manifestations, suggesting that there may be mental retardation
In fact, many novice mothers are like Ms. Zheng, who will ignore some special signals released by their children in the process of growing up, so that they miss the best time for interventional treatment, and for some children who may have been cured, the result is delayed in healing, affecting the child's life.
First of all, if the child's motor ability is poor, such as not turning over after three months, not sitting up after six months, or still not crawling after one year old, then it is likely that there is a certain problem of mental retardation, because children with mental retardation are usually less athletic, which will affect the development of muscles and nervous systems, so the behavior is relatively abnormal.
Secondly, if the baby's crying is more abnormal, compared with other children, there are obvious differences, such as sometimes crying very quietly, sometimes suddenly crying very loudly, or repeatedly from loud to loud, from small to loud, or very harsh, abnormally quiet, etc., such situations also indicate that the baby's intellectual development may be more delayed.
In addition, the baby's smile can also reflect the development of intelligence, usually, the baby can be laughed at after two months, can perceive the amusing behavior of the adults around them, then they will respond with a smile. After three or four months, they will start to giggle.
If the baby turns a blind eye to all the amusing behaviors after four months and does not have any reaction, then it means that there may be symptoms of mental retardation and need to go to the hospital in time.
Finally, the baby's feeding situation is also one of the manifestations of mental retardation, if it is more difficult in the process of feeding the baby, such as not sucking, or often drooling, rejecting breastfeeding, easy to spit up milk, will not drink milk on their own, etc., these are likely to be because the brain nerves are damaged to a certain extent, or brain nerve development abnormalities, there will be mental retardation, parents can not think that just the baby does not like to drink milk so simple.
It is recommended that parents judge according to the baby's multi-faceted performance after the baby is born, if they feel that there are indeed many symptoms corresponding, then it is best to go to the hospital for a detailed examination to avoid regrets in the future.
Because some intellectual retardation is not caused by genetic influences, it may be insufficient nutritional supplementation the day after tomorrow, or caused by diseases, and such cases can be slowly cured through treatment the day after tomorrow, but the premise is early detection, early treatment, if the delay is too long, then for children, a lifetime may be so hitched, parents will feel extreme regret afterwards.