On her girlfriend's first birthday, she invited many friends to her house.
The baby wears a white gauze dress, a pink hairband on his head, surrounded by various toys, and sits on a cushion like a little angel.
Looking at the baby's sweet smile, my heart was instantly melted.
In the process of playing with the baby, it was found that the baby's head was always crooked to the left, and it was not too flexible when twisting to the right, and I was particularly worried about whether such a small baby would have a torticollis.
At the end of dinner, I told my girlfriend what I thought and asked her to take the baby to the hospital for a timely examination. Later, my girlfriend sent a WeChat message to thank me:
The doctor told me that the baby's head was indeed crooked to the left, and I had to go to the hospital every week for massage to slowly recover the status quo.
If you are late, you will most likely have surgery, thank you so much.
This is not uncommon among babies.
Many mothers will find that the baby likes to sleep with his head tilted when he sleeps, most of us do not care, think that this is just a habit of the baby sleeping, there will not be too much of a problem.
But for a long time, your baby's head will begin to be asymmetrical, a little skewed to both sides, and by the time you find out, the problem has become very serious.
When we find that the baby's head is always tilted to one side when he sleeps, we must consciously help the baby correct it.
Because the baby's head is still relatively soft at this time, the bone development is also very fast, coupled with the weak strength of the neck muscles, it is easy to be deformed by external pressure.
If the baby's head is tilted to one side, it will not only affect the appearance, but also affect the baby's normal development. For children, there is no case of harm.
How should we prevent it in ordinary life?
1. Change your sleeping position frequently
Your baby's first three months are a critical time to shape your head. From the moment the baby is born, the mother should have the habit of changing the sleeping position for the baby frequently to keep the force on both sides of the baby's head balanced.
Do not often let the baby use a sleeping position, which can easily affect the beauty of the baby's head. Many experts suggest that babies can sleep on their stomachs, so that the head shape will be rounder, but this is also harmful.
Sleeping on your stomach for a long time is likely to block your baby's breathing, and even suffocate in severe cases. If you let the baby sleep on his stomach, it is best not to use a pillow, and it is better not to have any plush toys around.
2. Swap positions frequently
When a mother breastfeeds her baby, her head is always tilted to one side. And when the baby sleeps with the mother, because of nature, he always likes to tilt his head to the mother's side.
Looking at the baby's face, I feel particularly warm in my heart. At this time, the mother should pay attention to changing the position to prevent the baby's head from tilting. Usually, it is necessary to properly supplement calcium and vitamin B to promote the development of the baby's bones.
If your baby's head has been tilted to one side, he can't turn his head in a certain direction, or even touches a hard lump on the side of the neck with his hand, which is likely to be torticollis.
Parents should take their babies to the children's hospital for treatment in time, the sooner the better. Because the younger you are, the better it is. In addition to professional structural treatment, there are also some ways that parents can help their children correct in their lives.
For example, ask a special child masseuse for advice, how much force to use? What are the steps and so on, you can help your baby treat torticollis problems by massaging.
You can also slowly induce the child's neck to tilt to the other side step by step through the induction of the toy, and must not be in a hurry, but will get the opposite effect.
The most effective way to prevent the problem of the baby's "sleep on the head". Therefore, parents should pay more attention to the child's sleeping position in the usual time to avoid the problem of the baby's torticollis.