For new parents, the first trick to learn is probably to hold the baby.
Perhaps many people will say that holding a baby is not simple. Yet you have overlooked the harm that wrong baby-hugging postures can do to your child, and many people are unaware of their mistakes.
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The parent mistakenly holds the baby, and the child's spine is injured
After the birth of the child, the mother always can't help but kiss and hug, the mother's love is bursting, and the novice mother Is also the same.
Xiao Bao is less than a month old, she has been holding the child all day and not letting go, and from time to time she changes the posture of holding the baby, horizontal hug, vertical hug, plane hug and so on, trying one by one.
The girlfriend saw this, prompting Kiki that the baby is still small, it is best to lie flat, so that it is more beneficial to the child's spine development. If you want to hold a baby, try to choose a "cradle hug".
But Kiki did not take her girlfriend's words to heart, still immersed in the joy of being a mother, and as a result, she did not think about it, and when the child grew up, hidden dangers appeared.
She found that the child's neck was always stretched forward, looking like a hunched back with a chest, and the back didn't feel right. Kiki took the child to the hospital for examination, the doctor diagnosed spinal deformity, asked about the child's daily life, and finally judged: this is related to the mother's wrong posture of holding the baby from childhood.
Kiki regretted it after listening to it, and did not expect that her mistakes would cause the child to be injured, and she should still learn more scientific parenting knowledge after that.
Inventory: Parents' wrong baby-hugging postures
1, long hugs do not let go
Experts believe that babies with young months of age, up to 10 hours a day in a state of sleep, the demand for sleep is more vigorous, which also helps their normal development of the body.
Therefore, parents still do not intervene, try to let the child lie flat to sleep, if you do not let go for a long time, it is easy to affect its sleep state.
Second, there are three key stages in the development of the child's spine, and babies with young months of age (infants and young children within three months) have an almost straight spine, no physiological curvature, and the spine is relatively soft, and the strength of the neck muscles is also limited.
Therefore, experts suggest that at this stage, the child should lie flat, should not hold for a long time and not let go, usually hold the baby need to adopt a horizontal hugging posture, do not hold vertically, do not sleep do not give the child a pillow, so as not to hurt its spine.
In addition, even if the baby grows up, try not to hold it often, it is easy for him to develop dependence, not to mention, it may also lead to the child's high and low shoulders, scoliosis.
2. Shake while holding the baby
Many parents will use this posture to coax their babies to sleep, but they don't know that this is not scientific.
First of all, if you do not master the strength, it is easy to let the baby have "baby shaking syndrome", which will cause damage to the baby's spine and brain development.
In addition, compared with older children, the cervical vertebrae of children are relatively fragile, and there is not enough neck strength to support the weight of the head, and the parents shake back and forth, and it is easy to aggravate the pressure of the cervical spine.
3, the use of "waist stool" to hold the baby
"Waist stool" can be described as "baby artifact", it is to use the belt to tie the baby and parents together, there is a "stool" near the waist, let the baby sit on it, free the parents' hands.
It seems to save effort, but in fact there are many hidden dangers:
Due to the limited space of the waist stool, it will cause a certain squeeze on the baby's body, and the hip joint and legs are not effectively supported, and when hanging underneath, it will aggravate the damage to the hip joint.
In addition to hurting the baby's body, parents may also be injured
Especially for bao moms, they may take care of their children for more time, and sometimes they are prone to hidden dangers without noticing.
For example, some mothers are obviously very well raised, but after that, they often appear tenosynovitis and waist pain from time to time, which is actually related to the usual wrong posture of holding the baby.
Below, to give everyone "lightning protection" several wrong baby hugging postures, bao moms can be on the heart:
1. Leaning over to hold the baby
Holding the baby in the pelvis, using this position to save effort, but for a long time, it often puts too much pressure on the mother's pelvis and waist, and then there are different degrees of damage.
Tip: When holding your child, try to keep your body upright, if you really feel sore arms, you can choose to let your family help hold for a while or sit down to rest for a while.
2. Hunch over and hold the baby
This situation is also more common, especially the infrequent exercise of the mother, in the holding of children is easy to directly arch the back, bend down to hold, the body support point from the back, it seems to be able to save effort.
However, often like this, in fact, it is easy to have back pain, and there may be "rich bags", and Bao Ma's spine health and personal temperament are affected.
It is recommended that when the mother usually holds the child, she can separate her feet slightly, bend her knees slightly, and keep a straight line on the upper body to hold the child, so that the support point is transferred from the back to the hip joint, which is better for the mother's body.
In addition, there are twists and bends down to hold the child, which will cause damage to the parents' waist, cervical spine and lumbar spine.
It is recommended that parents keep their bodies upright when holding their children, especially the waist bar and back, if you need to hold your child for a long time when you go out, you can choose to bring a stroller to reduce your burden.
Extended reading: Babies of different months of age have different postures for holding babies
Babies under 3 months of age: mainly cross-hugging
Pay attention to protecting your baby's head and neck, which can help support the weight of your baby's head and is more beneficial to your child's spine development.
Babies aged 3 to 5 months: mainly vertical hugging
First of all, after the baby is 3 months old, the first physiological curvature of the spine has appeared, and the neck strength has increased, and it begins to slowly raise its head, at which time it can be used in a vertical position.
On the one hand, this can help the baby burp and avoid choking, on the other hand, it can make the child's vision wider, see more of the outside world, and help exercise their vision.
Over 6 months of age: Mixed in multiple poses
You can try several more baby-hugging postures, such as vertical hugging, sitting hugging, face-to-face hugging, etc., so that children have different experiences. Therefore, however, pay attention to protecting your child's neck and head, and do not shake vigorously or throw it upwards