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Learning to turn over is a milestone event in your baby's growth. However, babies who have just learned to turn over often face various dangerous tests, such as falling, accidental eating, suffocation, etc. often occur inadvertently.
How can I tell if my baby is turning over? How can I prevent dangers that my baby will encounter during the turn over? Today, we're going to talk about things about your baby turning over.
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Guide the expert | Wu Yunqin (Chief Physician, Hunan Children's Hospital)
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3 precursors for the baby to turn over
Although it is said that "three flips and six sittings", no one can predict the specific time when the baby will turn over. Fortunately, though, we can find clues in some signals and prepare your baby for safety in advance to learn to turn over.
Prone to look up is more free
When the baby is lying prone on the bed, he will shake his body, kick his legs, easily raise his head, and his chest can also be lifted off the bed, indicating that the baby's neck and back muscles are already very powerful, and the baby is not far from turning over.
The supine style likes to lift the feet
When lying on their back, babies always like to lift and lower their legs and kick their legs with a slight torso or waist rotation. This shows that the baby's lower limb strength is gradually increasing, and learning to turn over is just around the corner.
Prefer to lie on your side
The baby no longer likes to lie on his back, but has a strong interest in lying on the side, which shows that the baby has the consciousness of turning over. Once your baby learns to change position with the help of the neck and back muscles or the strength of the calves, it is a matter of minutes to turn over freely.
Tips: The baby turns over early and late
Many babies have begun to try to turn over around 3 months, but in fact, most babies start to roll over between 4 and 6 months.
Turning over requires your baby to coordinate many muscles to complete together, which is not an easy task. Before the official turnover, your baby needs to practice and be prepared to wait for the day when multiple muscles kick in together.
If you can't turn over from the prone position at 7 months and from the supine position to the prone position for 9 months, it indicates that the baby may have developmental abnormalities and must undergo a professional and comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessment.
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Before and after turning over, beware of these 4 types of accidental injuries
No.1 Fall
In the outpatient clinic, 3 to 6 months of age is usually the high incidence of fall injuries in the baby.
Because the baby may inadvertently start the first turn over at any time, the parents will fall unsuspectingly. For example, when the mother changes the diaper, it may only turn around for a few seconds, and the baby is very likely to fall off the side of the bed.
Security proposals
● As long as the mother needs to leave the baby's side, remember to put the baby in the small bed with the guardrail and lock the guardrail. You can also carry your baby to a mated floor. The premise is that the baby must be within the family's line of sight and the mother must return in time.
● When the baby sleeps, pay attention to the fence next to the bed to prevent the fall from the bed during sleep.
No.2 Accidental ingestion
After the baby learns to turn over, the range of motion gradually expands, and some small toys and other small fragments that may be swallowed by the baby have become the hidden danger of the baby's accidental eating.
Security proposals
● Avoid small objects around your baby that may swallow in your mouth, such as coins, pushpins, glass balls, small buttons, etc.
● Check whether the small parts on the toy are easy to fall, deal with them in time, suspect that there is a problem with the toy, and prefer to clean it up rather than play with the baby.
No.3 Bruises of hard objects
Babies learn to turn over, the mobility will go up to a new level, they will no longer lie there honestly, on the contrary, because they have just learned a new skill, they will be happy to turn over.
Security proposals
Do not place hard objects around the baby, in case the baby accidentally touches it when turning over, resulting in accidental occurrences such as abrasions and bruises.
No.4 Suffocation
After your baby starts to turn over, he is likely to show a different sleeping position and sleeping position every day.
The sleeping position in the prone position, as well as the fence that may get stuck in the baby's head, may increase the risk of suffocation. In addition, even if some babies learn to turn over, their heads are not very stable, and if the baby is tired of playing, or does not turn over for a while, it is easy to cause suffocation.
Security proposals
In the position where the baby sleeps, try not to place blankets, throw pillows, plush toys and other supplies, and the gap between the guardrail and the bed should not be too large to reduce possible safety hazards.
● For babies who can turn over, mothers should pay attention to the baby's dynamics in time, and once they find that the baby can't turn over half of it, they should help the baby turn the body back in time.
● Do not place plastic bags around your baby at any time.
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Once a crash occurs, how to deal with it correctly?
When the mother puts the baby on the big bed and goes to do her own thing, it is likely that the baby will turn over to the bed with great interest.
Once there is a crash, how to deal with it correctly?
● If the baby cries immediately after falling, the cry is loud, the face and spirit are good, after being soothed, it can be quickly quiet, compared with usual, there is no abnormality, and soon you can play normally and feed again, indicating that the baby is not a big problem.
● If the baby falls to the ground and has symptoms such as loss of consciousness, convulsions, blue or pale face, inability to move limbs, frequent vomiting, etc., it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately, and try to keep quiet and move less during the process.
● Some fall problems do not necessarily occur immediately, the baby's daily behavior should be observed for 24 to 48 hours, and once abnormalities are found, seek medical attention in time.
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