In the evening, when I walked down to the garden of the community, I saw a mother pushing a seven- or eight-month-old baby with a cart, and the little one was busy sucking his fingers, sucking and sucking, but the saliva fell down in a string.
At this time, Bao Mom also found the child sucking his fingers, pulled out his hand, wiped him with a tissue, and said: "Oh you are a little naughty, eat your hands again, as soon as you eat your hands, you drool, see what your face looks like, it really is..."
If you look closely, it turns out that the baby has a small red rash around the mouth. Such a hot weather, and long mouth rash, Presumably the baby must be very uncomfortable. Good baby, how old love to drool, is it sick? This is the parenting knowledge that every mother needs to know, and we will talk about it today.
Drooling during your baby's infancy is a very common phenomenon. But did you know that your baby's drooling doesn't last all the time and may occur in stages? For example, newborn babies rarely drool, and the "flooding" of saliva begins about 3 months and reaches its peak at about 6 months.
Some babies will not flow for about 8-9 months thereafter, but others may delay until about 2 years old. If the baby still sees drooling after the age of two, then parents should pay attention to it, or caused by pathological reasons, and should take the baby to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
Although it is normal for babies to drool, there is a certain incentive after all. So what is the reason why your baby is drooling? Here are 6 triggers for moms to know:
Physiological causes
Newborns have underdeveloped salivary glands, so they don't drool. At 3-4 months, the baby's salivary glands develop, but the mouth is still very shallow, and the swallowing function is not very coordinated, so after secreting saliva, it will flow out of the corner of the mouth.
This is a physiological drooling, does not need special treatment, and can be dried in time for the baby.
Teething period
Most babies will enter the teething period at 4-6 months, and they will start drooling before the teeth have grown. This is due to the eruption of teeth, which makes the baby's oral gums very uncomfortable, and this discomfort will stimulate him to secrete saliva, so the situation of drooling will be more obvious.
This condition usually disappears completely after your baby's teeth have grown.
Suck your finger
Babies under 1 and a half years old are in a sensitive period of oral cavity, and many babies like to suck their fingers or pacifiers. This can satisfy their appetite to a certain extent, but it will also stimulate the salivary glands and secrete more saliva, so drooling is inevitable.
Incorrect sleeping position
Your baby sleeps in an improper position and can also drool. For example, when my baby was a child, she often slept on her side, and her mouth was easy to open, and saliva would naturally flow out of the corner of her mouth. Needless to say, the saliva will only flow more. Therefore, mothers can try to change the baby's sleeping position, do not maintain a position for a long time, it is recommended to lie on the side and lie on the back alternately.
Overwork
Playing too excited, nervous, or tired during the day may cause mild neurological disturbances. At night, when he falls asleep, his baby's brain sends out a signal to secrete saliva, so saliva will flow out without his awareness.
Pathological causes
Pathological causes leading to drooling are also divided into a variety of conditions, such as:
The child's respiratory tract infection, nose is not clear, etc. due to poor breathing and open mouth to breathe, resulting in drooling;
Babies suffering from oral diseases, such as gingivitis, periodontitis or glossitis, will also drool;
There are neurological problems, and the nerves that innervate the salivary glands are abnormal, resulting in imbalances in the secretion of the salivary glands, causing increased saliva and outflow.
In addition, Chinese medicine believes that the child's spleen and stomach deficiency and cold will make the body's water metabolism disorder, the spleen and stomach can not transport fluids, the child will appear "drooling" situation, especially when sleeping.
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Knowing the reasons for the baby's drooling, I think the mothers are also more relieved. In addition to pathological causes, most of them do not require special treatment. However, you must take good care of the baby every day, otherwise, like the baby mentioned above, it is easy to have a rash of saliva or cause other physical discomfort.
For the care of "saliva baby", Wan's mother summed up a few tips for everyone:
Pay attention to cleanliness
Babies often drool, mothers should pay more attention and wipe for the baby in time to keep the skin clean and dry. Wipe with a soft, absorbent cotton towel or handkerchief, and it is best to use "dip" when rubbing, so as not to repeatedly rub and damage the baby's skin. If conditions permit, warm water can be used to wash your baby's saliva-soaked skin.
Skin care
The skin around the baby's mouth and chin is often "soaked" by saliva, and if you do not pay attention to care, it is particularly easy to develop a rash of water. After cleaning your baby's skin each time, don't forget to apply some of your baby's special moisturizers. Usually, wear a saliva towel for your baby to prevent the skin of the neck from being soaked and irritated.
Change clothes and bedding frequently
The baby's saliva stays on fabrics such as clothes, saliva towels or bedding, which is easy to cause pollution and breed bacteria. Therefore, mothers must change and wash frequently, and often put it in the sun to achieve the purpose of sterilization and disinfection.
Swallowing and oral function training
A large part of the reason why babies drool is that the oral movements are uncoordinated and the swallowing function is not mature. Mothers can also help the baby to train to balance the secretion of salivary glands and oral coordination and reduce drooling.
For example: let the baby imitate the action of adults swallowing saliva; You can also feed them some biscuits, teething sticks, vegetable strips, etc., which not only helps the teeth to erupt, but also enhances the ability to chew and swallow.
Cut your nails frequently and tease your baby's cheeks less
Baby drooling irritation, especially when the mouth rash, the skin itching and tingling, it is inevitable to scratch with the hands, scratching the skin is more likely to cause infection. So moms should remember to trim their baby's nails regularly.
Some parents look at the baby's fleshy little face and especially like to kiss or knead the baby's cheek. As everyone knows, such an action will stimulate the baby's salivary glands, and under repeated stimulation, the saliva will flow more. If you really feel sorry for your baby, you can kiss his little arm or little foot, and the child will be happier.
Write at the end
Does your family also have a "saliva doll"? This is almost a necessary stage for every baby to grow and develop, so mothers are relieved. Babies salivate a lot, and the mother can first judge for herself what is causing it.
In most cases, the baby's mouth is normal, and it is more important for us to take good care of it. As the baby grows, about 1.5-2 years old, the baby will say goodbye to the "saliva baby", and the drooling situation will basically disappear.