In addition to genes and a sense of security, the biggest reason why babies like to walk around vertically is because vertical hugging can have a broad field of vision and explore the world more conveniently. Although the vertical hug is good, it cannot be held for a long time, and the baby holding posture of different months of age is different, so as to avoid accidentally injuring the baby because of the wrong posture and affecting the baby for life.
Why infants and young babies like to hug vertically, it turns out to be these reasons
When nursing children, I don't know if you have noticed a strange phenomenon, the vast majority of children like vertical hugging, very rejective of horizontal hugging, especially the baby from two months, as long as the horizontal hug will cry non-stop, so that parents are very upset, but as long as the vertical hug will immediately return to the beginning of the "angel baby" state. This phenomenon makes many parents wonder, they are all hugging, why is there such a big difference between the two?
1, nature is so, genetic reasons
When the baby is held vertically, it will soon become quiet from a crying state, which is because of an instinct of living things, most of which are standing when humans are still ancient apes, because only in this state do they have the conditions for emergency escape, and they can escape as fast as they can when they encounter things, if they are lying down, they cannot escape quickly, and only in this way can they survive.
With continuous evolution, this biological instinct gene has always been in people's bodies, after Japanese research found that this "emergency response" actually appears when the mother is 36-40 weeks pregnant, when the mother walks around the fetus will be quiet, but when the mother rests, the fetus will be more active.
2, the baby's insecurity performance
When the baby is still in the mother's belly, the fetus lives in the womb surrounded by amniotic fluid, even after the baby is born, it can still feel the state closest to the uterus through the hug.
In particular, when walking in a hug, it is like the feeling of the fetus shaking in the amniotic fluid, which is why the baby behaves the most well when holding and walking. At the same time, pick up the baby, close to the mother can hear the mother's heartbeat, just like when in the womb, so that the baby is more secure.
3. The field of vision is more abundant, so that the baby feels fresh and stimulated
When the baby is picked up vertically, the baby's field of vision becomes much larger, and suddenly there can be so many new things and things that make the baby very excited, and the brain nerves are stimulated, so that the baby is particularly active. And the horizontal hug can only look at the mother's face or ceiling, especially as the baby grows up, curiosity is getting heavier and heavier, need more things and things to stimulate the baby, then parents can take the baby to the outdoors to walk, see more and more fresh scenes.
4. Because of physical discomfort
The last point is that the baby is uncomfortable, when the body is uncomfortable, it cannot be expressed in words, and can only express its needs through crying, especially if the baby who has just been born for a few months is prone to symptoms such as flatulence and intestinal colic. Parents must check clearly in time, and then carry out corresponding measures, when the baby is attached to the adult, naturally form a squeezing force, then can play a role in exhausting, reduce spasms, the baby feels comfortable and will naturally rely on this holding method.
It is not uncomfortable to hold horizontally, but it is a manifestation of the baby's intelligence
Encountering the situation of horizontal hugging and crying, vertical hugging and laughing makes many parents mistakenly think that the horizontal hug makes the baby feel uncomfortable, and encountering this situation makes parents anxious, in fact, for babies of two to three months, these two holding methods have a very big difference.
Babies aged 1-3 months have different vision and hearing development
Newborn babies are highly myopic, can only vaguely see near objects, can not see things in the distance, so for newborns, no matter which kind of holding method does not make any difference, naturally there will be no opinion. But after the baby's full moon, the vision continues to develop, can already see the close range of about 30 to 91 cm of objects, and can follow with the movement of the object with the line of sight, this time the baby likes to look at the black and white or human face, then hold the baby horizontally like to stare at the adult's face.
By two months, the baby can already see objects in the distance and can focus quickly; Three-month-old babies have further vision and can see objects from a few meters away, especially interested in brightly colored things. More importantly, the brain, hearing, and vision of the two- and three-month-old baby are very obviously different from the baby of one month ago, and they are more sensitive to people and things in the external environment, which is also a manifestation of gradually becoming smarter.
2, vertical hugging can contact more things and things than horizontal hugging
When the baby is hugging, the range of what you see is very limited, such as the double chin of the adult, the blurred ceiling and the particularly dazzling light; But when you hold it vertically, the baby can see many things, such as you can see the patterns on the walls, toys, tables, plants, etc., and the colors are very rich, and the things are various, which are very interesting things for the baby, and often make the baby look dazzling.
Gradually the baby is no longer satisfied with these scenes in front of him, wants to see things farther, wants to explore, vertical hugging can make the baby see more widely, the scene in front of him is more vivid, more attractive, when these interesting people and things continue to stimulate the brain to promote development. When the baby is still unable to act independently, the baby explores the world by "seeing", and the vertical hug can see more, satisfy curiosity, and stimulate brain development, and the baby will naturally become smarter.
3. After drinking milk, it is more comfortable to hug
When is the first time the baby hugs, yes, it is the first time the baby finishes drinking milk and burping the milk vertically. The newborn baby's stomach is different from that of adults, and the stomach is in a horizontal state, so when the baby drinks milk, it is necessary to hold the baby's back and beat the milk burp, otherwise it will suddenly spit up. Even at two or three months, the baby's stomach capacity is a little larger than before, but it is far from enough. Therefore, compared with the horizontal hug, the vertical hug will not spit up the milk, so that the baby feels more comfortable, and can enhance the parent-child relationship.
Vertical hugging is more comfortable than horizontal hugging, but it should not be excessively vertical
There are so many benefits of vertical hugging, even if it is good, it can not often be held vertically, excessive vertical hugging will cause great harm to the baby's physical development, and what aspects will be affected in the end.
1. Affect the baby's spinal development
The above introduced many of the benefits of vertical hugging, but for babies with only 0-2 months of often vertical hugging will hurt the baby, because the baby's spine is different from our adults, the baby's spine development is not mature, not as strong as adults, very fragile, if the long-term vertical hug is easy to cause the baby's spine to bend, affecting the baby's normal growth and development to bring a lot of harm, such as causing abnormal spinal development, causing spinal and spinal deformities.
2, for the cervical spine will also cause injury
When a newborn baby is born, the head is very large and very heavy, the weight of the brain accounts for a quarter of the total body, and the muscle strength of the baby's neck is very weak to support the head. If it is too long or frequent, it will lead to an increase in cervical spine, spinal pressure, and even tracheal damage leading to the occurrence of suffocation.
How should each month-old baby be held, and the holding method is different for different months of age
Some parents will shake their heads when they hear the baby held vertically, thinking that the vertical hug will cause harm to the baby's spine, "the vertical hug will hurt the spine" the saying does exist, but the baby likes to hug, not to hug and cry more and more, who should deal with the parents?
1, 0-1 months of baby should lie more and hold less
Newborn baby spine development is not mature enough, often vertical hugging will hurt the baby's neck and spine, of course, there is a special situation, that is, after drinking milk to hold the baby vertically to shoot milk burp, other times try not to hold vertically. And at this time, the baby is almost all spent in sleep, try to let the baby hide in bed to sleep, so that the baby has sufficient and quality sleep.
2, 2-3 months of baby vertical holding posture should be standard
Although the baby of this month is not fully mature, but the baby's vision development has been well developed, there is a very large curiosity about the external environment, you can hold it vertically to make the baby more contact with external things and things, not only makes the baby feel very happy, but also a very good promotion for the baby's development.
However, we must pay attention to the posture of holding the baby, the posture of holding the baby should be in place, the baby is leaned on the parent's body, and one hand supports the baby's head and neck to prevent the head from leaning back or preventing spine injury; With the other hand, support your baby's lower back to prevent your baby from slipping and getting injured.
3, when holding the baby game moderately, but also pay attention to time
Parents should pay attention to the fact that many people like to tease children when holding their children vertically, such as suddenly disappearing from the child's vision, when the child will continue to find adults, which is a very dangerous thing, because such a small child can not rely on their own muscle strength to support the head, it is easy to hurt the child's neck because of the turn. Do not shake the baby vigorously when holding the baby vertically, and it is safest for the baby to rest his head on the parent's shoulder.
It is necessary to pay attention to the time of vertical holding to be controlled within fifteen minutes, because for a long time of vertical holding, both the baby and the parents will feel sore muscles, especially the baby will feel very tired.
After 4 or 4 months, you can often hold the baby vertically
Generally speaking, the four-month-old baby can already turn over autonomously, at this time, the baby's spine has gradually matured, not only can the head be lifted up, no longer shaky, which means that the spine has a certain support, the probability of danger is greatly reduced, then parents can rest assured that the child will be held up vertically to go out for a walk, so that the child can see the outside world. It should be noted that the one-time hold is not held vertically for too long, to avoid baby fatigue, and when the baby reaches about five months, you can hold it casually, and parents should no longer struggle with what posture to hold the baby better.
Write at the end
In the entire development process of the baby, whether it is vertical hugging or other holding methods, there are reasons and meanings, and parents can only respond scientifically and effectively if they understand the reasons. Of course, in addition to vertical and horizontal hugging, parents can try some other baby hugging postures, but everything should be carried out to protect the safety of their children.