This reminds me of a post I saw in the forum before. After 95, the young man asked for help online, and his head was too flat. He didn't know what kind of hairstyle to wear, so he posted a photo. Many netizens reply below, just like their own experiences. Do you feel this way?
Sleeping in a "flat head" not only affects the child's face value, but also has many effects on the baby's health. So why do the old people at home give the baby a' flat head'? Maybe she doesn't even know why. It's just that with the public's cognition, I have been sleeping flat.
The reason for sleeping in a flat head
During the period of the Republic of China, it was recorded in the "Records of Chinese National Customs" that "when a baby is born, the pillow is hard and the pillow is beans to level the back of his head, which is not beautiful because of hard lifting, and the customs are natural!"
"Sleeping in a flat head" is the custom of Manchu to raise babies. Since the Qing Dynasty, children have been allowed to "sleep flat-headed" after birth, usually with pillows and books to make their skulls sleep flat within one year old. Especially at that time, people had to comb their hair into a bun, and it was easier to comb it flat and fix it after the head was flat, which looked very lucky.
But after hundreds of years, great changes have taken place in aesthetics, and some people of the older generation still stay in the "Qing Dynasty", which is really a breakthrough. In fact, sleeping like this will not only worry about the choice of hairstyle when the child grows up, but also affect the child's face value and seriously affect the baby's development. It is really not worth the loss! So let's take a look at the possible impact of "flat head".
What effect does sleeping flat head have on baby?
According to a survey conducted by China eugenics association in 2002, the probability of infants' skulls being inclined, flat and pointed in different degrees in China is as high as 87.2%.
I have given my baby a flat head since I was a child. When I grow up, I will distance myself from others because of this special value. In addition, it will affect the baby's health, which is a pity.
Medically speaking, "flat head syndrome" is also called skull dysplasia, and there are gaps between the skulls of newborn babies. "Flat-headed" sleep will destroy the developing brain volume structure, and cause certain compression on cerebellum and retinal nerves in the skull, which may affect the baby's visual nerve development, language system and motor system.
Simply put, sleeping on your back will also have an impact on children's intelligence, especially on their cognitive and language skills. Therefore, whether for the sake of children's "face value" or for the healthy development of children, giving the baby a "round head" is the best choice.
How to sleep a "perfect" head shape
After giving birth to the boss, every time my old grandfather calls, he will say, "Don't sleep with the child's head tilted." It can be seen how much the old man cares about the child's head shape. It is not difficult to understand that the head shape is not only related to the baby's future beauty and self-confidence, but also related to intellectual development. Don't pay attention to what to do? So how to give children a perfect head shape in daily care?
Multi-variable sleep direction
The baby sleeps for a long time and can't move by himself, and his parents don't help him change direction in time. Babies can easily sleep in one direction for a long time. After the newborn baby wakes up, we'd better help him change direction, balance the force on his head and let him sleep with his head round.
Another thing to note is that when the child's head is free to move, if there are toys such as bells hanging on the crib, please pay attention to changing the direction regularly, and don't let the child always look to one side (this can prevent head deflection and strabismus).
Lie down less and lie down more.
When the baby has not looked up, he is almost lying down, and the head pressure is relatively high. The baby's head shape in this period is generally not very round. However, when the baby will look up, try to ring the bell with a small toy. After half an hour, tease the baby for a few tens of seconds, and then slowly extend it. This is very powerful for the natural growth of the baby's skull, and can also exercise the child's neck strength and body coordination.
Don't give the baby a pillow.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clearly pointed out that infants under 1 year old should try to avoid using pillows, and only need to use pillows when cervical curvature is formed.
Many treasure mothers have such questions, should they give their babies pillows? In fact, the baby doesn't need a pillow after birth: because the baby's spine is straight at this time, lying flat can make the baby's back and head on a horizontal plane.
First, it helps the baby's respiratory system and bone development; Secondly, it can also avoid the flat head caused by long-term use of pillows. There are many accidents at home and abroad in which babies have difficulty breathing because of baby pillows, and the phenomenon of hunchback is found in the later stage of baby growth.
Tips: Unless the baby needs to use a pillow under special circumstances, such as when the baby spits milk, use a pillow to pad the baby's upper body to prevent the baby from spitting milk (8 months ago, the baby can put a sweat-absorbent towel on the pillow, and 8 months later, put a pillow 3-4 cm high on the baby).