Sometimes they are in deep sleep and their faces are relaxed; Sometimes in a shallow sleep, my eyes will tremble slightly and my hands and feet will struggle for a short time. They are also irritable, sneezing and yawning. Newborn babies often cry, which is their only language to express their needs. On the surface, the baby at this time knows nothing but eating, sleeping and crying, but in fact, the baby's ability has been developing quietly.
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Perceptual ability of newborn
So, what are the perceptual abilities of newborn babies at this stage?
Visual ability
People often ask, can newborns see things?
The answer is yes. A few days after birth, the baby can see things, but he can only see things at a distance of 20 ~ 40 cm, which is a veritable "myopia".
You can gently shake a brightly colored ball about 20cm in front of your baby. Although the baby's head can't turn freely at this time, you will find that the baby's eyes will move with the ball. This is the baby's vision at birth.
Babies can not only see things, but also have their own preferences. Studies have shown that newborn babies like to look at their faces best. You can look at the baby face to face when he is quiet. At this time, you will find that the baby's eyes are usually wide open, and they will become bright and stare at you with rapt attention.
In addition to face shapes, newborn babies also like patterns with strong color contrast, such as black and white patterns. Therefore, we suggest that you prepare some cards with strong color contrast for your baby and display them more, which will be of great help to your baby's visual development.
The specific method is very simple: let the baby lie down, put pictures (such as black and white or bright pictures) that can attract the baby's attention in front of the baby, move slowly, call the baby's name, encourage the baby to turn his eyes back and forth, and practice for two minutes every day.
Auditory ability
The baby's hearing develops very early, and when he is still in his mother's belly, he can already hear the sound.
Similar to vision, newborns also have a preference for sound. What they like best is human voice, especially mother's voice. If dad talks on one side and mom talks on the other, most babies will turn their heads to mom. This may be because the baby heard more mother's voice during the fetal period.
At this time, you and your family can interact with the baby. One person is holding the baby, and the other person is standing in front of the baby and talking to the baby for the baby to see. Then the man kept talking away from the baby's sight, and then slowly approached. This will allow the baby to try to find someone by voice a little bit and promote the development of his hearing.
Tactile and olfactory abilities
In addition to sight and hearing, newborn babies will also feel cold and hot pain. Babies can also feel the texture of objects and like to touch soft things.
Lips and hands are the most sensitive parts of the baby's touch, so newborns like to suck their fingers. They especially like to snuggle up to their mothers, and they like their mothers to gently touch and hug themselves with their hands.
In addition, the baby has a strong sense of smell. Newborns who have just been born for two days can smell that their mothers' breast pads are different from other mothers'. Is this beyond your imagination?
Based on the above points, Elite Baby strongly recommends that you touch your baby, which will not only promote their tactile development, but also calm your baby down and make him quiet, thus promoting his sleep.
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Cultivation of newborn's perceptual ability
In addition to the interaction mentioned above, there are some general methods that can promote the cultivation of newborn babies' abilities in all aspects.
Make eye contact with your baby often.
When the baby wakes up, the mother will pick up the baby and show it to her face. At this time, the mother should look into the baby's eyes and talk to the baby gently. A mother can say, "The baby takes care of her mother. Does the baby know his mother? " You will find that the baby is looking at you with wide eyes at the moment and seems to understand what you said! You need to communicate with your baby lovingly, so that your baby can distinguish different sounds and semantics, and recognize different faces and different expressions when communicating with adults, which can promote the development of your baby's hearing, vision and communication skills.
Understand the baby's crying carefully.
Crying is a way for babies to communicate with their parents. Babies will express their needs by crying, hoping that their needs will be met. At this time, you need to respond to the baby's crying in time to make the baby grow up more happily. Although the newborn baby can't express his thoughts accurately, interacting with his parents will make the baby very happy. When mom and dad talk to the baby, or touch the baby's skin with their hands, pat the baby's back and touch the baby's little hands, the baby will also look at mom and dad's face, kick his legs hard and twist his body in response to mom and dad's caress.
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Special attention: baby's
"sexual maturity" phenomenon
In the neonatal period, some careful mothers will find that the baby's breasts are getting bigger, and some female babies will even have menstruation and leucorrhea. This makes people wonder: "Is it because you didn't shut up when you were pregnant and let your baby mature sexually?"
In fact, you don't have to worry at all. Babies of boys and girls born 3~7 days may have swollen breasts as big as small walnuts and even secrete milk. This is a normal phenomenon caused by the influence of maternal estrogen. After 2~4 weeks, this symptom will disappear automatically. Some people argue that it is very dangerous to squeeze the nipple for the child, which may easily cause damage and infection to the nipple skin of the child.
In addition to "breast enlargement", you may also find a white secretion in the vulva of the baby girl, with a "false leucorrhea": the baby girl has vaginal bleeding and a "false menstruation". These are also influenced by maternal hormones, which is a normal phenomenon in the short term after the baby is born.
Under normal circumstances, "false menstruation" will disappear naturally 4-5 days after the baby is born. However, if the baby has a large amount of bleeding or the bleeding lasts for a long time, you need to find a doctor to check if there are any other problems in the baby's body. If your baby has the following performance, elite baby also recommends that you seek medical advice in time.
Abnormal manifestations of infants
(1) can't suck, the speed of sucking is very slow.
(2) No response to loud sounds.
(3) Don't blink in strong light.
(4) The line of sight will not pay attention to the object in front and will not move with the activity of the object in front.
(5) The limbs seem to be weak.
(6) The limbs look stiff and seldom move.
(7) When you don't cry or get excited, your chin keeps shaking.
If the baby has these conditions, you don't have to worry too much. Take the baby to the child growth and development clinic. I believe that doctors can provide you with professional and effective help.