When the baby was still in the mother’s belly, the family had already started a “guessing contest” on the baby’s appearance. From grandparents to parents, they all wanted the baby to look more like themselves.
However, when the baby was born and carried out of the delivery room, all the relatives waiting at the door of the delivery room, especially the new dads, were blindsided… This little thing was red and wrinkled, just like a little old man. How can it have a little style of its own?
What the hell is going on here?
Caused by normal causes
Most of the baby’s ugly and adorable performance is caused by normal reasons, which are mainly divided into three categories:
1. Squeezed by uterus and birth canal
It is really not easy for the baby to be born safely. In addition to a 180-degree upside-down movement in the belly, it is also necessary to pass through the narrow birth canal of the mother, thus starting the baby’s journey of “disfiguring”.
The baby’s skeletal system, especially the part where cartilage is located, has not yet fully developed. After such a [squeeze] of the birth canal, the baby will have these changes:
- Ears wrinkled, nose flat, conjunctival congestion, eyelids swollen, head turned into nut shape, scalp hematoma, two legs bent outward into arcuate varus or everted feet
No wonder the baby looks wrinkled and like an old man. However, Bao’s parents should not worry. With the development of the baby and the absorption of hematoma by the body, these changes will disappear completely within one week at the earliest and three months at the latest.
2. Estrogen-induced
In order to ensure the good growth of the baby in the mother’s belly, the mother’s estrogen and progesterone will be secreted hard, and the hormone amount will always be at a high level. These hormones can reach the baby through the placenta, which may cause the baby to have such similar [development] phenomena:
- The swollen breast has a little secretion, the hymen protrudes from the vulva and vagina, and there are secretions.
Want to know, these phenomena, does not mean that the baby really develops. After the baby is born, the estrogen level remaining in the baby’s body will begin to decline, and this process will generally last for 2-4 weeks. However, if the baby still has these symptoms after 4 weeks, you must see a doctor.
3. Caused by other reasons
(1) Fetal fat: At birth, the skin of full-term children is covered with a layer of white sebum. This kind of fetal fat has the function of protecting the skin and will gradually fall off and disappear naturally after birth. It does not need to be cleaned specially, and it cannot be scraped off with hard objects to avoid damaging the skin.
(2) Mongolian spot: The newborn baby has some cyan spots on the trunk, buttocks and limbs, which are easy to occur in the East and are caused by special pigment cell deposition. Most of them will gradually recede within one year old. In foreign countries, bruises caused by domestic violence are mistaken.
(3) Hair: When the newborn is born, there are many hairs on the whole body, and the back is obvious, which is called Hair, and it will gradually fall off naturally. In some places, it is customary to shave Hair, which is called “pig hair wind”. It is also easy for the child’s skin and hair follicles to be damaged, leading to infection and even the risk of septicemia.
(4) Horse teeth or die teeth: They are only located in the center of gums or palates, and most of them can fall off by themselves without special treatment. There is a folk custom of picking horse teeth, which is easy to cause infection and should be disdained.
Caused by abnormal causes
If the baby has the following phenomena, you must be careful. If the baby is ugly and sick, you need to find a doctor to confirm it in time.
1. Scrotal swelling
At this time, I am good at using a small flashlight to irradiate the scrotum, and I will find that it is as bright as a balloon filled with water. Before the age of 1, the hydrocele of the sheath may subside. If it does not subside after the age of 2, surgical treatment may be considered.
2. No testicles
About 4% of full-term babies show unilateral or bilateral scrotal emptiness. These babies may slowly descend to the bottom of the scrotum during the first month after birth. By the age of 1, only 1% of babies still have empty scrotum, which requires a pediatric surgeon to consider testicular fixation.
3. Fontanel swelling or collapse
Fontanelle swelling, is likely to have intracranial lesions, need timely medical treatment; The fontanelle collapses, most of which are caused by dehydration of the baby. If accompanied by mental illness, timely medical treatment is also required.
4. Neonatal jaundice
Although 80% of babies will have jaundice symptoms after birth, the reasons are not all physiological. Generally speaking, pathological jaundice will have these characteristics:
- It appears early (within 24 hours after birth) and rises rapidly (with an increase of more than 5 mg/dl per day) and lasts for a long time (often more than 2-4 weeks)
In addition to being the baby’s first teacher, Is also the baby’s first doctor. After the baby was born, in addition to ecstatic, the whole family enjoy the happiness of family ties, don’t forget to observe the baby. Of course, the abnormal situation mentioned in the article is just a part of many situations that the baby may have. As long as parents think the baby is abnormal, it is necessary to see a doctor, they can let the doctor have a look.