The correct posture for holding a baby

When a baby is just born, its body is very delicate. As parents, we must learn the correct posture to hold the baby, so as to avoid problems with the baby. Especially when the baby is just born, the neck is very soft. At this time, we must support the baby's head to avoid adverse situations such as sagging. You can use the hand support method, support the baby's back of the head and neck with your left hand, and support the baby's waist and butt with your right hand.

The correct posture for holding a baby

1. Hand support method:

Use your left hand to support your baby's back, neck, and head, and your right hand to support his little butt and waist. This method is often used to pick up and put down the baby from the bed.

2. Wrist hold method:

Place the baby's head in the crook of your left arm, protect the baby's head with your elbow, protect the back and waist with your left wrist and hand, extend your right forearm over the baby's body to protect the baby's legs, and support the baby's buttocks and waist with your right hand. This method is a more commonly used posture.

3. Don’t hold your baby vertically:

The head of a newborn baby accounts for 1/4 of the body length. When holding the baby upright, the weight of the baby's head is entirely on the cervical spine. When the baby is 1-2 months old, the neck muscles are not fully developed and are weak. This incorrect holding posture should be used to prevent damage to the baby's spine. These injuries are not easy to detect at the time, but may affect the child's future growth and development. Therefore, it is not advisable to hold the baby in a straight vertical position.

4. Don’t hold for too long:

People's love for their children has reached an unparalleled level. They can't kiss them enough, they don't love them enough, and they start holding their children just a few days after they are born. Little do people know that this practice violates the natural laws of infant growth and development and is harmful rather than beneficial to the child.

(1) Newborn babies need 20 hours of sleep a day; babies around 6 months old need about 16 hours of sleep. Therefore, except for special circumstances such as feeding and changing diapers, do not hold the baby too much.

(2) Due to physiological characteristics, the stomach and cardia muscles of infants are relatively relaxed, but the pyloric muscles are very tight. In this case, if the infant is held in the arms and played with after breastfeeding or feeding, food can easily overflow from the cardia and cause vomiting.

(3) Babies’ bones grow very quickly. If they are held in the arms for a long time, it will be extremely detrimental to the normal growth of their bones. It is necessary to take your baby out to bask in the sun from time to time to enhance his immunity, but the time should not be too long.

5. Mother-child communication:

Holding the baby in this way allows the mother and baby to face each other, which is most conducive to communication and conversation between parent and child. The mother can also gently swing the baby in front of the mother to make the baby more relaxed and happier.