Every moment of a child's growth embodies the endless love and dedication of parents. It is said that children are a mirror of parents, and every word and deed of parents has a subtle effect on children.
However, in daily life, some seemingly harmless habits or behaviors in parents may quietly affect or even directly harm children's brain development!
Not long ago, a family surveillance video leaked on the Internet, and a young father caused a family tragedy due to improper ways to comfort the baby! The father may have been coaxing the crying baby at the time, and in order to make him happy, he habitually threw the child into the air and caught it.
However, unexpectedly, an accident happened, in the process of throwing and catching, Bao Dad missed, the baby fell to the ground, and the head was hit hard! In the end, although his life was saved, he was left with serious neurological sequelae.
This incident is a wake-up call for parents! In fact, there are not a few such cases in life, in addition, there are the following 10 behaviors that harm the baby's brain development, parents must not be careless!
01 Shake your baby vigorously
As mentioned earlier, parents originally intended to soothe the baby's emotions, but it is really dangerous to shake violently! The baby's brain tissue is not fully developed, and it is extremely sensitive to external forces, such as violent shaking, which is particularly prone to concussion, intracranial hemorrhage and other conditions.
Reminder
If you want to soothe your baby, take a gentle approach. For example, gently petting, humming a lullaby, using a pacifier, or changing the baby's environment to distract him. In conclusion, be sure to avoid any form of vigorous shaking.
02 Overnutrition and imbalance
Many parents like to raise fat babies, and some parents are always worried that their children will not be able to eat enough and lack nutrition, so they will try their best to let their babies eat more. Or the blind pursuit of "high-nutrition" food, resulting in overnutrition or imbalance in children.
Reminder
Excessive nutrient intake will increase the burden on your baby's body and affect the normal development of the brain. Overnutrition makes it easy to become obese, which in turn affects the activity of brain cells. Therefore, we need to ensure that the baby's diet is balanced and nutritionally comprehensive, and avoid overeating or single type.
03 Lack of sleep
Modern life is fast-paced, and many parents have irregular schedules and stay up late. But parents don't rest, and babies also fall asleep unintentionally. Long-term late sleep and irregular work and rest will lead to serious lack of sleep in the baby and affect the normal function of the brain.
Reminder
The main way the brain relieves fatigue is through sleep. If you don't get enough sleep for a long time or have poor quality, it will affect your baby's mental development and emotional stability. So we should make sure that your child gets enough sleep and help him establish good sleep habits.
04 Eat soft and rotten food for a long time
At the beginning of adding complementary food, the baby should indeed eat some soft and rotten food to be more conducive to digestion and absorption. However, if you eat soft and rotten food for a long time, it will affect the development of your baby's oral muscles, which in turn will affect her language ability and chewing ability.
Reminder
To add complementary food to the baby, we should follow the principle of from less to more, from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, from soft to hard, and gradually increase the type and quantity of complementary food. Proper chewing training can help stimulate brain development, and can also improve your baby's cognitive level and self-expression skills.
05 Lack of effective companionship and communication
Some babies are born well-behaved dolls, even if the adults are not around, they do not cry or make trouble, so that you often ignore him. Some parents are too busy with work or other affairs to communicate with their babies very little, resulting in a lack of effective companionship for their children.
Reminder
0-3 years old is a critical period for the development of the baby's brain, effective companionship and communication, can promote neuronal connection. Therefore, we should spend time with our babies as much as possible, and interact with them face-to-face, with good stimulation, so that the brain is more responsive and becomes smarter.
06 Talk too little to your baby
Many parents may feel that babies can't speak and can't understand what adults say, so they rarely use words to communicate. Or, many parents will use a story machine instead of telling stories to their babies.
Reminder
Babies gradually develop their own language skills by observing and imitating the mouth shapes, expressions and pronunciations of adults face-to-face. If parents rarely talk to their baby, it will undoubtedly reduce his learning opportunities and may lead to delayed language development.
07 Lack of time for outdoor activities
Most babies are naturally active, but many times, we may be concerned about our baby's safety or other reasons, and limit their outdoor activity time, resulting in insufficient exercise for our baby.
Reminder
Exercise helps your baby get fit and also promotes brain development. Because neurons in the brain communicate more frequently when exercising, it helps to improve your baby's concentration and memory. Therefore, we should encourage our babies to participate in outdoor activities and do physical exercise appropriately.
08 Over-reliance on electronics
Sometimes, in order to make it easier to care for or comfort the baby, parents let the child look at the phone or tablet. However, the blue light of the electronic screen can interfere with the baby's biological clock and affect the quality of sleep; And excessive use of electronic products will deprive babies of concentration and imagination, which is not conducive to the overall development of the brain.
Reminder
We should strictly control the time and frequency of the baby's contact with electronic products, and it is recommended to use toys, parent-child companionship or outdoor play instead of playing with electronic products, which is more conducive to the baby's physical and mental development.
09 Ignoring the importance of early education
Many parents feel that their babies are still young and do not understand anything, so there is no need for early education. However, a large number of practices have proved that early education has a very positive effect on the baby's brain development.
Reminder
Early education can not only enrich the baby's knowledge reserve, but also promote the development of its sensory, language, cognitive and other abilities. Therefore, in any case, we must pay attention to early education, and provide rich learning opportunities for babies through parent-child reading, educational toys, etc.
10 Tense family atmosphere
The so-called "family has a scripture that is difficult to read", some family couples often quarrel because of daily trivial matters, which seems to be tense and depressing, which will bring huge psychological pressure to the baby.
Reminder
Babies who are chronically stressed have increased stress levels, leading to excessive cortisol production, which in turn damages brain areas such as the hippocampus, which are responsible for memory and learning. Therefore, in order to raise a healthy and healthy baby, parents should strive to create a harmonious and warm family atmosphere.
epilogue
Baby's brain development is a complex and delicate process, which requires careful care and correct guidance from parents. The above 10 wrong behaviors may seem insignificant, but in fact they may cause irreversible damage to the baby's brain development, and parents must avoid it!
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