2-3 months is really the cutest time for the baby. When making him laugh, his fingers can be spread out and folded on his chest to play. He can grasp clothes, hair and occasionally eat his fingers.
Today, we will tell you what changes have taken place in the baby’s physical function between 2 and 3 months old and what special care we should give to these changes.
Lie prone can raise your head and chest.
One of the most important improvements for the baby in these two months is the enhancement of neck strength.
Less than two months later, when you let him lie prone in a place, he will struggle to look around, perhaps only for a second or two. When holding the baby upright, his head will also lean back feebly.
However, parents can strengthen the strength of the baby’s neck muscles through the practice of lying prone and holding vertically. When the baby is more than three months old, he can support his head and chest with his arms, and his head can also stand up steadily without falling to any place.
Key points of nursing:
At this time, when parents hold the baby, they do not need to hold his head and neck as before, but when they suddenly move or apply force, they still need to do some protection to the head.
Kick and turn over
At the age of 2 months, the baby’s legs will slowly straighten out from the curled-up posture at birth, becoming stronger and more active. After 3 months, you can even turn over by kicking your legs.
Key points of nursing:
When there is no one to take care of the baby, never put the baby alone on the bed, sofa and other objects above the ground.
Be very careful when changing diapers and other operations on the high platform to prevent the baby from falling.
New Skills: Catching Things
At the beginning of the birth, the baby’s small hand is willing to hold tightly into a fist, but in a short period of 3 months, you will find that the baby’s small hand is relaxed, opened and held from time to time. If a small toy is put in his hand, he will hold it immediately and may put the toy into his mouth.
He seems to be very interested in his small hands. His fingers alone can be targeted for a long time, and he will keep trying to put his hands into his mouth. However, most cases will not succeed, and occasionally he will quickly and feebly put them down.
The more flexible the baby is, the more parents should pay attention to the safety of the baby.
Key points of nursing:
- For babies of 2 ~ 3 months old, do not hang toys on the crib, because the child may tear them off and eat them by mistake or be entangled in them. You can show, touch and grasp some small toys with bright colors to your baby under the condition of being cared for, but the size cannot be smaller than your baby’s mouth. Always check whether the small parts on the toy are firm and whether there are sharp corners to prevent the baby from eating, suffocating or scratching by mistake.
No addition, exclusive breastfeeding
As we have said before, breast milk is the best food for babies. Exclusive breast-feeding can provide all the water, energy and nutrients needed by babies within 6 months old. During this period, no extra water is needed. In some special circumstances, if mothers cannot realize exclusive breast-feeding and feed with formula milk, no extra water is needed.
Key points of nursing:
In order to help mothers achieve the goal of insisting on exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, the guidelines of the Chinese Nutrition Society also put forward the following suggestions:
- Feeding on demand instead of regular feeding; Alternate feeding of breasts on both sides; Feeding 6-8 times a day, or more; Adhere to let the baby suck breast milk directly, as far as possible not to use bottles to indirectly feed artificially squeezed breast milk, so that the baby can eat more milk.
Gathering belly, not constipation
Once a mother left a message to Ding Ma saying, “Her baby has been feeding breast milk all the time. It was normal to eat breast milk and defecate before, but it has not been pulled in recent days. I heard people say that this is the baby saving belly. Don’t worry, but I don’t pull for several days. What if it is constipation instead of saving belly?” ]
Is what saving his stomach?
Some babies are born 3 ~ 6 weeks later, because the digestion ability gradually improves, the digestion and absorption of breast milk are relatively thorough, leaving very little solid residue, unable to produce enough stimulation to the rectum, often need to accumulate several days to defecate once. This phenomenon is the common saying [save belly].
When the baby has the phenomenon of saving belly, it often shows that the mother’s breast milk is of good quality and balanced nutrition, which can be fully digested and absorbed by the baby.
However, not every baby will have a saved belly. If their baby does not have a saved belly, mothers should not think that this is abnormal, nor should they think that their milk is of poor quality and add formula milk to their baby.
Key points of nursing:
- When the baby shows signs of saving his belly, as long as the stool pulled out is still soft, all aspects of eating and sleeping are normal, his mental state is good, and his weight is steadily increasing, his parents can not do extra work in what, let alone feed water. If the baby has difficulty defecating, the stool texture becomes hard, or is small granular, even there is blood on the stool, and the defecation is accompanied by pain, these situations often indicate that the baby may have constipation, and it is recommended to consult a doctor. Breastfed babies generally do not suffer from constipation, while milk powder fed babies are relatively prone to constipation.
Can’t sleep at night
After two months, children will become fond of contact with people and will wake up more during the day. In addition, due to the increase of stomach volume, the number of times they eat milk at night will gradually decrease.
At the age of 3 months, some babies will sleep all night (6-8 hours). (Are mothers very happy?)
Key points of nursing:
As the baby’s activities increase, the following problems must be paid attention to when sleeping to prevent the occurrence of baby asphyxia:
- Should lie on his back to sleep, and monitor at any time, don’t let him turn over face down; Do not place soft bedding in the crib, including blankets, pillows, quilts, etc. These items will increase the risk of baby suffocation. Don’t put your child in an adult’s bed. It is safest for a baby to sleep in his crib. At the age of two months, the use of swaddling clothes should be stopped, because children can turn over at this time, and turning over in swaddling clothes sometimes leads to danger. Smoking is not allowed where children sleep.