Babies always drooling makes mothers headache, even some have formed a rash, and do not know how to care? Some mothers say that just because the baby drooling, prepared more than 10 drool wipes, a day almost used. Today we’re going to talk about baby drooling! Find out the cause of drooling For most babies drooling is a normal phenomenon. After birth, babies only eat breast milk or formula, and these foods do not stimulate the salivary glands, so the secretion of saliva is very little, at this time the baby generally rarely drool out. 3 to 4 months saliva secretion began to increase. At the age of 6 months, the baby starts to eat starchy supplementary food, which stimulates the secretion of salivary amylase, plus some babies also like to suck their fingers, which increases the secretion of salivary glands. The baby’s mouth is small and shallow, and swallowing function is not sound, will not swallow the drool, so the drool will flow out especially much. Babies will also drool during the normal teething stage. Teething will stimulate the secretion of salivary glands, resulting in increased saliva; teething is prone to swollen gums, and there will be a slightly itchy situation, which will make the baby feel uncomfortable in the mouth, which will lead to the phenomenon of drooling, this is a normal phenomenon, you can let the baby eat some teething sticks, or use dental chew gum, can relieve the itchy gums. 1, oral diseases: throat or oral virus infection, throat streptococcal infection, tonsillitis, mouth ulcers, etc. may cause baby drooling. If the baby has drooling and is accompanied by crying, parents need to observe the baby’s oral health condition. If the baby is found to have ulcers, redness and congestion in the mouth, or loss of appetite, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible to receive examination and treatment. 2, choking: if the child suddenly drooling, can not speak, whistling difficulty, may be stuck by food or foreign objects, you need to promptly call the emergency number. While waiting for the ambulance to arrive, use the Heimlich maneuver (not expected to be used, but must be learned as a parent) to do so. 3, swallowing dysfunction: often accompanied by delayed language development, this time it is necessary to go to professional institutions to do swallowing function as well as language skills training. What should I do if my baby is drooling? If the drooling is pathological, take your baby to the hospital in time. If it is physiological drooling, the following methods can be used to take care of it. 1, keep the skin around the mouth clean and dry Mom can usually wear a small bib for the baby, when there is drool out, to use a soft, absorbent cotton handkerchief to wipe. If the drooling is serious, be sure to wipe it regularly and smear an oil-like substance around the mouth to protect the baby’s skin. If the drool is on clothes, pillowcases, quilts, etc., you should also pay attention to changing and washing regularly to prevent bacteria from growing. Baby’s used small towels should be washed and ironed frequently and put in the sun to sterilize. Once the baby’s perioral skin is soaked with saliva for a long time, it is easy to develop a saliva rash, and in serious cases, it can even break out and flow. Here are three points to note: Do not use wet wipes to wipe the baby’s drool, wipes may contain disinfectant ingredients, which will again stimulate the baby’s delicate skin, affecting the recovery of drool rash. For isolation with the choice of oil-like substances. Because it is applied around the baby’s mouth, it is easy to be licked into the baby’s mouth, so you need to follow the principles of safe and edible, not easy to be allergic and drug-free, for example, you can use olive oil, medical paraffin oil, etc. For the time to apply the oily substance. Since babies have a lot of activity during the day, it is easy to wipe off the applied oil when their little hands are rubbed, so mothers can dip their babies in time to dry their saliva during the day and then apply it for them at night when they are sleeping. Usually, mild drool rash will soon improve through the skin care in the above way. Of course, if after care, the baby’s drool rash is still not significantly improved, or the local skin appears broken phenomenon, then you should take the baby to the dermatologist, ask the doctor for examination and treatment. 2, exercise the baby’s oral coordination baby in the addition of complementary foods, follow the order of mud – froth – crushed. In the baby add “mud” stage, you can also prepare some finger food for the baby, teach the baby to chew. When the baby is a little older, you can also feed him foods such as egg cakes and small cookies. Let your baby imitate the swallowing action of mommy and daddy. Parents can exaggerate a bit when doing the swallowing action so that your baby can learn. Through these ways to increase the baby’s swallowing function, the secretion of salivary glands needs to be balanced with the swallowing and oral coordination ability to reduce the baby’s drooling. To sum up: saliva still has many benefits for babies, as long as it is not pathological drooling. Adding solid food, saliva can play a role in softening and moistening food; removing residual food and protecting teeth; the antacids in saliva will neutralize stomach acid to promote digestion. With physiological salivation, parents will not need to be anxious and will be able to follow the above care instructions.