Drooling is an experience that almost every baby will have. Do mothers think it is normal for babies to drool? Baby drooling is a normal physiological phenomenon It is normal for children to drool when they are small, because their chewing ability and facial muscle contraction ability are weak, so that their mouths are always closed, and only then does the drooling occur. The newborn baby’s saliva is only enough to moisten the oral mucosa, and the baby’s saliva secretion will only increase significantly when the baby is 3 months old. When babies are 4 to 5 months old, they start to add complementary foods. Food containing starch is gradually added to the diet, and salivary glands are stimulated by these foods, and saliva secretion increases significantly. In addition, the baby’s mouth is small and shallow, the swallowing reflex is not yet sound, will not use the swallowing action to regulate the saliva, so as long as the saliva is more, it will spread over the “dike”, flowing out of the mouth. 6 to 7 months of age, the baby began to grow the first teeth. When the milk teeth erupt, small teeth out of the gums to grow outward, will cause mild swelling of the gum tissue discomfort, which stimulates the nerves on the gums, resulting in increased salivary gland reflex secretion. At this time, see more than half a year old baby drooling, often suggesting that the baby to grow teeth, young mothers should be happy ah. In addition, many babies like to put their fingers, rubber nipples, etc. into their mouths to suck, which also stimulates the secretion of salivary glands and increases saliva. Due to the different growth and development of each baby, fast growing children will stop drooling when they are one and a half years old, and most children will stop drooling before they are two years old due to the maturity of their muscle motor functions and the ability to gradually and effectively control their swallowing actions. The pros and cons of baby drooling talk about the pros 1, when the baby’s teeth to break through the flesh tissue, will inevitably cause tissue swelling and pain, more saliva can play a role in lubrication, reduce the inflammation around the teeth easy to inflame the situation. 2, saliva can keep the mouth moist. 3.Saliva can stimulate the baby’s taste buds and will also promote the formation of swallowing action. 4.It can promote the movement of lips and tongue, which helps to speak. 5.It can keep the mouth and teeth clean. There is also an antibacterial effect, saliva can form a film of non-cellular components on the teeth, which helps prevent tooth decay. Cons 1.It affects the appearance and is troublesome to clean. 2.Saliva is acidic and contains some digestive enzymes and other substances, so it does not invade deep inside the mouth because it is protected by mucous membrane. But when saliva flows out to the skin, it is easy to corrode the outermost stratum corneum of the skin, leading to skin inflammation and eczema and other pediatric skin diseases. 3, if after the age of two or so, it will not only affect the appearance, but also may affect their ability to speak and socialize. Drooling – a mirror reflecting oral diseases If your baby drools especially badly, you should go to the hospital for an examination to see if there are any abnormal diseases in the baby’s mouth, whether the swallowing function is normal and so on. If the child grows up and still drools, it is possible that there is poor neurological or endocrine development, or inflammation in the mouth as well as indigestion, etc., which must be diagnosed and treated. If the baby has blisters on the lips, corners of the mouth or around the mouth, it means that the baby may have ulcers in the mouth and may be suffering from stomatitis. If the baby’s has lesions such as maxillofacial trauma, damaged oral mucosa, rupture, inflammation or rotten teeth, which stimulate increased secretion of salivary glands, drooling will also occur. Some of them also have yellow or light red mucus with foul odor, which should be treated by the stomatology department. How to take good care of children who spit bubbles 1, often drooling baby, they should always wipe the drool around the mouth, do not wipe hard, gently wipe the drool dry, so as not to damage the local skin. Commonly used warm water to wash the mouth water everywhere, and then coated with grease to protect the skin of the chin and neck. 2, the bib is a special baby clothing, but also a good mother’s parenting assistant, it can not only protect the coat from being dirty, or a decorative, clean white bib can also help children from childhood to develop a love of neatness, good habits of hygiene. In addition, the bib should often be kept neat and dry so that the baby will feel comfortable and happy to use. 3, baby’s tops, pillows, bedding is often contaminated by drool, should be washed and dried regularly to avoid breeding bacteria. 4, in the increase of complementary food (4 to 6 months) began to eat rice flour, parents consciously strengthen its sucking, sucking, swallowing, swallowing ability; to wait for the child’s teeth, we should try to give him less semi-liquid food, or cooked especially bad food, but to choose something slightly hard (such as egg cake, etc.), to improve his chewing ability. 5, after the age of two, parents can also take a straw to drink, or blow up a balloon to train the child’s oral muscle contraction ability. When blowing balloons, parents can teach him to close his mouth first, and then slowly toot his cheeks, leaving a small hole at the mouth to blow; when this action is skilled, and then let him learn to breathe in deeply, and blow against the balloon hole. This repeated inhalation and blowing, the cheeks need to keep drumming and contraction, which in turn prompted the oral muscles to exercise. Of course, the same reason, blowing the flute, blowing bubbles, etc., can also help exercise the child’s oral muscles and solve the problem of drooling.