What is the micturition period? The micturition period refers to the period of infancy and early childhood when the infant is in a state of complete lack of self-reliance and is dependent on the mother or other nurturer for life. The “mouth is the center of the infant’s life and interest. Eating milk is with the mouth; when hungry or uncomfortable, crying with the mouth; when angry, biting the mother’s nipple with the mouth and grabbing things and stuffing them into the mouth, which is his only means of awareness.” An ultrasound examination will reveal that fetuses also suck their fingers in the womb; newborn babies then suck on their mother’s breast and pacifier; they stuff anything they see around them that interests them into their mouths as an activity of self-entertainment and self enjoyment. What do babies do during the micturition period? The order of neurological development of babies is from the center to the periphery, and the perioral nerves of small babies develop earlier than the nerves of the hands. environment. So he will touch what lick what, this is baby is learning it! Before 4 months of age, when babies eat their hands, they do not know that they are eating “hands”, they are using their mouths to study this object with five forks. During this time, if he has eaten enough, play enough, sleep enough, he still want to eat hands, you can let him eat as much as he wants to meet his cognitive desire. Within 6 months of the baby eat hands, toys, etc. is a normal process, in the premise of cleanliness and hygiene should be fully satisfied. You can also use some safe toys, such as bites, teething rings as a substitute, which not only meets the psychological needs of the micturition period, but also helps the eruption of milk teeth, which is conducive to language development. The psychology of the oral period babies are “self-centered”, or to be precise, they can not distinguish between themselves and the outside world, coupled with the growth of complete dependence on parents, and can be especially good care and love of the mother, there is an illusion and illusion of themselves that is the world, themselves that is God, so “Therefore, the means of “eating” is not only to satisfy one’s need for food, but also to express the desire to “integrate what is eaten with oneself, so as to truly nourish oneself. The breakdown of this illusion begins with the separation of the infant from the mother – when they realize that they do not have full control over their mother’s actions, especially the supply of breast milk, they instinctively vent their anxiety and anger by crying and biting their mother’s nipples, but this does not prevent weaning and the reduction of their mother’s presence, so they will They experience the first “grief” in their lives, i.e., “my mother is different from me, she is not under my control”, and thus complete the distinction between the human and the self, and begin to form the concept and sense of “self”. The concept and consciousness of “self” begin to form. Parental affection during the oral period Affection from parents and the outside world makes the infant feel desired and needed, and “basic anxiety” is relieved. Without sufficient affection, the infant will feel superfluous and unwanted, and will be filled with anxiety and fear. Every time I read about abandoned babies from journalists, they are found without even the strength to fight – to cry – and are left with trembling, empty eyes. Unsatisfied basic anxieties lead to the so-called “oral fixation” of the infant, i.e., the constant search for direct or alternative satisfaction of the serious lack of care during this period in the future development, which in the present country is abundantly reflected in the inordinate amount of food and drink. The meaning is of course very simple: to store fat and survive famine, which is an animal instinct inherited from human beings. Without the support of “breast milk”, a “baby” can only cope with the dangers of the environment if it has enough energy of its own. This is not the only reason for the personality of the micturition period. The second stage of human development, after successfully passing the oral phase, is the anal phase, i.e. “autonomy versus shyness”, “pre-operational phase” and “early childhood”. During this period, children are able to distinguish between the human self and will learn to distinguish between the object self. The outside world becomes more complex and more people enter their lives. Parents are no longer unconditionally giving and loving, but instead discipline, compliance, and the resulting sense of control. The first thing a child learns to control is his or her own bowel movements, from adults changing his or her diapers to being able to control and complete his or her own bowel movements, experiencing that he or she can control and influence his or her own behavior, which sets the stage for learning and following the rules of the outside world. An article on the “anal phase” will be presented later. The consequences of a lag in the micturition period If parents stop their children from eating their hands in a rude or simple way during this period, they will continue to eat their hands, nails, and feet after the micturition period has passed, and will grow up to be a glutton, smoker, drinker, rapper, and nagger. The sudden interruption of breastfeeding and the relentless deprivation of the baby’s oral appetite may lead to habitual biting, biting and verbal aggression or habitual obscenity in the future. From the experts’ research, it can be seen that the phenomenon of “micturition” before the age of one is not an accidental phenomenon, not to mention a bad habit, generally around one and a half years old, the rapid development of young children, the scope of activities to increase, the interest shift can be corrected on its own. If the infant is not properly guided and satisfied during this period, the “micturition period” will be excessively prolonged, which is a psychological phenomenon called “over-compensation” in psychology. This is a psychological phenomenon called “overcompensation”. Bad oral habits are one of the important causes of malocclusion, according to the statistics of the Department of Orthodontics of Beijing Medical University, accounting for about 1/4 of the causes of all kinds of malocclusion. there are many kinds of bad oral habits, some of which can lead to changes in bones, muscles, teeth and other aspects, specifically the following types: 1, finger-sucking habits: it is generally believed that finger-sucking before the age of 2 does not belong to bad oral habits, but If this action continues beyond the age of 3, it may have undesirable consequences and lead to obvious malocclusion. When finger sucking, the finger is placed between the upper and lower front teeth that are erupting, which prevents the normal eruption of the front teeth and forms a rounded open jaw, on top of which the habit of tongue extension can develop and aggravate the degree of open jaw. Due to the contraction of the buccal muscle during finger-sucking, the air pressure in the oral cavity is lowered, and the dental arch is narrowed, the upper front teeth protrude forward, the lips are opened and the teeth are exposed, and there is unilateral back teeth rejaw. 2, biting habits: mostly seen biting pencils, nails, also seen biting corners of clothes, quilt corners, pillow corners, etc.. Because the bite is fixed in a certain part of the dental arch, it often forms a small open jaw in that part. Some children are accustomed to biting clothes with the front teeth and pulling forward with a firm grip, which can make the upper front teeth lip to tilt and cause deep coverage of the front teeth. 3, lip biting habits: lip biting mostly occurs between the ages of 6 and 15. When biting the lower lip, the lower lip is on the lingual side of the upper front teeth and the labial side of the lower front teeth, thus increasing the pressure on the lingual side of the upper front teeth and the pressure on the labial side of the lower front teeth, causing the upper front teeth to tilt and shift to the labial side and appearing as a gap, impeding the development of the lower dental arch and the lower jaw forward and pressing the lower front teeth to tilt to the lingual side in a crowded state, forming deep coverage between the upper and lower front teeth. The patient’s face shows symptoms such as open lip, short and thick upper lip, anterior protrusion of upper front teeth and receding lower jaw. The abnormal pressure generated by biting the upper lip and the mechanism of forming misshapen jaw is the opposite of biting the lower lip, which can easily cause deformities such as lingual inclination of upper front teeth, lip inclination of lower front teeth, jaw protrusion of anterior teeth and jaw retrusion and near-medium misshapen jaw. 4, licking habits: children often lick the tip of the tongue to lick the loose milk teeth, milk tooth stumps or the first permanent teeth, thus forming a licking habit. The licking habit can increase the force of the tongue muscle on the teeth, so that the local teeth tilt, gap, and in serious cases, the formation of anti-jaw. If you lick the upper and lower teeth at the same time, the formation of double jaw protrusion. 5, tongue licking habits: tongue licking habits are mostly harmful to cause open jaw deformity, sometimes because the tongue muscle on the incisors tongue side of the pressure increases, can cause the front teeth lip tilt and appear scattered gaps. Tongue spitting habit is often accompanied by jaw forward movement, so in addition to the vertical pressure of the lingual muscle caused by the front teeth open jaw, can also form the jaw protrusion. 6, sideways chewing habit: sideways chewing is mostly due to one side of the back teeth have deep caries or have residual crown, residual root, and even have missing teeth, affecting the normal chewing of the side, the child is used to chewing food with the healthy side, and form sideways chewing habit for a long time. As a result of partial chewing, the lower jaw shifts to the healthy side, the dental arch rotates to the healthy side, resulting in the healthy side of the posterior teeth to the jaw or anti-jaw, the lower midline also shifts to the healthy side, the healthy side of the posterior teeth far from the jaw, the waste side tends to near the mid relationship, and the left and right sides of the face develop asymmetrically. 7, cheek rest and unilateral pillow habit: children often use their hands to rest their cheeks or support the cheek when reading or thinking about the problem, and often put their hands, elbows or fists under one side of the face when sleeping, so forming a habit, it will obstruct the normal development of the jaw and facial symmetry. The baby’s oral period of education Many bad habits of children are caused by the lack of psychological satisfaction. In addition to the sensitive period in the infant “mouth” should be satisfied, but also should be more hugs, touch, teasing, intimacy, breastfeeding, mother’s smile and care, can make the infant happy and a sense of security, but also to prevent the formation of bad oral habits. If the formation of bad oral habits, as far as possible to take appropriate psychological diversion methods, do not violent and simple to stop, intimidation, and even scolding, so as not to cause the child’s rebellious psychology, the results are counterproductive; and repeated reminders, is equivalent to repeated emphasis on attention, will cause tension and anxiety in children, more difficult to quit bad habits; at this time, should be used to divert attention to the method, through other let its At this time, the child should be distracted from the habit by other things that interest him or her or by outdoor activities. Most children in this period will be entering kindergarten while learning to eat, play, and do simple activities on their own. They need both a norm and a rigorous practice of that norm, including the physical presence of the instructor. They cannot interpret rules “reversibly and contextually” as they do in the adult world, and once they perceive them as authoritative, they must strictly enforce them, or else the rules themselves are dispensable. In this enforcement and adherence to rules, they gain a sense of certainty and security similar to controlling their own excretion, which allows them to become independent and transition smoothly to higher stages of development. Unfortunately, Chinese parents and kindergarten teachers appear to be both strict and overly permissive during this period. This is so because they do not follow fixed, orderly rules, but rather act in the manner of an emperor to his subjects, either coddling and indulging or strictly restraining, arbitrarily and according to their personal likes and dislikes more often than not, and physically far less. In this kind of growing environment, where there are no specific rules, the child can easily feel at a loss, that is, everything he does is just obedience to authority or even to please, which will deprive them of the sense of independence and security necessary to grow up, so that they are forced to rely on (parents) again, thus being knocked back to the oral period and the formation of the same fixation.