The baby is now 6 months old, probably because of teething, so recently there has been a lot of drool, although often to wipe the drool, but the baby’s chin skin is still red, but also some small rashes, baby love drool to how to care for it? In addition to teething babies will drool, there are no other circumstances that can cause a baby to drool a lot? Baby drooling is a relatively common situation in infancy, mothers should know that baby drooling, in fact, hides a lot of health secrets. There are many signs of illnesses that can be reflected by drooling. Today we will talk with you about the little secrets of baby’s saliva. 1~2 years old baby saliva is a normal phenomenon! Before the baby is 2 months old, the salivary gland secretion function is not perfect, so the amount of saliva secretion is small, generally will not appear drooling; 3 months later, the baby saliva secretion began to increase; 6 months, with the gradual eruption of milk teeth and the addition of complementary food, the baby’s saliva will flow more frequently, because teething will cause mild swelling of the root tissue, thus stimulating the root nerve, so the salivary gland The baby’s ability to swallow is not yet perfect, so this excess saliva will “fly down”. Most cases of baby drooling is a normal phenomenon, especially in 1 to 2 years old babies, mothers do not need to worry about this, most of the 2 years old after the baby with the ability to swallow saliva gradually sound, this drooling phenomenon naturally disappeared. Some babies are already 2 years old, drooling is still wild, what is the reason? 1, chewing and swallowing function is poor Some babies grow up still drooling, it is likely that the baby eat too fine complementary food, chewing and swallowing function is poor, or long-term gripper pacifier, will make the tongue is not fully exercised. 2, baby suffering from oral diseases baby if suffering from tonsillitis, oral ulcers and other diseases, pain will stimulate the salivary glands to produce a lot of saliva, saliva can not be swallowed by the baby in a timely manner, it will flow outside. 3, the baby suffers from whistling tract disease suffering from rhinitis, nasal congestion, adenoid hypertrophy, tonsillar enlargement and other whistling tract diseases of the baby, used to open mouth whistling, but also easy to involuntarily drool. 4, cerebral palsy or congenital dementia If the baby is also accompanied by mental retardation, motor development backward and other problems, will also lead to drooling, the mother should promptly take the baby to the hospital for examination, to exclude cerebral palsy or congenital dementia and other causes. Excessive drooling can easily cause drooling rash, how to take care of it? As saliva is acidic and contains digestive enzymes and other substances, it has a corrosive and irritating effect on the skin, which can easily trigger drool rash. Therefore, mothers must strengthen the baby’s perioral care. 1, the skin around the mouth to keep clean and dry Mom can usually wear a small bib to the baby, when there is drool out, to use a soft texture, absorbent cotton handkerchief to wipe. If the conditions allow, you can use warm water to wash the skin that drooled, and then smear it with isolated oil to protect the baby’s skin. If the drool flows onto clothes, pillowcases, quilts, etc., you should also pay attention to changing and washing them regularly to prevent the growth of bacteria. 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: (1) Do not use wet wipes to wipe the baby’s drool, wipes may contain disinfectant ingredients will again stimulate the baby’s delicate skin, affecting the recovery of drool rash. (2) For the choice of oil for isolation, 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. (3) For the time to apply the oil, because babies are active during the day, a small hand can easily wipe off the applied oil, so the mother can use the way to care for the baby’s drool rash by dipping the baby’s saliva in time during the day and then applying the oil to the baby at night when he sleeps. Usually, a mild drool rash will soon improve with the above skin care. 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 your baby to the dermatologist for examination and treatment. 2, exercise the baby’s oral coordination usually can let the little baby imitate the action of the mother and father swallowing saliva. When the baby is a little older, you can also feed him egg cakes, small cookies and other foods. Through these ways to increase the baby’s swallowing function, the secretion of salivary glands need to maintain a balance with the swallowing and oral coordination ability to reduce the baby drooling.