There are many babies around who have pillow baldness, and when mothers see their babies’ hair thinning in that circle, their first reaction is that their babies are deficient in calcium! Immediately after that, they should consider taking calcium supplements urgently. However, in most cases, parents will find that the calcium supplements eat a lot, the stool appears dry or even constipated, but the pillow baldness is still not changed. Are you also worried about the problem of your baby’s pillow baldness? Today we will talk about this problem. The more young the baby is, the more people will appear, and as the baby grows up, the pillow baldness will slowly get better. 2 years old and above rarely have the problem of pillow baldness. Because parents do not understand the causes of pillow baldness, or are too worried about the baby’s lack of calcium and other problems, causing parents to see the pillow baldness linked to the baby’s lack of calcium, thinking that it is caused by the baby’s lack of calcium, a manifestation of calcium deficiency. As we continue to research, we find that pillow baldness is not necessarily linked to calcium deficiency, and there is no scientific basis for judging whether a baby is calcium deficient by pillow baldness. What is the root cause of pillow baldness? In fact, the culprit of occipital baldness is caused by the baby’s friction. As I said before, the smaller the baby, the greater the chance of occipital baldness, because the smaller the baby, the longer he or she lies down. Repeated local friction causes hair to fall out, and occipital baldness is formed. A baby lying down for a long time causes the appearance of pillow baldness The smaller the baby is, the more he or she cannot sit and stand, and some parents even worry that lying down will affect the baby’s growth and development, so the baby can only spend most of the time lying in bed or being held by parents. This causes the baby’s head to either come in contact with the bed sheet or pillow, or with the parent’s clothes or skin; moreover, babies can only control their necks to rock back and forth due to their young age and will not turn over, so the chances of the baby’s head rubbing back and forth on the pillow, bed sheet, clothes, and skin are much higher than those babies who can sit or stand. The baby’s hair follicles are shallow, and repeated rubbing causes the baby’s hair to be rubbed off, especially at the back of the head, the sides of the ears, and other raised locations on the head, which is most likely to be rubbed off, resulting in occipital baldness. Because babies grow very fast and have a very strong metabolism, and because the baby’s nervous system (sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system), which controls sweating, is not well developed, most babies sweat easily, especially during sleep, when they wake up and when they eat milk, parents often see their babies sweating profusely. As the baby is stimulated by sweat, causing frequent head shaking, sweat plus friction, more conducive to trigger local hair loss. Here to remind parents that sweating is also not a symptom of calcium deficiency in babies, the reason is that the previously mentioned cause of baby sweating is caused by the imperfect development of the nervous system. Third, the attraction of the external environment makes babies shake their heads frequently Many babies shake their heads habitually as a way of self-soothing before going to sleep or when they are irritable, which is also the cause of pillow baldness in babies. A few babies’ habit of shaking their heads before bedtime may last until they are more than 2 or 3 years old. In addition, outside sounds and beautiful scenery, which are very attractive to babies, can also make them shake their heads frequently and trigger occipital baldness. Finally, and most importantly, if your baby has eczema, the itchy head will also cause your baby to shake his or her head more frequently and aggravate the pillow baldness, and the eczema itself is a skin inflammation that will prevent the growth of your baby’s hair, thus keeping the pillow baldness from improving for a long time. How to improve the problem of pillow baldness? We already know that the root cause of the baby’s pillow baldness is because the baby rubs and sweats too much, so the key to improving the problem of the baby’s pillow baldness is to reduce the friction and sweating in the area where the pillow baldness occurs. First of all, it must be said that shaving your baby’s head is not the right way to reduce pillow baldness! Some parents believe that the baby should be shaved after birth, so that it can well prevent or reduce the baby’s occipital baldness, and can also make the baby’s hair grow thicker. Parents who have practiced this method will find that the baby’s hair grows quickly after shaving, and it doesn’t take long for the hair to grow back in other areas, but the area with occipital baldness is still naked. This is because the root cause of the baby’s pillow baldness has not been solved, so friction and sweating, the two points that cause pillow baldness, are not solved, pillow baldness can not be improved, can only wait for the baby to grow up, pillow baldness naturally disappear. The following 4 points can be done to improve your baby’s pillow baldness 1, let your baby lie down more often Your baby can lie down from birth, but parents need to be careful not to lie down for too long as a child, and secondly, make sure that your baby is accompanied by a parent when lying down to prevent accidents in which your baby holds his breath. As the baby grows up, lying down time can be gradually extended, so that not only can reduce the chance of friction between the baby’s occipital baldness and the sheets, clothing, but also allows the baby to exercise the neck muscles by lifting the head, so that the baby better control of the neck. Then there is colic baby, by lying on his back, can well relieve colic on the baby’s discomfort symptoms. 2, often change the position of sleep For babies who can not turn over, parents can often change the position of the baby sleeping or change the position of the baby sleeping to help reduce the frequency of friction on the baby’s pillow. 3.Hold your baby vertically often In order to reduce the local friction, the mother can protect the baby’s neck while extending it appropriately. Babies who have just turned one month old can lean on their mother’s shoulders, and babies who are 2 or 3 months old can lean on their mother’s chest. I need to remind parents again: before 3 months, when holding the baby vertically, parents must use their hands to hold the baby’s neck. Generally after 3 months, the baby can basically control their own neck cone, can lift the head well, and can turn the head, at this time, parents need to protect the baby’s waist can be. Many parents are afraid to hold the baby vertically because they are worried about the baby’s crest injury, to 3 months has been holding the baby horizontally, which is not only the baby is not happy, but also for the baby to observe the outside world is hindered, is not conducive to the development of baby stereo vision. 4, timely wipe sweat baby sweat is physiological, we can not change, because the baby sweat because the sympathetic nerve and parasympathetic nerve development is still incomplete, we can do for the baby is in time to dry the baby after sweat, often give the baby with water to wash the head, these practices can help the baby to eliminate discomfort, thus reducing the baby shaking head chance, reduce friction. Finally, to sum up, pillow baldness is actually a temporary phenomenon, whether or not there is pillow baldness, and the baby’s health condition basically does not have any relationship, as the baby slowly grows up, when the baby can sit and stand by itself, lying time is reduced, and sleep and sleep process gradually settled, will make the problem of pillow baldness gradually disappear.