There are some small habits that you don’t think, if ignored, may affect the baby’s face value. The baby’s jaw and facial development changes greatly, and some bad habits can easily cause abnormal jaw and facial development. Then in the end what bad habits will make the baby grow uglier and uglier? 1, long-term bottle drinking love bottle drinking baby, “face value” may have lost in the starting line. Always holding the bottle to drink, easy to lead to the teeth are not aligned, upper and lower jaw, teeth protruding outward growth, on the future teeth bite, facial appearance development is not favorable. In the stomatology clinic, most of the teeth bite incorrectly baby, are related to the long time use of the bottle. 1 year old still can’t leave the bottle, may cause the lisp. 1 year old, is the baby’s dental development and language learning critical period, if still long time use the bottle, may cause the speech is ambiguous. In addition, the baby’s immune system development is still not sound, if the pacifier cleaning is not timely or thorough, it is easy to cause infectious diseases. It is recommended to gradually quit the bottle after 1 year old. Drinking from a bottle for a long period of time may also hinder the development of orofacial function. The change from sucking with a bottle to drinking from a cup shows that the baby has developed from relying on the “oral pumping” method in the past to using the mouth and lips. This greatly facilitates the development of oral function, especially the ability of the mouth and lips. Drinking from a bottle all the time hinders this development. Correct Practice In general, babies should be trained to drink from a cup at 6 months of age, starting with a duckbill cup and gradually moving on to a water cup. It is best to start using a cup no later than 10 months of age. The key to training the baby to drink from a cup is to let his lips go from sucking on the nipple to sucking on his own and finally to drinking. Therefore, to start from the closest nipple cup mouth replacement. 2, long-term use of the mouth to whistle Baby long-term use of the mouth to whistle, may be related to adenoids and tonsils hypertrophy. Children’s nasopharynx is relatively small, when the adenoids or tonsils hypertrophy, nasopharyngeal channel becomes narrower, oxygen intake is insufficient, resulting in open mouth whistling, long-term mouth whistling is easy to induce oral diseases and inhalation diseases, but also affect the normal development of the face, the emergence of the nose is flat, the upper lip is shorter, the lower jaw shrinks back, the head tilted forward in a position of the special shape of the face changes. The AAPD (American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry) and the AAO (American Association of Orthodontists) have recognized the association between mouth whistling and facial changes. When you open your mouth to breathe, your tongue falls back and sinks to open the oral passageway. In the long run, the jawbone (commonly known as the chin), which is supposed to develop downward, is likely to be restricted in its development, resulting in a retracted face. Parents need to treat babies with enlarged adenoids or tonsillar disease in a timely and active manner. Only by curing these diseases can we improve babies’ habit of opening their mouths to avoid affecting their face value. 3, side chewing baby in the late development of milk teeth easily appear side chewing habits, due to milk teeth fall off, they have one side of the teeth normal chewing function is affected, so only with the other side of the meal. If parents do not correct this over time, it can lead to asymmetry in the development of the left and right sides of the face. The side that is not often chewed is more prone to tartar buildup, caries and other periodontal diseases because of the lack of food rinsing. The right thing to do Look for problems on the side of your baby’s mouth that doesn’t like to chew food, such as ulcers and cavities that need to be treated promptly. Remind your baby to use both sides of the teeth. Give your baby some chewy food, it is more conducive to the baby’s teeth neat and high value. 4, eating hands Pediatric experts and psychologists believe that safety and warmth are what babies require. Therefore, when babies are just born, when the channels of the brain and other sense organs are not yet mature, babies often suck their fingers. Therefore, it is considered that finger sucking is completely normal during certain developmental stages of infants, and it usually disappears automatically at the end of 2 years of age, and there is no need to break the habit of finger sucking before 1.5 years of age. In children with finger-sucking habits before the age of 3, the malocclusion is mostly confined to the anterior portion of the dental arch and is temporary; as long as the finger-sucking is not continued, the deformity will disappear automatically. The constancy of the malocclusion increases significantly beyond the age of 3 1/2 years. If the habit is prolonged into the mixed dentition period (6-12 years), permanent deformities may occur. Therefore, timely intervention is necessary. Correct practice Parents should train children to actively participate in proper play and divert their attention. More love and care should be given to the child to minimize his/her anxiety and loneliness. Patient persuasion and education, together with parental guidance and reminder, can be very effective in the treatment of those bad habits that have occurred for a short period of time and have not lasted long. Reminders can be used, such as wrapping the sucking finger with a cloth tape or putting gloves on the sucking finger. For those who are willing to accept treatment for long term and stubborn habits, the use of orthodontic appliances in the mouth can be used to help break the habit. Break the bad habits of the best orthodontic device does not make the child suffer from pain, does not interfere with the bite, but also can not wear too long, so as not to affect the normal growth and development. 5, long-term soft food, hard food can be healthy brain, fixed teeth, protect vision. Mothers should be based on the development of the baby’s teeth, give a little bit of food with a certain degree of hardness at the right time, to enhance its chewing function, which will help the healthy growth of children. Dental experts believe that the teeth will also be “used in waste”. Childhood is the formation of permanent teeth is an important stage of conception, often give the baby the opportunity to chew can promote the development of jawbone. If you always eat too soft and too fine food, never need to chew, the quality of permanent teeth is affected. Experts believe that “babies who chew well are smart.” Because chewing can make the facial muscle activity enhancement, and then accelerate the blood circulation in the head, increase the blood flow to the brain, so that the brain fine get more adequate oxygen and nutrients. Correct approach Mom can give the baby more fruit, such as pear, apple, peach, etc., both nutrition and exercise the baby’s chewing function. For big babies, a variety of fruits to baby bite to eat, rather than every time to peel into small pieces or juice to the baby. 3 years of age or older, you can eat some dried fruits, such as walnuts, almonds can be used as a snack, the main exercise is to exercise the baby to eat hard things.