Hello everyone, I am the second child mother Xiaoyan.
In the community, the little boy who played with Dabao was speechless and didn't understand what he was saying every time he talked to him. I asked the little boy's grandfather, and his grandfather told us that the child's pronunciation was unclear. After his parents took him to see a doctor, they realized that it was a feeding problem, and that his chewing ability was not good.
I am glad that Dabao and Erbao both added complementary foods to them regularly in May and June, so there was no problem of unclear pronunciation.
In the past, the child’s pronunciation was unclear, and some parents thought that the child’s pronunciation organ was incomplete, and they would naturally get better when they grew up.
Indeed, children’s pronunciation is unclear and their speech is vague because the pronunciation organs have not yet developed completely, and they cannot correctly master the pronunciation methods of certain sounds. They cannot use certain parts of the pronunciation organs, so they will naturally become vague.
But another very important factor is that the baby's complementary food is too fine, the oral muscles are not fully exercised, and their chewing ability is not well exercised, so they will naturally be unclear.
Don’t think it’s too troublesome to feed complementary foods, or the baby doesn’t like complementary foods, so don’t give the baby the complementary foods. A baby adds complementary food after six months, not only to supplement the baby with iron elements that are not in breast milk, but also to exercise their oral muscles and chewing ability and develop a sense of taste. As the baby eats complementary foods from thin to thick, they gradually exercise their lip muscles, tongue muscles and oral muscles to coordinate with each other, thereby helping children learn to pronounce words.
The baby's chewing ability is divided into three stages. We should gradually add complementary food to them according to the characteristics of each stage to exercise their chewing ability.
The first stage, the whole swallowing and pharyngeal period: 4-6 months old baby
This stage, the baby has not yet teethed or has just developed teeth. When preparing to add mud-like food, the baby's tongue-pushing reaction has not disappeared. Sometimes they will push the food out, or show dry retching when swallowing the food.
If the baby's tongue pushing reaction does not disappear, it is best not to rush to add complementary foods. You can wait until the baby's tongue pushing reaction disappears before adding it.
If you have added complementary food to your baby at this stage, even if the baby eats complementary food, you cannot move it from the tongue surface to the tongue and then swallow it. Because their swallowing ability needs to be improved, most of them will swallow it whole.
This stage is suitable for babies: mainly liquid food, exercise the baby's ability to swallow and move the tongue back and forth.
The second stage, tongue grinding period: 7-9 months
In this stage, babies usually have teeth and gradually crush food with their tongue. You can buy tooth grinding food for them to exercise their chewing ability.
This stage can add food from mud-like, softer food to granular food, such as grainy surfaces, to help the baby's tongue move up and down, so as to learn to crush food with the tongue and palate.
The third stage, chewing period: 10 months later,
In this stage, the baby gradually learns to chop food in front teeth, chew with gums, and grind the food with teeth, gradually overdoing adult food. When we add complementary food to our babies, we can change from soft food to semi-solid food, and then to solid food.
For example, foods of different hardness, shapes, and sizes can be added to the baby step by step. Such as crushed noodles, steamed potatoes, yam , soluble bean , etc.
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to add complementary food to the baby. Although it is cumbersome, it is related to the baby's health and speaking ability. Parents should be cautious. You can’t just not add it to your babies just because they don’t like complementary foods. If you don’t eat it for the first time, you can change the category of food and try it again after a while.
After all, adding complementary food to your babies is not only to supplement the nutrients that are not in breast milk, but also to exercise their chewing ability and prepare for their future speech.
