It is difficult to have children, and it is even more difficult to raise children. It is even more difficult to raise a child who does not cry or make a fuss, is smart and well-behaved, and is loved by everyone. Most novice parents have experienced the heart-wrenching torture of their children crying constantly, but there are also some "angel babies" that make novice parents worry a lot. Why do some infants and young children cry often, while others are quieter?
Crying causes are divided into two categories
Crying is a reaction and manifestation of infants and young children to discomfort caused by adverse stimuli from the body or outside the body. The causes are divided into two categories: related to or without disease.
Any disease that can cause discomfort or pain in infants and young children can cause crying. The most common causes of crying in infants and young children include abdominal pain, oral pain, headache, etc. Common diseases that cause these pain include acute abdominal disease , intracranial diseases, otitis media , trauma, etc. Among them, abdominal pain is common in infant paroxysmal abdominal pain, intestinal parasitic disease , gastrointestinal infection and dysfunction, intestinal intussusception , intestinal hernia, various mechanical intestinal obstruction , abdominal organ perforation and peritonitis , urinary tract diseases, etc.
In addition to diseases, any environmental discomfort can also cause infants and young children to cry. main causes include emotional changes in infants and young children, hunger, thirst, lack of sleep, nasal congestion, dietary changes such as weaning, improper breastfeeding, excessive gas swallowing, overheating, too cold, itching, pain, damp diapers, too tight clothes, too heavy bedding, mosquito bites, etc.
Crying sounds reflect different needs
Different crying sounds express different emotions, different physical states and different psychological demands of infants and young children. Because infants and young children lack language expression ability, crying is a way for them to express their needs or pain. The different needs can be learned from the crying of infants and young children.
Crying sound is irritable, which is commonly found in infants and young children's metabolism imbalance;
Crying sound is suddenly rapid and sharp, which is often caused by sudden frightening or strong stimulation such as pain;
Crying sound is sharp, either crying without tears, or crying silently, which is commonly found in infants and young children's urgent and serious diseases;
Crying sound is thick and low, which is commonly found in vocal cord damage or insufficient thyroid function.
If infants and young children cry and are accompanied by abdominal distension or vomiting, it is mostly due to improper diet;
The teeth are closed, the milk is difficult to suck, and crying when hungry but not crying, it is common in tetanus ;
vomiting and crying during the newborn period, and the urine is smelly of rat urine, which is common in phenylketonuria ;
crying when riding fast or vibrating means of transportation, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, which is common in motion sickness.
In addition, if infants and young children cry long and weak, they will stop after getting breast milk, and they will mostly be hungry;
Diet is normal, their activities are normal, and their general condition is good, and their crying is relatively short-term. When removing external stimulation or distracting attention with toys, they will stop after crying, which is common in situations that are not related to diseases.
Timely judge the cause of crying
Infants and young children will not tell their condition, and their bodies are immature and often have rapid development and rapid progress. Once misdiagnosed, they are prone to danger. Therefore, Infants and young children cannot be stolen by just crying. First of all, factors related to the disease should be ruled out and the meaning that infants and young children want to express when they cry.
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When infants cry, they should closely observe the accompanying symptoms and signs, pay attention to the age of onset, the time of onset, the time of crying and the surrounding environment, the height, strength and rhythm of the crying, whether the crying continues or repetitive, and the manifestations after the crying stops; pay attention to the expression and position of the infants and children when crying, whether there are damages, foreign objects and inflammations in the body surface and various surface pores, fontanelle bulge, whether the heart and lungs are abnormal, carefully check the abdominal signs, whether there are inlaid hernia and lumps, carefully check the signs of the nervous system, and whether there are foreign objects in the clothes and bedding to stab the skin.In short, infants and young children should be carefully searched from head to toe. If they still cannot stop crying in time, seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying their condition.
In addition, you should also pay attention to psychological care. Parents with conditions should be with them when the infants and toddlers cry as much as possible, and give them touching and contacting. If the condition allows, they can hug and kiss the infants and to eliminate the loneliness and insecurity of the infants and toddlers.
In daily life, the layout of infant rooms should strive to conform to their psychological characteristics. should not be too monotonous and dull. The design of beds, furniture and other facilities should be as child-oriented as possible, so as to alleviate the uneasiness of infants and young children.
It should be noted that The psychological process and certain personality traits of infants and young children are formed under the influence of acquired life and educational environment. Parents should provide reasonable psychological cultivation and education to infants and young children. They should not accommodate or spoil them without principles, make them be willful and do whatever they want, and they should not be indifferent to them, abandon them or regulate them too strictly, so that they can feel fear, fear or retreat from their inferiority complex.
In addition, the brain structure and function of infants and young children develop particularly rapidly, and they are also relatively fragile. Pay special attention to the nutrition and health care of infants and young children to prevent central nervous system infectious diseases and brain trauma , so as to avoid brain damage and secondary mental insufficiency. Source: Popular Science Times Author: Mr. Yang (the author is an associate researcher at the Comparative Medicine Center of Peking Union Medical College) END
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