Two month old baby loves to stick out his tongue

We all know that when a baby is two months old, he or she can already smile. At this time, many babies will smile at things they like or that are new to them. Some mothers will find that their babies like to stick out their tongues when they are playing with their babies. In fact, the baby sticking out his or her tongue may be a sign of happiness, or it may be caused by discomfort in the baby's tongue. So why do two-month-old babies like to stick out their tongues?

When a baby likes to stick out his tongue, it should be analyzed in three situations.

1. The most common thing is that some healthy and happy babies will stick out their tongues with a smile when they are happy. When children see delicious food, they will also stick out their tongues to lick their lips. These are all normal phenomena. This tongue sticking out will not last long and will soon return to normal. If the baby is developing well, physical condition. If the intelligence is not backward, then the child is not pathological and he will no longer stick out his tongue as he grows up.

2. If your child often opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue, drools, and has an enlarged tongue, and the symptoms do not improve with age, you should pay attention and ask your child's pediatrician to give him a comprehensive health check.

3. There are pediatric diseases where sticking out the tongue is a symptom. For example, "cretinism" among endocrine system diseases is diagnosed when a child develops a special facial feature 2 to 3 months after birth, with a big head, flat nose, wide nose wings, big tongue, short and thick neck, enlarged thyroid gland, tongue often sticking out of the mouth, and being abnormally quiet. As children grow older, they will experience growth retardation and their skin will become rough and dry. Thinning hair, low muscle tone, enlarged abdomen, etc.

1 When do babies start to stick out their tongues? Newborn babies rarely stick out their tongues. Generally speaking, babies will start to stick out their tongues around 3 or 4 months after birth. Some babies will start earlier, at around 2 months old. In fact, for babies at this age, sticking out the tongue is just like playing with toys. As the objects of their interest gradually increase and shift, they will not play the game so frequently.

2 Reasons why babies stick out their tongues

1. It indicates that the baby is healthy. If the baby's frenulum is too short, it cannot extend beyond the lips and the baby will have a "big tongue" when speaking in the future. Therefore, when you see your baby sticking out his tongue at you frequently, it means that in addition to his ability to explore the world with his tongue, his tongue is also developing very quickly and healthily.

2 The natural stage of physiological development: The baby's salivary glands will begin to secrete saliva two months after birth. At this time, the baby will lick with the tongue, and then the tongue will be stuck out. So mothers don’t need to worry too much, sticking out the tongue is a normal phenomenon before the age of one.

3 is the baby's way of exploring the world. After the baby is born, the order of body movement development is from beginning to end. At the beginning, he uses his mouth to bite, his tongue to lick, etc. to touch and understand the world. Therefore, babies will suck from the moment they are born and will put things in their mouths at any time, especially their own fingers. Sucking and licking, it's like exploring the world.