Why does my baby keep sticking out his tongue? The truth is this

Many babies have the habit of sticking out their tongues, and most parents think this is normal and will go away as the child grows older. In fact, this may not be the case. Sticking out the tongue may be a habit, but it may also be caused by other complex reasons.

1. The oral stage generally starts from the birth of the baby until the age of one. During this period, the baby likes to put everything in his mouth. From a neuroscience perspective, this is because the nerves in the baby's mouth develop faster than the nerves in the hands, so he prefers to explore things with his mouth.

2. There is a big gap in the level of understanding between Chinese and foreign parents regarding the oral stage of babies. Foreign parents think that this is a very normal exploration, as long as the hygiene of the toys put into the baby's mouth is ensured. But in our country, parents are very averse to babies putting toys in their mouths for reasons of hygiene and safety.

3. To overcome the baby's oral stage, you can provide the child with a pacifier. This situation is very common abroad. At the same time, parents can also provide some items that can be put into the mouth for exploration, such as non-toxic plastic toys to help the baby develop mouth movements. For a child of six or seven months old, he needs to grow up and his teeth are itchy, so parents can provide him with some teething foods.

4. Oral stage. From birth to about 1 year old. At this time, libido is focused on the lips and oral activities. The baby not only obtains necessary nutrition from sucking breast milk, but also obtains great pleasure. The sweet sleep that a baby falls into after a full meal of milk is similar to the sleep state that an adult falls into after achieving orgasm during sexual intercourse. Babies not only get pleasure from sucking milk, but are also very interested in other lip and oral activities. They often have fun from activities such as blowing bubbles, gurgling, chewing, etc. They also like to suck their fingers and put things they can get on hand in their mouths. Freud believed that the manifestation of sexual desire in infancy is mainly the pursuit of physical pleasure, and there is no adult sexual awareness and desire for intercourse. He called it "autosexual satisfaction." The above behaviors of infants in the oral stage are manifestations of their pursuit of self-sexual satisfaction, that is, oral satisfaction.