What does baby nodding breathing mean?

Careful parents will find that many newborn babies nod their heads in breathing, which makes young parents worry whether there is a problem with their children's respiratory system. The various movements made by newborns in the womb during the fetal period are not observed by parents. After birth, because the child has not adapted to the external environment, he will still repeat the movements in the womb. So what does the newborn's nodding breathing mean?

A normal newborn starts breathing immediately after being born from the mother's body. Its breathing characteristics are mainly abdominal breathing, and the breathing frequency is relatively fast. A normal newborn breathes 35 to 45 times per minute. Parents can count their newborn's breaths by observing the movement of the newborn's abdomen when it breathes.

Newborns sleep for a long time a day. Parents can judge whether the baby is sick by the newborn's breathing frequency and breathing movements. If the newborn's breathing rate increases, for example, from 40 times/minute to 60 times/minute, or sometimes even more. This indicates that the newborn may have an infection, often a sign of pneumonia.

Observing the breathing movements of a newborn can help you know in time whether the baby is sick.

1. When a newborn baby breathes normally, his lips are close together. If the newborn baby breathes with his mouth open, his nostrils flare, and he rejects nasal congestion, it is a sign of faster breathing in the newborn baby.

2. If there is a depression between the ribs or at the sharp protrusions under the ribs during normal breathing, it is an abnormal phenomenon.

3. Newborns mainly breathe abdominally. If the baby's chest rises and falls with breathing, or the chest and abdomen rise and fall during breathing, these situations are abnormal.

4. The newborn baby breathes with an adult sound, like the sigh of someone who was beaten. This is a symptom of illness. If a newborn baby has these phenomena when breathing, especially when sleeping, parents should take the baby to the hospital for examination in time.

One thing that needs to be noted is that the respiratory center of the newborn is not yet fully developed, so there will be irregular breathing rhythm, alternation of deep and shallow breathing, or uneven speed, which is especially obvious after the newborn falls asleep. These conditions are normal.

Careful parents will find that newborns sleep for a relatively long time a day, and that they sigh, snore, cry and gasp when they sleep. For these symptoms, parents can usually determine whether their children's lungs have an infection by counting the frequency of their children's breathing. But in general, the child's body is normal. If the baby experiences simultaneous breathing, it can be treated through professional diagnosis.