How to train premature babies to prevent cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is a neurological disease of the brain. Generally speaking, cerebral palsy is caused by brain damage due to various factors such as premature birth. Children with cerebral palsy may have intellectual disabilities, which may also affect their future movements. It has brought crisis hazards to many families. In the following article, the editor will introduce to you how to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies and how to train your children!

Enhanced active movement training

0-2 months

Lie prone and raise your head. Premature babies should start prone exercises when they are 40 weeks old. One hour before feeding, when they wake up on an empty stomach, use words and toys to guide the baby to lift his head in the prone position. Train for 10 minutes each time, 4-6 times a day.

Mother-child face-to-face training method. The child lies prone on the mother, and the mother can talk to the child to encourage the child to lift his head.

Side-lying symmetrical position. Let the child lie on his side in bed, with both upper limbs and hands kept in the middle position of the trunk. This posture can control abnormal asymmetric posture and abnormal extensor muscle tension.

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Prone head lift training. Continue to let the child perform prone head-lift training.

Turn over. Use toys to induce the child to turn over. When helping the child to turn over, hold the child's hand with one hand and use the other hand to gently turn the child to the opposite side on the shoulder. Practice at least 7-8 times a day.

Balance training. Place the child in supine position on a blanket, and two parents hold the two ends of the blanket and rock him left and right. 2-4 times a day.

Hand-mouth coordination training. In supine position, let the child grasp both feet with both hands and put them to the mouth to practice hand-mouth-eye coordination movements.

Grip training. Place the toy in the midline to encourage the child to extend his upper limbs forward and spread his fingers to grasp. Do this 7-8 times a day.

In the article, we learned how to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies. First of all, cerebral palsy is a disease that often brings great obstacles to the child's body. If it is not treated and trained in time, it is likely to cause lifelong harm to the child, so it is said that we must start from an early age.