What should I do if my baby likes to bite his lower lip?

Nowadays, many children are basically only children and are the apple of their parents' eyes. Every move of the children during their growth will receive special attention from their parents, especially some bad habits of the children. If they are not corrected in time, it is likely to bring very adverse effects. So, what should you do if your baby likes to bite his lower lip? Let’s take a comprehensive look at it below.

The baby is in a critical period of development of deciduous teeth. If the baby's habit of biting the lower lip is not corrected in time, it will cause irreversible bad effects on the development and morphology of the baby's deciduous teeth and oral and maxillofacial area, and may even affect the development of permanent teeth. The baby's behavior of biting her lips is actually caused by the baby's lack of security. This body signal sent by the baby shows that she needs a sense of security very much. Therefore, parents first need to give their babies enough sense of security. Parents can take every opportunity to give their baby a sense of security, touch the baby lovingly, hold the baby's hands tightly, kiss the baby's face hard, hug the baby, and tell her: "Baby, I love you, you are my dear baby!" Before the baby goes to sleep, you can gently stroke her forehead and say, "Baby, sleep peacefully, I'm by your side, sleep soundly!"

When parents see their baby biting his lips, they should try to use positive methods to divert the baby's attention and downplay the issue. At this age, babies' attention can be easily diverted by external things, and parents can actively use their babies' characteristics to help them. For example: "Baby, let's play hide-and-seek!" or "Baby, please pass me your gloves!" and so on. Divert your baby's attention from his lips to things outside.

Increase the chances of your baby biting food. Babies at this age generally have 8 teeth. Parents can let their babies chew some harder foods, such as steamed buns, dumplings, fruits, vegetables, biscuits, etc., to satisfy the baby's desire to use his teeth. At the same time, parents should also actively demonstrate the correct way to their babies, so that they can understand the role of teeth and the correct way to use them from an early age, and let them know that teeth are not used to bite lips.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your baby likes to bite his lower lip. I hope it will be helpful to parents. If a baby likes to bite his lower lip, it means that he feels insecure. Parents should give more care to their children and try to divert their attention. If they bite their lower lip for a long time, it will easily affect the growing teeth, and it must be given enough attention.