What to do if your baby always bites his lower lip

As a new mother, there are many things that she needs to worry about. Sometimes, an unintentional action of the baby will make the mother think for a long time. What should I do if my baby always bites his lower lip? This is the question asked by a new mother recently. Such a mother observes her baby very well, but don’t worry too much because of an unconscious action of the baby. Now let’s see why the baby always bites his lower lip.

Babies of this age are in a critical period of development of deciduous teeth. If the habit of biting the lower lip is not corrected in time, it will have irreversible adverse 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 to their babies the correct way to use teeth, 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.

Why do babies bite their lower lips? We are not babies, so of course we don’t know what they are thinking. But sometimes, as long as we pay attention to the baby’s usual living habits, we will know why the baby does this, whether it is a physiological change or a psychological change, so that we can take better care of the baby.