What are the symptoms of intellectual disability in children?

When children's bodies are developing and show abnormalities, parents should pay attention and choose some treatment methods in time to alleviate the children's physical problems. It is very common for children to have low intelligence. When there is such a problem, parents should not be too anxious. There are some treatments. What are the manifestations of low intelligence in children? The following is a detailed introduction.

Symptoms of mental retardation in children:

1. The earliest manifestation of mentally retarded children is that they often have difficulty in feeding, sometimes they cannot suck, and they are particularly prone to spitting up milk;

Second, they tend to sleep longer, be very quiet all day, and rarely cry;

3. Normal children will smile at their mothers 4-6 weeks after birth, but children with intellectual disabilities often cannot smile until 3 months old.

4. It takes longer than normal children to master various movements (such as sitting, standing, walking, and talking);

5. Not interested in the surroundings and not looking at the things around;

6. Normal children often like to put objects in their mouths when they are 6-10 months old, but this behavior gradually decreases after the age of 1. Children with intellectual disabilities often put blocks or other objects in their mouths when they are 2-3 years old.

7. The child still drools frequently after the age of 2-3 years;

8. Children with intellectual disabilities cry sharply or weakly, and their tone lacks variation. When external stimuli cause crying, the period from the start of the stimulus to the onset of crying is relatively long, and only repeated stimulation of the four factors will cause crying;

9. Not interested in toys and won’t play with them even if they have them;

10. From sleeping a lot when he was a child to being active all day long without any purpose. Are the above-mentioned symptoms present in every mentally retarded child in their early years? It cannot be said that everyone with one or several of them is mentally retarded. Many other tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis of mental retardation.

After recognizing the symptoms of intellectual disability in children, when children show such a condition, treatment must be continued for a long time, and parents should not put too much pressure on children, otherwise it will not help improve intellectual problems. Long-term encouragement of children will be of great help to their intellectual development.