Why does my baby like to stick out his tongue?

After we give birth to a baby, we will find that our baby likes to stick out his tongue often during the baby's growth process. This may be a small action of the baby. I wonder if you as a parent have paid attention to it? While we are paying attention to this, how do we know what is going on? During the exploration process, we found that parents are partly to blame! Let’s take a look below!

1. Tongue sticking out is a natural stage of a newborn's physiological development

It is generally normal for babies to stick out their tongue. The salivary glands of newborns usually begin to secrete saliva after two months. At this time, the baby will lick with the tongue, and then stick out the tongue.

2. Sticking out the tongue is a baby's way of exploring the world

After the baby is born, the order of the baby's body movements development follows from beginning to end. At first, the baby uses bites with his mouth, licks with his tongue, etc. Therefore, babies have been sucking since they were born and put things in their mouths at any time, especially their own fingers. The baby feels extremely happy as he sucks, licks and sticks out his tongue to explore the world. Therefore, parents can rest assured that there is nothing to worry about when the baby shows his ability to explore the world with his mouth. This is the baby's unique way.

3. Sticking out the tongue indicates that the baby is healthy

If the baby's frenulum is too short, his tongue will not be able to stick out of his lips, and he will have a "big tongue" when he speaks in the future. Therefore, when parents see that your baby can stick out his tongue at you frequently, it means that in addition to having the ability to explore the world with his tongue, he is also dexterous, agile and healthy enough. In fact, the baby is showing parents: I will never speak with a "tongue" in the future! So, maybe he is getting familiar with his own body organs, maybe he is exploring the world, maybe he is sucking saliva, or maybe he is showing off his dexterity.

Are you amazed by your baby's growth? You may wonder what is going on before you understand it. We must have understood something from what we have said above. When facing the baby’s natural reaction, we are worried. Doesn’t this better illustrate that we are connected as mother and child or mother and daughter? As a parent, isn't it the same for every one of us regarding our children's performance?