Is it normal for babies to stick out their tongue?

Children are the source of happiness for every family. When children show some abnormal behavior, parents will be particularly worried, especially some young people who have just become parents. The baby's every move concerns the whole family. When babies stick out their tongues, some parents think that their children are being funny and that it is a sign of intelligence, but some parents think that it is not a good thing for very young babies to stick out their tongues.

When a baby sticks out his tongue, there are three situations that can be analyzed.

1. The most common thing is that some healthy and happy babies will stick out their tongues with a smile when they are happy. When children see delicious food, they will also stick out their tongues to lick their lips. These are all normal phenomena. This tongue sticking out will not last long and will soon return to normal. If the baby develops well and is not physically or intellectually backward, then the condition is not pathological and the child will no longer stick out his tongue as he grows older.

2. If your child often opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue, drools, and has an enlarged tongue, and the symptoms do not improve with age, you should pay attention and ask a pediatrician to give your child a comprehensive health check.

Third, there are pediatric diseases in which sticking out the tongue is a symptom. For example, "cretinism" among endocrine system diseases is characterized by the child developing a special facial feature 2-3 months after birth, with a big head, flat nose, wide nose wings, big tongue, short and thick neck, enlarged thyroid gland, tongue often sticking out of the mouth, and being abnormally quiet. As children grow older, they will show signs of growth retardation, rough and dry skin, sparse hair, low muscle tone, and a large abdomen.

Parents of babies do not need to be too nervous when their children show abnormal behaviors, but they should not be careless either. They must carefully observe the baby's abnormal behavior. If you find that something is wrong, you must go to the hospital for examination and follow the doctor's advice to nip the disease that endangers your child's healthy growth in the bud.