Analysis of three situations in which babies like to stick out their tongues

We all know that babies like to stick out their tongues. As expectant fathers and mothers, have we ever understood what kind of situation our children are in? We only know that the children are sticking out their tongues, but we have not classified them. This is incorrect. Some people go to the hospital to ask the doctor why their children are sticking out their tongues, but the doctor cannot tell you without seeing the situation!

When a baby likes to stick 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, a disease of the endocrine system, is manifested by the child developing a special facial feature 23 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.

Among hereditary diseases there is congenital idiocy. Children with this disease also have special facial features: wide distance between the eyes, upward slanting eyes, flat nose, small ears, narrow hard palate, and half-open mouth. Physical development is slow, the tongue often sticks out of the mouth, and there is excessive drooling. For some children, the symptom of tongue sticking out of the mouth will be alleviated as they grow older, but the tongue will become enlarged and cracked.

The above three situations are just for your reference. In fact, we don’t need to worry so much when our children stick out their tongues, because it is just a natural phenomenon for them as they grow up. It’s just that our expectant fathers and mothers will get nervous when they see our little babies show a little abnormality! We must keep a good attitude when our children behave abnormally!