Will pinching your baby's face cause him to drool?

For babies under one year old, their nervous system and swallowing function are not fully developed. If you pinch the baby's face at this time, the baby's saliva may be secreted, which will manifest as drooling. As a parent, you should never pinch the baby's face. The baby's face is very delicate and can easily cause some injuries. Let's take a look at this aspect below.

Will pinching your baby's face cause him to drool?

Yes. Human saliva contains some digestive acid. When saliva flows to the skin, it can easily corrode the outermost stratum corneum of the skin, causing symptoms such as eczema and inflammation. This is the reason why many babies who drool have redness and rashes around their mouths. Therefore, when the baby drools, it must be wiped dry in time and cleaned frequently.

Baby's parotid gland tissue is easily injured

The baby's facial skin is thin and tender, and there are parotid glands and parotid ducts on the cheeks. The parotid gland tissue in the mouth is underdeveloped and fragile. If adults often kiss or pinch the baby's face vigorously, the parotid glands and parotid ducts will be torn and squeezed again and again, causing injuries. Not only will the baby suffer from mumps, but it will also cause mechanical damage to the glands, and the amount of saliva secretion and drooling will be much greater than that of normal children.

Baby's cheek fat pad is easily injured

There is a special kind of fat tissue under the baby's cheek skin - the buccal fat pad. The buccal fat pad makes the baby's face look chubby and at the same time, it plays a role in coordinating the upper palate, cheeks, lips and tongue when the baby sucks and chews. If adults often pinch or twist, or kiss the baby's cheeks hard, the buccal fat pad can be injured easily, causing the baby to drool.

Of course, babies who are not pinched on the face may drool sometimes, but pinching the face by adults will aggravate the condition.

Affects baby's facial development

The bones of babies are still very fragile, and frequent kneading will affect the normal development of the facial bones. For example, frequent twisting of the cheeks may cause asymmetrical development of the left and right jaws of the baby, resulting in a crooked face or an uneven face, which seriously affects facial development.