What to do if a newborn baby has wide nose

After a newborn is born, it is a normal physiological phenomenon for the nose to be wide. The skin is relatively loose after the baby is born, giving the skin a wrinkled feel, and sometimes redness. As the child develops well, this situation will gradually improve. We know that the child's nasal bone is cartilage. Parents should not touch the child's nasal bone casually to avoid problems.

Does the baby's nose change a lot when it grows up?

Generally, some genetic traits are not apparent when a child is young, and only become apparent when the child grows up. Babies have flat noses when they are young, and sometimes the noses are a little turned outward. However, if the parents do not have flat noses, the nose should change when the baby grows up compared to when he was a child.

A high nose bridge is dominant over a low nose bridge. That is to say, if one of the parents has a straight nose, there is a high possibility that it will be passed on to the child. If both parents have high noses, their child will basically definitely have a high nose. During infancy, the height of the nose is not easily visible. Moreover, a person's nose may become higher as he grows up. A short nose in childhood may become a high nose in adulthood.

Will pinching a baby's nose make it straighter?

1. The nose bridge is low after birth and is easy to bend because the nasal bone is soft. Some babies may have visibly crooked noses, but there will be no deformities as they develop.

2. In daily life, some parents or elderly people often pinch the baby's nose with their hands when they see that the baby has a flat nose or want to make the baby laugh. In fact, this is not good for the child's health. Because children's nasal bones are soft, their nasal mucosa is delicate, and they are rich in blood vessels, external force can cause injury or bleeding, and even infection.

3. In addition, the Eustachian tube of young children is thicker, shorter, straighter, and located lower than that of adults. Pinching the nose randomly will cause secretions in the nasal cavity to enter the middle ear through the Eustachian tube, causing otitis media, and in severe cases, encephalitis. Therefore, it is recommended that parents do not pinch their baby's nose frequently.

From this, it can be seen that the baby's nose changes as the baby grows, so don't blindly pinch the baby's delicate little nose. If you do this frequently, it will cause harm to the baby's health. Parents must not use unscientific practices on their babies based on hearsay. So as not to harm the baby.