What to do if your child always bites his lower lip

If a child often bites his lower lip, it is likely to cause the teeth to protrude forward. The child is in the stage of growing teeth, and this bad habit will affect the child's future facial beauty. When children bite their lower lips, as parents, we must tell them more about the dangers of biting their lower lips. You can also let your children eat some hard food to improve their chewing ability. The following are the reasons that cause children to bite their lower lips.

It is a bad habit for children to always bite their lower lips. It can easily cause the upper front teeth to protrude forward, the lower front teeth to tilt backward and the mandible to retract, similar to the mandibular protrusion deformity of "underbite" (of course, this is not the case for all children, parents do not need to worry, as long as they guide their children to correct it carefully) Parents can do the following:

1. First, explain the reason clearly to your child. Children over one week old can understand what you say, so be sure to tell them the consequences of doing so.

2. You can let your child chew some slightly harder food to help him relieve oral irritation, such as fruits, toast, etc. This can exercise the child's oral chewing function and promote the healthy development of the jaw;

3. Giving children appropriate stimulation that causes a disgusting taste is a research result of behaviorist psychology. For example, when a child bites his lower lip, apply a little spicy food or a little sour lemon juice under the lower lip. When the child feels uncomfortable, he will stop biting his lower lip. Children have good memories. After repeated actions, their behavior will gradually decrease. However, parents should keep a good balance and pay attention to protecting their children's skin.

4. Pay attention to positive guidance. As long as the child does not bite once, praise him in time and make demands at the same time.

There are three possible reasons why babies love to bite their lips:

1. Sucking Desire

In addition to lip biting, we often hear parents complain that "children suck their fingers when sleeping". In fact, this is because their sucking desire is not satisfied, or there are no other soothing objects to replace sucking fingers and biting lips.

For children who are breastfeeding or drinking formula milk from a bottle, parents can try to satisfy their sucking desire during the feeding process and use a pacifier when necessary. If the child is older, you can provide him with a comfort doll to relieve his nervousness and anxiety, and do not blame him or stop him forcibly.

2. Teething Discomfort

Biting anything that comes close to the mouth is a common behavior among children during the teething period.

During this stage, parents can prepare teethers and let their children chew on them to relieve their discomfort.

Babies like to chew their fingers and toes during the teething period because their gums are uncomfortable. This can also cause irritability, inexplicable crying, and delay the "oral sensitivity period."

If you use safe and comfortable teethers instead of fingers, toes and other objects during the teething period, you can reduce contact with bacteria, relieve the discomfort caused by teething, and allow your baby to go through the teething period smoothly and have smooth teething.

3. Psychological factors

Moving, changing rooms, changes in primary caregivers, being frightened during the day, etc. can easily affect a child's mentality.

Under the influence of negative emotions such as tension or fear, children are prone to small movements such as biting their lips, grinding their teeth, and pulling their hair. If you can reflect in this direction, you may find the answer.

If your child's lip biting behavior has affected his oral health or caused other adverse reactions, you can consult a doctor for help.