The first signs of a silly baby

Silly babies mainly refer to babies who have intellectual problems. When the children are young, their intellectual conditions are not easy to feel. However, as the child grows older, the baby's intelligence will gradually manifest itself, so if there is any abnormality in the child's intelligence, parents hope to discover it in time. So, what are the initial symptoms of a stupid baby? Let’s take a closer look.

Basically, normal children will laugh at 2 months old and can be amused to laugh out loud at 4 months old, while children with mental retardation generally will not laugh or will only giggle aimlessly.

After 6 months, he still cannot notice when adults are talking to him. He has poor attention to people and objects around him and his eyes are dull.

Therefore, if the baby has not shown these basic intellectual developments between 3 months and half a year old, then the baby is likely to have an intellectual disability and it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination.

1. Difficulty in breastfeeding

Appears in infancy. The earliest symptoms shown by infants with mental retardation are often difficulty in feeding, inability to suck, and being particularly prone to spitting up milk, which indicates damage to the nervous system and will affect their intelligence in the future.

2. Motor development retardation

Babies with intellectual disabilities have significantly slower motor development than normal babies. The starting age for movements such as raising the head while lying on the stomach, sitting, standing, and walking is later than that of normal children of the same age. This is especially obvious in walking. It is often not until the age of 3-4 or 4-5 that the child can walk independently, and the walking is unstable.

Some babies with congenital mental retardation have abnormal facial and body appearance. They have dull expressions and no expression. Normal children can pay attention to their surroundings at one month old, but mentally retarded children are not interested in people and things around them. For example, children with congenital idiocy have eyes that are too wide apart, slanted eyes, flat noses, tongues that often hang outside the mouth, and drooling, which is what people often call an "international face." Children with hydrocephalus have particularly large head circumference, while children with microcephaly have particularly small heads. People with hypothyroidism are particularly short, people with phenylketonuria have abnormally white skin and very light hair, etc.

4. Delayed laughter

Normal babies will smile at their mothers 4 to 6 weeks after birth, but mentally retarded children will not smile until 3 to 4 months old.

5. Language development is delayed

Normal babies will imitate sounds at 7-8 months old, call mom and dad at around one year old, can say a dozen words at one and a half years old and understand simple instructions, can ask simple questions at around 2 years old, and can basically express their thoughts at around 3 years old. If a child lags behind by four to five months, or even by one to two years, and only displays these symptoms, and does not pay attention when adults talk to him, these should be regarded as a sign of intellectual retardation.