How to tell if a baby has dull eyes

We all know that the healthy growth of babies concerns every parent. In the process of their babies' growth, many parents not only need to ensure the healthy physical growth and development of their children, but also the intellectual and mental health of their children. However, some children still show some intellectual disabilities after birth, which makes parents very worried, fearing that their children will become disabled children. So how to judge whether the baby's eyes are dull?

1. Abnormal facial and body shape: Some babies with congenital intellectual disabilities have abnormal facial and body shape. 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 thyroid dysfunction are particularly short, people with phenylketonuria have abnormally white skin and particularly light hair, etc.

2. Poor responsiveness to the environment: Soon after a normal baby is born, he begins to be interested in people and things in the environment. As long as he is awake, he always looks around. But mentally retarded babies are indifferent to the environment. In the first 1-2 months after birth, the baby will not make eye contact with adults and will not smile when teased. He is very quiet all day and rarely cries. These babies are often praised for being too quiet, and their intellectual problems are often easily overlooked.

3. Difficulty in breastfeeding: occurs in infancy. The earliest symptoms shown by infants with intellectual disabilities are often difficulty in feeding, inability to suck, and being particularly prone to spitting up, which indicates damage to the nervous system and will affect their intelligence in the future.

4. Hyperactivity: In contrast to babies who are too quiet, hyperactivity is also a characteristic of some intellectually retarded babies. Many intellectually retarded babies cannot stay still for a while and are active all the time. This is especially evident in children aged 4-5 years old. This kind of hyperactivity is different from the liveliness and mischief of normal children. It has no purpose, but is just an uncontrollable excitement. He touches everything he comes across and even knocks over chairs and stools without knowing how to pick them up.

5. Lack of concentration: Intellectually retarded babies have a poor concentration. Their attention span is significantly shorter than that of normal babies. Even when they are 5-6 years old, they can only concentrate on one thing for no more than 5-6 minutes. They also pay little attention to the outside world.

6. Vision and hearing defects: Severe vision and hearing defects, such as severe myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, total deafness, and hearing loss, also have a great impact on intelligence. Because vision and hearing are the means of communication between people and the outside world, they will lead to intellectual development delay.

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