Babies will love their mother's embrace and feel particularly warm, but some babies will recognize their birth and break free from the embrace to sleep alone, while others will still jump around when holding them. Some babies will straighten their heads and tilt back when holding them, so what's going on?
What's going on with a baby holding their head up and leaning back
Generally speaking, the development of the posterior cervical muscles in infants and young children is earlier than that of the anterior cervical muscles, so babies tend to look up when lying down and tilt back when held upright by their parents. The phenomenon of backward tilting is caused by the underdeveloped neck muscles of infants and young children, who may experience brief upright movements while striving to maintain head balance. At this point, parents will find it difficult to support their little head quickly, causing it to sway back and forth or tilt backwards in circles. Most of the behaviors exhibited by infants and young children are actually the result of rapid expansion or prolonged accumulation of negative emotions that are difficult to release. Sometimes, babies are eager to express their thoughts to their parents, but because they cannot speak, they use crying and fighting to vent their anxious emotions.
How to take care of a baby holding their head up and leaning back
The correct way to hug is to first flip the child to one side on the bed, stretch both arms, bend the hips and knees, hold the head and lift the child close to the adult's body, and lift the child back against the adult's chest. Similarly. When placing the child back on the bed, it is also necessary to first rotate the child into a side hanging position, bend the lower limbs, and then lower them. It is necessary to correct and avoid the incorrect holding method of only holding the child's waist to lower them.
For children with head and back flexion and limb rigidity, they can be placed on a hammock in a supine position. Due to the depression in the middle of the hammock, it can improve the excessive extension of the limbs and torso, while also avoiding the head from tilting back, making it easy to maintain in the center position. Hanging brightly colored toys above the hammock can help promote hand movement and visual function.
It is actually a normal phenomenon for babies to hold their heads up and tilt back, which may be due to the faster development of their neck muscles compared to their tibialis anterior muscles. Therefore, babies tend to look up when lying down, and this behavior of holding their heads up may also be a way for babies to vent their emotions. Because babies are still young and cannot express themselves, they only use their behavior to attract the attention of young mothers.
