18 symptoms unique to newborns

Dec 20, 2021

1. Physiological jaundice

Most reborn son after giving birth 2 ~ 3 days appear icteric, at 4 ~ 6 days heaviest, decline inside 2 weeks after giving birth commonly, during this period baby general condition is good, do not accompany with other clinical manifestation, say physiologic icteric.

The baby's chest was swollen at birth

Sometimes swollen male and female infants can attack, mostly in the 3rd to 5th days after birth, which is caused by the termination of the influence of mother estrogen on the fetus, without processing, mostly in 2 to 3 weeks after birth recession.

3, baby girl vagina see red

There is no need to worry about the fifth to seventh days after the birth of the baby girl, sometimes a small number of vaginal bleeding, continue to stop for 1 to 2 days, which is the same because the mother after pregnancy estrogen into the fetus after birth suddenly stopped, and constitute a similar period of bleeding, do not need to deal with.

4. Less urine and more frequent urination

Because of their immature development, newborn babies urinate a lot but not much. Over the course of a month or so, the number of peeing sessions will gradually increase and decrease.

The newborn's temperature was unstable

The body temperature of the newborn son is not perfect, the subcutaneous fat is thin, the heat dissipation is simple, and the body temperature rises or decreases with the temperature of the environment. There are some special situations, and some babies are born 2 to 5 days later, the body temperature will incredibly increase to 38℃. Some people call it a temporary fever.The reason is caused by the lack of water in the baby's body. Therefore, we should pay attention to keep warm when it is cold, and ventilate and give adequate water when it is hot.

6. Green feces

Baby born within 2 days, the color of the stool will appear dark green or dark brown, which is the so-called "fetal stool". This is because when the baby is in the mother's stomach, it eats amniotic fluid and intestinal mucosa. After birth, it will discharge the black or green feces. About 5 ~ 6 days later, it will become a general earthy yellow.

7. Irregular breathing and loud throat

Generally, the breathing of the newborn baby is not so stable, and sometimes there is a kind of irregular breathing appearance. The number of breaths of the baby born 2 ~ 3 days is about 20 ~ 30 times per minute. This is because the baby's larynx is very soft, when breathing, some of the larynx will be deformed, narrowed that some of the air through the period made all kinds of noise.

8. Curling up

After darling is born, often have two crus mild twists and turns, bipedal inside, two arms mild outside turn, limbs appear bend condition. These are normal appearances, and the position of the fetus in the womb before birth, the fetus in the mother's abdomen are head to the chest, arms tightly folded in the chest, legs bent posture. After birth, she still maintains the original fetal body shape temporarily. Most of them disappear after a full moon, and the pronation of both feet will be normal after 3 months.

9. Jaw flutter

Because the regeneration of the child's nervous system is not fully developed, the inhibition function is poor, so there is often involuntary tremor of the jaw. It's not a disease. Parents don't have to take it seriously. But in winter, parents should do a good job of keeping warm, if there is abnormal temperature change, it is necessary to consider the factors of disease.

10. Frequent hiccups

Some mothers find that the baby will often hiccup, encounter this situation, the old man in the home that is caused by the baby cold, will use a small quilt to wrap the baby. In fact, most babies have hiccups from time to time, even in their mothers' bellies. There are many reasons for hiccups, usually caused by stimulation of the digestive system.

Hiccups are not a disease, as the baby grows up, the nervous system and digestive system development is perfect, hiccups will disappear naturally, therefore, meet the baby hiccups do not have to be nervous. If the baby hiccups, you can pat the baby's back upright, or let the baby drink a few mouthfuls of breast milk or water.

11. I have a lot of hair on my face and body

After birth, the baby's body has a lot of hair, mainly on the forehead and ears, and dense. According to common sense, just born baby should be nothing tender, the skin is very smooth just right.

In fact, the baby in the maternal body, has been covered with lanugo. The lanugo shed inside the mother and then grow pilose again. Usually parents see the baby's body hair, mostly soft.These pilose hairs have lack of pigment, no medulla, the characteristics of limited growth power, generally one or two months after the natural shedding, so do not worry.

12. Dandruff falls off when you undress

Part of the mother to give the baby a bath, change clothes, there will be a lot of dander with the clothes falling down. Is darling's skin dry cause?

In fact, this is because the baby skin epidermis keratinization layer development is not perfect, and the basement membrane between the skin epidermis and dermis is not developed, tender and soft, so the epidermis off.

On the other hand, the baby is in the warm amniotic fluid before birth, after birth by cold and dry air stimulation, a cold and a heat lead to skin contraction, can also cause peeling. In this case, it is ok to pay attention to the skin as long as it is clean, do not tear the epidermis that is about to fall off, in order to avoid external infection and injury.

Sneezing or running nose

Found newborn children, there will be gratuitous sneezing, runny nose phenomenon, many new fathers, new mothers will be very worried about whether the baby caught a cold. Because the newborn baby nasal cavity blood transport is rich, nasal narrow, nose hair has not grown out, the outside world is very small stimulation will make the baby sneeze, so mom and dad do not use excessive worry.

14. The jaw shakes from time to time

Some mothers find that their baby's jaw trembles constantly, similar to what an adult feels when he or she is cold. But this can still happen after the baby is dressed. Is the darling caught a cold after all, or is what problem?

In fact, these phenomena are due to the newborn nervous system has not yet developed, caused by stimulation of the excitement of the generalization. Newborn babies tend to shake and spread out when they hear foreign sounds. At this time you can use a quilt to wrap the baby, but do not wrap too tightly, otherwise it will limit the baby's body activities.

15 My stomach keeps rumbling

Some babies have a lot of rumbling in their stomachs. And it's not that the baby is hungry. Actually, it's a baby's bowel sound. Is due to the baby's thin abdominal wall, intestinal peristalsis produced quickly. Is a normal phenomenon, new parents should not worry too much.

16. Thin yellow hair that falls out easily

Xiaomei, the new mother, was worried that her baby's hair was thin and yellow, and after taking a bath and waking up, she found a lot of hair falling out. In fact, the baby hair fine yellow mostly because the hair has been immersed in amniotic fluid and did not contact the air caused. After the baby is born, the hair comes into contact with the air and becomes more and more resilient, and the color will slowly turn black. Hair loss is caused when a newborn baby has more resting hair than growing hair. When your baby's resting hair is gone, the new growth won't fall out as easily.

17 He has a lot of little bumps on his face

Ever since I was born, I have had a little trouble with my face. First there was a small white rash, then patches of red spots on his face. The baby is still small, and dare not give him literally wipe medicine, do not know how to do. In fact, some newborn baby nose tip or small face covered with yellow and white small rash, this rash is called miliary rash, is caused by the baby sebaceous glands secretion.

Generally speaking, miliary rash will be absorbed by itself between 2 and 6 months after birth. Do not squeeze with your hands during this period, so as not to cause local infection. Some baby's head, face, trunk and limbs will appear in areas such as the size, edge of multiform erythema, this is because the baby corneous layer has not yet fully formed on the surface of the skin, the skin delicate, even a slight stimulation also can make the baby's skin congestion, however, these erythema, won't make the baby feel uncomfortable, and within a day or two will regress. So mothers don't have to worry too much.

18. Working hard in your sleep

Some babies sleep, the body has been tight, turn around, sleep very unstable. The baby this situation usually appears in the fast wake up, in fact, he is stretching, this is a newborn baby unique way of movement. This phenomenon is not abnormal, and can even make the baby absorb more oxygen, which is conducive to enhancing the metabolism of the body.

Many new mothers will find that the newborn baby is not like the TV broadcast, is white tender little lovely, but a little yellow, why is this? In fact, most babies develop yellow skin 24 hours after birth, a sign of jaundice in newborns.


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