It's not about injuries: why you can't carry a child on your left arm or thigh
'12.06.2019'
Source: Wday.ru
The expert told how a one-sided position threatens the baby - even in the arms of his mother.
Those who have never dealt with newborns before think that it’s very easy to pick up a small child. However, when it comes to business, many are timid: scary, because the baby is so tiny, it is so easy to harm him, writes Wday.ru. And about “easy” they are right - but the point is not in injuries, but in what position the baby is in. His well-being directly depends on this.
In order for the baby's back to be healthy, it is important to distribute the load and avoid tension in the lumbar region. Otherwise, irregular curvature of the spine may form and cause problems with the hip joints.
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There are many ways to carry a child. It is important to remember the basic rules.
- Carefully ensure that the baby’s head is not thrown back. It must be maintained until the neck muscles are strong (2 − 3 of the month).
- It is strictly forbidden to sharply raise or lower a child, as this may adversely affect his vertebrae.
- Do not take the newborn by the hands or with one hand.
“Many mommies prefer to wear the baby constantly on the same hand,” complains the orthopedic surgeon Olga Klevakina. - Because of this, for example, the left hand of an infant (which remains free) develops better. And the child as a result becomes left-handed. "
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In Soviet times, it was considered a defect, since everything in the world is focused on right-handed people. One of the parents was able to retrain the child painlessly, and someone had to go through suffering. Often, retrained children had major problems in school, self-esteem fell somewhere close to zero, and isolation and anxiety remained for life. Now, however, left-handedness is one of the standard options.
However, you need to know that left-handers have some special features.
“Their leading hemisphere is the right one,” explains the orthopedist. - It is responsible for the imaginative thinking (left hemisphere - for logic and rationality, - auth.). A person perceives intonation and remembers everything in sensations. Therefore, left-handers are more emotional. They need to be treated very carefully, you can not blame and chop off the shoulder. They are often prone to apathy, depression. They cannot stand up for themselves at school and suffer because of it. You need to understand that they need time to learn how to write and read. Such children need to be trained through games and creative tasks. ”
