Newborn parents are slow to open their eyes after birth. Novice parents, don’t worry. It may be related to these reasons.

From pregnancy to delivery, it takes a mother ten months to welcome the birth of her little one. Faced with a newborn baby, parents are extremely careful, for fear of bumping or bumping the baby. If there are any seemingly abnormal reactions, they will immediately become nervous and become a panic.

It’s no wonder that parents are so nervous. Newborn babies look soft and frail, and as new parents, parents also lack parenting experience and often misjudge the baby’s condition because of excessive worry. , caused a lot of oolongs and made everyone dumbfounded.

Xiao Li and his wife made a joke because of their child. What happened was that Xiao Li’s wife gave birth to the baby naturally and recovered relatively well, so she was discharged from the hospital and went home after 4 days of rest. .

After arriving home, Xiao Li discovered a problem. It seemed that he had never seen the baby open his eyes. When everyone recalled it carefully, they immediately panicked. Xiao Li’s mother also said worriedly: "The sooner the baby opens his eyes, The smarter the eyes, the more likely it is that the child is not smart, right?"

The young couple quickly took the child for examination. As soon as the doctor heard the young couple's intention, he immediately became happy and said: "Don't worry. , there is no direct relationship between the speed at which the baby's eyes open and his or her intelligence."

The young couple were still a little confused, and continued to explain: "Newborn babies have not yet adapted to the outside world, and they sleep for a long time. So he often closes his eyes, and your baby has single eyelids, so he may be smaller when he opens his eyes, and you don’t notice.”

There are many novice parents like Xiao Li and his wife. The doctor said that the sooner or later the newborn's eyes open has nothing to do with the level of intelligence. It may be related to the following reasons. Novice parents will understand after understanding this.

Reason 1: The baby has not adapted to the light of the new environment

The baby has been living in the mother’s belly before birth and has adapted to the dim environment. After birth, the baby can adapt to the outside environment regardless of the environment. Whether it is natural light or lighting, it is extremely dazzling to them, so they often close their eyes and open them when they slowly get used to it.

Reason 2: The fetal fat is relatively thick, making it difficult for the baby to open his eyes in a short period of time

When the baby is born, the skin will be wrapped in fetal fat, as well as around the eyes. The fat will stick to the baby's eyes. Newborn babies have no experience in opening their eyes, so they need to try repeatedly. Some babies have thicker fetal fat, and the baby needs more effort to open their eyes.

Reason 3: The eyes of a newborn baby are swollen, which will also affect the speed of eye opening

Since the baby has been soaked in amniotic fluid while in the mother’s belly, the baby’s eyes are swollen after birth. There will be some "swelling" when it occurs, so it is normal to be unable to open your eyes at first.

But different babies have different degrees of swelling, which means they open their eyes sooner or later.

Reason 4: Newborns sleep most of the time, and it is difficult to detect them if they open their eyes for a short time

Newborns spend about 20 hours a day sleeping and awake. The time is very short, even if the baby opens his eyes, he will close them again before the parents have time to notice, so many parents think that the baby has never opened his eyes.

After the baby "moves out" from the mother's belly and comes to a new environment, it takes time to adapt.

Well-developed babies also have strong adaptability. They should open their eyes earlier, and vice versa. However, most babies can slowly open their eyes by about 10 days at the latest.

Therefore, even if the child does not open his eyes for a while, it is not a big deal. Parents can use gauze slightly moistened with water and then gently wipe it with the child. This will also help them adapt to this new environment early

Babies are young and their eyes are very fragile. Parents need to pay attention to care. First of all, they must avoid direct exposure to strong light, such as lamps with larger wattage, bathroom heaters, etc., which will cause damage to the baby's eyes.

At the same time, you should also pay attention to cleaning up the dirt like eye droppings around the baby's eyes in time to avoid causing trouble to the baby's eyes.

Daily question: When did your baby open his eyes?