Is it good for babies to laugh?

A baby's love of laughing is also a sign of growth, and if the baby laughs often, it means the baby is healthy. He will only laugh when he is comfortable and in a good mood. Babies who laugh often generally have higher emotional intelligence, and it is also beneficial to the baby's physical and mental development. However, you must be careful when making the baby laugh, and you cannot let the baby laugh all the time.

The benefits of baby laughter

1. Most babies with high emotional intelligence and who love to laugh have cheerful temperaments and optimistic and positive emotions, which is very helpful for handling interpersonal relationships. Successful people not only have good quality of life and an indomitable will but also have super high emotional intelligence.

2. They are not prone to getting sick because their good mood will lead to good secretion of growth hormone, which makes them healthy and less likely to get sick. Many babies who love to laugh have rosy complexions, and are as energetic as the rising sun. In addition, smiling is also an excellent form of physical exercise, which is beneficial to promoting the balanced development of various systems and organs in the body.

3. It is a manifestation of growth. The stronger the child's perception of external things, the more frequent their body and facial movements will be. Children around three months old will smile happily when they see something that attracts them.

4. It is beneficial to the physical and mental development. In the process of smiling, the baby can not only have positive emotions, but also stimulate the respiratory system and blood circulation, enhance the immune system function, and enable the child to have enough resistance to the complicated world.

How to make your baby laugh

1. Pretend to bite their fingers Most babies like their parents to pretend to gently bite their fingers, feet and necks. This loving nibbling action can effectively promote parent-child bonding. Even two-year-olds still like to suck their fingers.

2. Innocent and exaggerated movements. The more exaggerated the facial expressions, the better. Babies like attention from others. If you make a face at them, no matter how silly it is, they will not resist it. This is why many parents try hard to learn the skills of making faces after their baby is born.

3. Blowing soap bubbles: Babies are very interested in the magical soap bubbles. Many babies will even crawl towards them and try to catch them when they see the bubbles. Moreover, blowing bubbles does not add any stress to parents, so it is economical and enjoyable for babies.

4. Bring in other family members. The baby may feel bored looking at the same person all day long. If the baby sees a child who is older than him, or his father who has been working outside all day, you may see the baby smile.

5. “Hide and Seek” This is a classic and popular game. Take your baby's favorite quilt, or hide behind the furniture, then poke your head out and hide yourself again, repeating this method. You can see many smiling faces of your baby.

Things to note when making your baby laugh

1. Do not pinch the baby's face because the baby's facial skin is very tender and the parotid gland tissue in the mouth is underdeveloped, fragile and easily injured. When the baby is 4 months old, the salivary glands gradually mature. When the baby is 6 to 7 months old, most babies will secrete more saliva, but because of the characteristics of the oral structure, normal drooling will occur at this time.

2. Do not let your baby laugh continuously. After a long time, he may feel uncomfortable but he cannot stop and does not know how to tell his mother. Such carelessness may cause momentary suffocation and hypoxia, resulting in temporary cerebral ischemia and damage to brain function. Lack of oxygen to the brain not only damages the brain, but also develops bad habits such as stuttering and giggling. Opening the mouth too much can even cause dislocation of the mandibular joint. Laughing while eating can cause severe choking and aspiration pneumonia. Laughing before going to bed will affect your sleep.