The baby does not have any of the methods that help him to express, only cry or laugh, and the tongue is a way to help in the expression of many things, and there are many babies trying to take out their tongue constantly, and this may be a fear of mothers. What are the general functions of the tongue? What causes the tongue out in babies?
the tongue Is a group of muscles condensing to do several functions, including chewing and moving food to reach the back teeth that help to cut well, swallowing and pushing food back, speak especially in the flexible front of it and with the help of the tongue to remove the characters from the correct exit, and last but not least, It is divided into several regions, each of which tastes different through nipples that contain taste buds.
Causes of tongue extraction in infants:
- Children may use their tongues as a reference to the mother’s guidance that the child is hungry and may be used by the child during breast-feeding as he or she still wants more and is not satisfied.
- Or the presence of appendages around the tongue or the presence of a tongue sac.
- The use of the tongue during the process of breathing by mouth to remove it.
- The child begins to use his tongue significantly when he can eat about six months of age, and takes out his tongue to express hunger while continuing to cry most of the time.
- Taking out the tongue while playing as a playful means for his parents or for those who play with him, and the child tries to imitate the movements of his parents, especially the movements of the face as the output of the tongue.
- The child may resort to involuntary movement as a result of a certain abnormality in the mouth or muscles, often accompanied by runny saliva and difficulty in eating.
- Some children try to express their unwillingness to eat some food items, especially if they are not able to respond to the normal food intake in the sixth month of age and use the tongue in the output of food and to prevent the occurrence of any bottlenecks, especially if the material is solid.
- Or there may be an increase in the amount of tissue in the tongue that means the size of the tongue is greater than normal due to an increase in growth hormones or hypothyroidism.
- The size of the small mouth or the narrow palate and bow or small size of the lower jaw.
- Ejaculation of the tongue as a result of nasal congestion of the cold or allergies or tonsillitis or the presence of a diet in the nose.