Patient's question:
The baby is still very young, and my wife has always had the baby lie on their stomach. She says this helps the baby practice lifting their head. I'm still a little worried it might hurt the baby. Do babies need to practice lifting their head? How can I teach the baby to lift their head?Doctor's answer:
Usually, when the baby can lift its head after 3 months, he will bend his waist and neck first. When you can sit up independently at 6 to 7 months, you have a chest curve. And when you can run and walk around at around 1 year old, you have a third curve of the waist. These curves are not fixed and may disappear when lying on your back. Therefore, for newborns, we should make them play on their stomach as much as possible, exercise their bodies, lift their heads, so that the curvature of the neck can develop into shape.