Two month old baby drooling: Baby Drooling at 2 Months? Here’s What to Know!

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Your baby’s growth and development – 2 months old

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Your 2-month-old is growing fast and becoming more alert. They will be making more sounds and getting more skilled at moving their body. They will still be crying a lot – but you’ve probably already seen that magic first smile (usually at 6 weeks) which somehow makes all the hard work worthwhile.

Your 2-month-old

By 2 months, your baby will have put on a lot of weight and may be looking round and chubby. As their muscles develop, their arms and legs start to move more freely, stretching out to make them seem taller and leaner.

During their first 2 months, your baby is growing very quickly. They will keep growing at this rate, probably gaining about 900g and growing 2. 5 cm to 3.8 cm every month.

Babies often have a growth spurt at about 6 weeks. This might make them more fussy because they want to eat more than usual. It might feel like you’re feeding all the time, especially at certain times of the day. You can sometimes tell your baby is hungry if they’re sticking their tongue out or sucking. If they doze off or turn their head away, they’re probably full.

At 6 to 8 weeks, your baby will have their scheduled vaccinations – 2 injections and the oral rotavirus vaccine.

Understanding baby growth charts

A growth chart helps you and your doctor keep track of how your baby is growing.

What can your baby do?

By 2 months your baby will have discovered their fingers and hands. They will hold their hands open and grab an object (although they don’t know how to let go yet!) They might also clasp both hands together.

2-month-old babies will start to learn how to coordinate their movements. Instead of the jerky arm and leg movements that made when they were born, they can move more smoothly and in more of a circular motion. They will kick both legs strongly and will be very wriggly. They may even roll over, so don’t ever leave them alone on a change table.

Their neck will be getting stronger all the time. During tummy time they might be lifting their head and moving it from side to side. Some babies can even lift their chest off the ground by now.

Some (though very few) babies can sleep through the night by the time they reach 2 months. But even if you’re not one of the lucky parents or carers, your baby will at least be sleeping for longer stretches at a time. They’ll probably be having 2 to 4 long sleeps and will be more awake and alert during the day — although babies’ sleep patterns still vary widely at this age.

Your baby’s eyes, which may have been crossed when they were younger, move together most of the time now. They will clearly recognise you, will look at you when you talk to them, and can follow you with their eyes. They will love looking at your face and will be giving you some lovely smiles. They will like looking at objects with more complex patterns and colours.

They will also be making a lot more sounds and gurgling, including sounds like ‘a’ or ‘o’, and they will seem to listen to you and talk back to you.

How can I help my baby develop?

As your baby develops more of a rhythm, you’ll find they are awake more during the day. This gives you more time to interact with them and help them develop. Spend plenty of time reading to them, singing, and talking. That way they’ll get used to sounds and words and will start to develop language and communication skills.

You can play with them by letting them look at and feel a variety of objects with different designs, colours, and shapes. Plastic toys and soft balls work well.

They will love looking at you, so make sure you smile at them a lot. It releases ‘feel-good’ chemicals in your baby’s body and helps them to feel safe and secure. You could also give your baby a massage to relax them. After a bath is a good time.

Continue with 1 to 5 minutes tummy time to strengthen their neck and upper body. It will help them develop the muscles they’ll need later to sit and crawl. But always put your baby to sleep on their back.

Development problem signs

Babies develop at a different rate. At 2 months, talk to your doctor or maternal child health nurse if:

they aren’t smiling by 8 weeks
they don’t calm down, even for a little while, when you pick them up to comfort them
one side of their body seems to be stronger than the other
they’re still holding their fingers in a tight fist
sudden noises don’t startle them
they aren’t feeding properly
they’re floppy or stiff

Where can I go for help?

If you are worried or would like to discuss any issues with your baby’s development, speak to your doctor or child health nurse.

Speak to a maternal child health nurse

Call Pregnancy, Birth and Baby to speak to a maternal child health nurse on 1800 882 436 or video call. Available 7am to midnight (AET), 7 days a week.

Sources:

Raising Children Network
(1-2 months: newborn development),
Women’s and Children’s Health Network
(Milestones: Children 0-4 years),
Kids Health
(Your baby’s health – 2 months),
Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
(Developmental milestones and the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standards)

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Last reviewed: October 2020

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Baby teething symptoms – NHS

When it comes to teething, all babies are different. But your baby will probably get their first tooth some time during their first year.

Find out how to spot when your baby is teething and what order your baby’s teeth are likely to appear in.

When do babies start teething?

Some babies are born with their first teeth. Others start teething before they are 4 months old, and some after 12 months. But most babies start teething at around 6 months.

Teething symptoms

Baby teeth sometimes emerge with no pain or discomfort at all.

At other times, you may notice:

their gum is sore and red where the tooth is coming through
they have a mild temperature of less than 38C
they have 1 flushed cheek
they have a rash on their face
they’re rubbing their ear
they’re dribbling more than usual
they’re gnawing and chewing on things a lot
they’re more fretful than usual
they’re not sleeping very well

Read tips on how to help your teething baby.

Some people think that teething causes other symptoms, such as diarrhoea, but there’s no evidence to support this.

You know your baby best. Get medical advice if they have any symptoms that are causing you concern. You can call NHS 111 or contact a GP.

Read more about spotting the signs of serious illness in babies and toddlers.

What order do baby teeth appear in?

Here’s a rough guide to how babies’ teeth usually emerge:

bottom incisors (bottom front teeth) – these are usually the first to come through, usually at around 5 to 7 months
top incisors (top front teeth) – these tend to come through at about 6 to 8 months
top lateral incisors (either side of the top front teeth) – these come through at around 9 to 11 months
bottom lateral incisors (either side of the bottom front teeth) – these come through at around 10 to 12 months
first molars (back teeth) – these come through at around 12 to 16 months
canines (between the lateral incisors and the first molars) – these come through at around 16 to 20 months
second molars – these come through at around 20 to 30 months

Most children will have all of their milk teeth by the time they are between 2 and 3 years old.

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Respiratory distress syndrome of newborns – description, signs, treatment, prevention and diagnosis
Respiratory distress syndrome of newborns (respiratory disorder syndrome) is non-infectious pathological processes (primary atelectasis, hyaline membrane disease, edematous hemorrhagic syndrome) that form in the prenatal and early neonatal periods of a child’s development and manifest as respiratory failure. The incidence of respiratory distress depends on the degree of prematurity and averages 60% in children born at a gestational age of less than 28 weeks, 15-20% – at a period of 32-36 weeks and 5% – at a period of 37 weeks or more. With rational nursing of such children, mortality approaches 10%.

Features

Most children are born in a state of asphyxia and congenital hypoxia, but respiratory disorders may not appear immediately, but several hours after birth. Typical are pronounced signs of respiratory failure: shortness of breath with a respiratory rate of 60 or more per minute (often with aperiodic breathing), cyanosis (perioral, acrocyanosis, generalized), pallor of the skin, participation in the act of breathing of auxiliary muscles (tension of the wings of the nose, retraction compliant places of the chest – intercostal spaces, xiphoid process of the sternum, retraction of the supraclavicular fossae), chest rigidity, sometimes foam at the mouth, difficult “grunting” breath (glottis spasm), swelling of the cheeks. There is a decrease in motor activity, hyporeflexia, muscle hypotension. For early detection and assessment of the severity of respiratory disorders in newborns, the Silverman scale is used. The assessment is made in dynamics every 6 hours for 2-3 days.

As the disease progresses, respiratory disorders and symptoms of depression of the nervous system increase, cyanosis intensifies, apnea, grunting exhalation and paradoxical breathing appear (when exhaling, the anterior lower chest is retracted and the abdomen protrudes), diffuse crepitus. Often there are local and generalized edema; frothy, sometimes bloody discharge from the mouth. The cardiovascular system is affected, tachycardia, muffled heart sounds are observed, fetal communications with the right-hand shunt persist, signs of pulmonary hypertension increase, cardio- and hepatomegaly develops.

Description

It develops mainly in premature babies from mothers with a burdened obstetric history (cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, nephropathy, placental pathology, uterine bleeding). Intrauterine hypoxia, asphyxia and hypercapnia during childbirth are important in the presence of lung tissue immaturity. Under the influence of hypoxia and hypercapnia, a violation of the pulmonary circulation occurs, the interalveolar septa are impregnated with serous fluid with the release of plasma components, in particular fibrin, into the lumen of the alveoli. The formation of hyaline membranes is also possible as a result of a decrease in the fibrinolytic activity of the blood. There is also a lack or a sharp decrease in the activity of the anti-atelectatic factor (surfactant), which contributes to the occurrence of atelectasis. Of certain importance is the deficiency of plasminogen, alpha2-macroglobulin and the development of local or disseminated intravascular coagulation. Underdevelopment of the elastic tissue of the lung, immaturity of the alveoli, aspiration of amniotic fluid and mucus are noted, especially in very premature babies.

Diagnostics

The diagnosis of respiratory distress is based on clinical findings. It can be predicted based on the study of the content of lecithin or thromboplastic activity of amniotic fluid.

If the ratio of levels of sphingomiapine – lecithin in the amniotic fluid is more than 2.0, then the probability of developing respiratory distress is 2%, if less than 2.0-50%, if less than 1.0-100%. A simple lung maturity test, the Clements “foamy test” with gastric contents obtained by probing, can also be used.

Differential diagnosis is carried out with pneumonia, malformations of the lungs and heart, intracranial birth trauma, diaphragmatic hernia.

Treatment

First of all, it is the prevention of cooling (the latter reduces or stops the synthesis of surfactant). Immediately after birth, the child is wrapped and placed under a radiant heat source, and then in an incubator. Carry out activities to revitalize and restore breathing. Antiacidotic therapy gives good results. The main indication for correction with sodium bicarbonate is the general serious condition of the child (less than 6 points according to Apgar) and the development of decompensated acidosis (pH<7.3). The sodium bicarbonate solution is re-introduced in the next 2-3 days until the indicators of the acid-base state are normalized (pH 7.35-7.4). The introduction of vitamins, cardiac drugs, aminophylline, etc. is widely used.

Infusion therapy should be carried out slowly in a small volume at a rate of 3-5 drops per 1 minute. The composition of the injected liquid is determined by the goal: delivery of calories to the body, reduction of catabolism and the degree of acidosis, improvement of water-salt metabolism, prevention of hypo- or hyperkalemia and hyperaminoacidemia. With shock and blood loss, blood transfusions are indicated. A constant inhalation of a 30% oxygen-air mixture is required.

The use of oxygen-helium mixtures is effective. Care is of great importance: rest, keeping in a couveuse. The start time of feeding is determined individually, taking into account the functional state of the child and the degree of prematurity. In severe cases, especially in violation of the coordination of swallowing, sucking and breathing, tube feeding is prescribed. As children recover, they are transferred to feeding with expressed human milk, and then applied to the mother’s breast.

The prognosis for the development of edematous-hemorrhagic syndrome and hyaline membranes is severe, in other cases it is favorable.

is it worth buying a pet for a child? Yes, and children get great pleasure from the fact that there is a dog or a cat in the house. In fact, they will be happy even with a hamster or fish. m24.ru columnist Anna Lebedeva reflects on whether it is worth buying pets for children.

Photo: TASS/Barcroft Images/Ruaridh C

A pet shop in a mall. From the cage, a kitten looks at the mother and daughter passing by. The girl stops near her pet and plaintively stretches out the phrase: “Mom, buy it! He is sad and lonely here, no one plays with him.”

And that one seems to feel that a little bit more and he will find new owners. He starts kicking a paper bow with his tiny paws, and his blue eyes flirt with the girl. This fluffy would know what awaits him in a family where there is a small child. “I don’t advise you to buy a kitten,” said an elderly woman with a bag of cat food in her hands.

Mom smiled in response and silently took out her purse. Looking at how she examines the kitten, how unexpectedly for her daughter she buys it, how the girl laughs, kisses the smoky fur, and then cries with happiness, I remembered my cat, who was lucky enough to become a girlfriend of a mischievous girl.

Photo: YAY/TASS

For a whole week, the two-month-old stalker wrapped his skinny tail around our legs, stared at us with round yellow eyes, and mewed plaintively. “Get out!” a plump grandmother from the first floor shouted at the cat, taking out the garbage in a flannel robe.

It was freezing outside at that time, and at some point, unable to resist the next “Meow”, we took the cat for ourselves, giving her a completely new and carefree life. Gratitude knew no bounds – a furry ball of wool jumped on my knees and touched my earlobe with a cold wet nose, as if whispering “Thank you.”

She became our third family member and even received a passport with the name Mosya. After a couple of years, her quiet life came to an end. All our emotions were connected only with the newborn daughter, who, as soon as she started to crawl, first of all grabbed the cat by the tail.

Photo: YAY/TASS/Alena Ozerova

Surprisingly, this did not make the cat live under the bed and come out only at night to eat. She sat down next to her daughter and patiently performed the role of her favorite toy. As now, when the girl has already grown up, and role-playing games have begun.

“Mom, the cat is sick, it needs to be cured,” my daughter once said. I go into the room and see a completely healthy cat lying flat on the bed and a child who is trying to inject her with a toy syringe. By the tail, by the paw, by the collar – as soon as the daughter lacks an unfortunate cat, but she still suffers.