In humans, breathing is recorded neurologically from birth until the first year of life.
Therefore, registration is carried out in their first year of life when they inhale and exhale through your nose When breastfeeding, the baby achieves a perfect lip closure while swallowing milk. Breastfeeding creates the neurological record of the functioning of the muscle groups in the tongue, neck, and shoulder girdle. It is important to maintain these behaviors and perform them correctly during the first year of life so that the brain circuits are programmed and mature properly.
That is why breastfeeding is recommended, if possible, for as long as possible. It should be bilateral (equal time spent on the right and left breasts) for proper bilateral development of the baby's face, nervous system, and brain maturation.
After 6 months, it is time to introduce complementary feeding, but the baby should continue to be breastfed until 2 years of age or more.
It should be Avoid using baby bottles and pacifiers, so that our child does not become a mouth breather, with all the problems that this entails: rhinitis, otitis, sinusitis, hearing loss, tonsillitis (repeated), asthma, sleep apnea, snoring, seizures, bruxism, malocclusions, among many others.
If your child suffers from mouth breathing, we can help you, call and make an appointment.
