Child often yawns: reasons to worry

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Have you ever wondered how many times a day you yawn? Yawning is a very interesting process, but not fully understood. We yawn when we're bored, when we're tired, or when someone else is doing it. Everyone is used to this phenomenon, it does not raise questions. However, it is worth paying special attention to the frequent occurrence of yawning. It can signal a serious illness.

What to do with babies who open their mouths so touchingly and wrinkle their noses? In children, yawning is directly related to the state of the body. If the child often yawns, then this indicates that not everything is in order with him. In this article, you will learn when to panic and when to take preventive measures.

Why do we yawn

Let's figure out what a yawn is. This is a multifunctional process inherent in us at the genetic level. Yawning is not taught. In fact, this is the action of our lungs, starting with a long full breath, ending with a rapid exhalation. In this case, often the muscles of the face press on the lacrimal sacs, after which we “cry”, and our mouthopens so strongly, as if we were trying to catch a fly or a small bird. There are even cases of people turning to the emergency room with a dislocated jaw in the process of yawning.

Why do we yawn? It is almost impossible to control this process, as it is involuntary. The body copes with certain difficulties in this way. Yawning helps to "reset" our overworked brain, cooling it down. We also enrich the body with oxygen. There are also psychological reasons, which will be discussed below.

Why do we yawn after others

Everyone is familiar with the situation: in the company someone started to yawn, and then after him everyone "infected" with it. What is it connected with? The answer to this question takes us back to ancient times. Once upon a time, when there were leaders and packs, yawning served as a signal to sleep or a signal of danger. The leader yawned, then along the chain it dispersed throughout the pack. In addition, it was a symbol of the unity of all people in the group. Millennia have passed, but the reflex remains.

People who instantly respond with yawns to yawns are good empaths, meaning they not only understand the feelings of others, but also feel them. You can test yourself and your friends for empathy. Also, the instant response yawning of your girlfriend (friend) or soulmate means their strong attachment to you. Pay close attention to yourself and your surroundings.

There are also people who don't yawn back. These include people with autism and other disorders that affect empathy, people who are good atself-control, as well as children under five.

Benefits of yawning

Let's start with the fact that yawning improves the functioning of our lacrimal glands, restores blood pressure, "cools" the brain, adds energy and improves mood. Also, yawning stretches the muscles of our face. Yawning is often followed by stretching, stretching the muscles of the body and improving blood circulation.

The useful properties of this process include the activation of the body to the "battle". Of course, a person is not going to fight with anyone. The fact is that such a yawn occurs before an important event (exam, parachute jump, competition).

On an airplane, yawning saves us from stuffy ears by equalizing the pressure in them.

Why adults yawn

Yawning has different functions in adults and children. It awakens and activates adults (this happens due to oxygen saturation of the whole organism). Often after a good yawn, we find new solutions and look at problems with fresh eyes.

The role of yawning in a child

It may seem incredible, but for the first time a baby yawns in the mother's stomach. It has to do with brain development. Yawning improves this process. If the baby often yawns in the womb, this signals problems.

The effect of yawning on babies is different from the effect on adults. Babies, opening their mouths wide, also “cool” their brain, but instead of being ready for action, theyfeel like falling asleep. Thanks to yawning, the child's nervous system "reboots", resting from overexcitation and stress.

Causes of frequent yawning in a child

Why do babies often yawn? Do not worry if this happens to your baby in those moments when he is tired and wants to sleep. The wide opening of the mouth in this situation is a completely natural phenomenon. You need to immediately pay attention to the fact that the child yawns often. The reasons may be as follows:

1. Stress, anxiety, overexcitation. Children can be scared and upset too. We must not forget this.
2. Constant overwork. The child often yawns due to problems with the central nervous system.
3. Lack of oxygen.
4. Uncomfortable sleep patterns.
5. Epilepsy.

Babies with epilepsy yawn much more often than others. This fact is confirmed by long-term observations of pediatricians.

Child often yawns and sighs

Sometimes a yawn is accompanied by what looks like a few breaths. Often, adults are faced with the fact that a child at the age of 5 often yawns and sighs, and his he alth is in perfect order. Frequent sighing is perhaps the most real vocal nervous tic. It usually appears at this age.

Nervous tics are monosyllabic repetitive movements that occur quickly. In some cases, the tic affects the vocal cords.

Vocal tics include sounds such as whistling, champing, smacking, certain words, clattering, coughing, and so on. Howas a rule, this is accompanied by "twitching" of other muscles of the face. See a neurologist for an accurate diagnosis.

When to book an appointment with a pediatrician

You have already learned about the harmless and serious causes of children's yawning and are sure that your child often yawns a year not because of fatigue and lack of oxygen. In this case, you should consult a specialist:

1. Child yawns very often, lethargic, too sleepy. This could indicate a migraine, chronic fatigue, or burnout.
2. Faints.
3. When talking to a neurologist, it's best to mention frequent bouts of yawning.
4. Baby yawns several times a minute.
5. The first "bells" of epilepsy are observed. If the baby is also yawning, see a doctor immediately.

Also, frequent yawning can signal such diseases or pathologies:

1. High intracranial pressure.
2. Hydrocephalus.
3. VSD (vegetative-vascular dystonia).
4. Multiple sclerosis (this disease also affects children).

How to help your baby at home

If your baby yawns a lot, try all the steps below and then see a neurologist.

To begin with, the causes of harmless frequent yawning can be overwork, overexcitation and lack of oxygen.

Reason	How to solve the problem	Will notsuperfluous	Forbidden
Overwork	Give your child fruits that contain vitamin C. This will help him gain strength and energy. Try to avoid quarrels with all family members. Children feel emotional tension in the house. Show your child that you love them. Play with him often, but in quiet games. Put together puzzles, play kids dominoes, draw, sculpt, build sand castles.	Consult a pediatrician about which vitamins are best for a baby to drink to restore tone. Massage for relaxation, take baths. Go to the water treatment complex. Eat your baby. Do not overfeed your child with chocolate and other unhe althy foods. Prepare meals that are low in s alt and fat. Eat right.	Scream at the baby. Show your annoyed state.
Overexcitement	Make your walks less active. Eliminate for a while all types of active games. Quiet games will not hurt here. They will help the baby develop perseverance. Listen to classical music. Have a quiet evening listening to the great classics. Read books to your child. Emphasize the work of the imagination, not the whole body. Don't show your baby more than one cartoon a day.	Change of daily routine. Breathing exercises. Relaxing exercises.	Give your child tablets, phones and other gadgets. Give lots of sweets.
Lack of oxygen	Create the right daily routine. Walk from ten to twelve in the morning and from four to six in the evening. Ventilate the children's room. Watch the temperature in the house. It needs to be kept at twenty-two degrees. Humidity should not exceed sixty percent. Feed your baby clean non-carbonated water, bathe every day. Lack of fluid (especially in summer) provokes bouts of yawning. Take a bottle of water for walks.	Go to a special medical sanatorium where you can go for procedures with your baby every day. S alt cave treatment is also suitable. Go with the whole family to the sea, to the forest, to the mountains.	Disrupt sleep patterns. Feed junk food. Smoking in the presence of a child or in the same room with him.

Now you have figured out when to see a doctor and when to take preventive measures. Yawning is a very interesting process that helps the body and sends signals in case of a problem. Our pets also yawn when tired and before going to bed. Here's another interesting fact: dogs and cats yawn in response to people as a sign of affection and love for their owners.