At what age can a baby be held in the bladder? Why can't the baby be held in the bladder too early?

When many babies are just born, their parents hold their babies to urinate early in order to help them develop a good habit of regular urination. However, they do not know that this is a wrong practice. How old can babies be held to urinate? Why can't babies be held to urinate too early? The following editor will explain them one by one, hoping to help you.

How old can a baby urinate?

When children are one year old, they will begin to have a certain awareness and ability to control their urination and defecation. The number of bedwetting will be greatly reduced, and they will even tell their parents when they urinate or defecate, or squat to urinate. At this time, it is not a big problem to hold the child to urinate occasionally, but not too frequently. At the same time, you should also respect the child's wishes and ideas. If the child does not like to be held to urinate, parents should not force it too much.

Does holding the baby to urinate have any effect on the baby?

1. It’s bad for children’s spine

The spine of a baby within three months is still a straight line. After three months, the baby will raise his head and form the first cervical curve. After six months, the baby will sit up and form the second thoracic curve. After one year, the baby will walk and form the third lumbar curve. If the baby is held to urinate too early, for too long, and with incorrect posture, it may cause scoliosis, hunchback and other phenomena.

2. It is easy to cause anal prolapse and other phenomena

It is said that the high incidence of hemorrhoids in China is related to the practice of holding children to urinate and defecate from an early age. Holding children to urinate too early and too frequently will cause the rectal mucosa to protrude from the anus, which is called rectal prolapse. I think that if it is summer and the child is wearing less and is already one year old, you can slowly guide the child to learn to defecate independently. If you find that the child feels uncomfortable with the diaper after urinating, you can practice independent urination every time there is a signal to urinate.

Why can't you urinate too early?

1. Affect the healthy development of children

Scientifically speaking, a child's sphincter will not mature until the age of three. According to Cui Yutao, a famous parenting expert in my country, holding a child to urinate too early can cause anal prolapse or anal fissures. It will also affect the child's spinal development and sphincter development to varying degrees, and the child's chance of getting hemorrhoids will increase when he grows up.

2. Psychological impact on children

Because the process of holding the child to urinate is imposed by the parents with their own will. Therefore, there are many times when the child will cry and be unable to urinate. Some parents will scold the child loudly, or even hit the older child's buttocks to force the child to urinate, which will have a great impact on the child's character development. In fact, holding the child to urinate can also be done when the child is older.