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        Green hand parents will find a strange phenomenon after the birth of a baby -- the baby's little hands are always clenched tightly, which forms a small fist. Should parents open the baby's little fist? Generally speaking, newborns within a month spend most of their time with their hands clenched into fists and cannot stretch. But when the baby is two or three months old, parents can gently open the baby's tiny hand. According to scientific findings and the experience of some childcare experts, you can gently open your baby's clenched fist as long as everything is normal, but be sure to do it gently. What are the benefits of opening the baby's fist?         1. Promote the development of the nervous system         The baby can try to grasp various objects when the fingers are separated, which enables the baby to actively learn and engage in various movements, and also facilitates the development of perception and concrete thinking skills.         2. Exercise the baby's hand control ability         The process of opening your little baby's hands can exercise his ability to control his small hands and lay the foundation for various movements such as holding toys in the future. As body movements continue to improve, babies can use their hands to do more interesting things. It will effectively help the baby to establish the concept of interaction between themselves and the environment, which will help the baby to learn, work and live in the future. How to exercise to open the baby's fist?         1. We can put our fingers into the palm of the baby when bathing baby, and the baby will immediately hold the parent's finger with his chubby little hand, and then we can gently wash it while turning it in the baby's little hand.         2. Parents can also gently rub the baby's little hand from the thumb to the little finger when the baby is in good spirits, which can stimulate the development of tactile nerves.

        Zinc is known as the "flower of life" and "source of intelligence", and is one of the essential trace elements in human body. It plays an extremely important role in human growth and development, immunity, endocrine and other important physiological processes.         In the summer, many parents are particularly baffled by their babies' lack of appetite for food, low immunity, and the tendency to catch colds and fevers after sweating. In this case, your baby may have a zinc deficiency!         Research statistics have found that over 60% of infants are deficient in zinc during the summer months. Zinc deficiency can lead to nutritional imbalance, slow growth, low immunity and even mental retardation in severe cases. Therefore, parents should pay high attention to it. Why babies are prone to zinc deficiency in summer?         1. Because of zinc is consumed during the growth and development of the baby. If the body doesn’t store enough, coupled with the lack of appetite in summer, then the intake of zinc from the diet will be reduced, eventually causing a large deficiency of zinc.         2. Babies are prone to sweating in summer and zinc is excreted with sweat and urine.         3. Summer is the high incidence of intestinal diseases. If your baby is infected with a disease which will easily have diarrhea, and it will also cause the loss of zinc. What are the symptoms of zinc deficiency in babies?         1. Heterophagia, anorexia, partiality, picky eating, no sense of hunger, do not take the initiative to eat.         2. Prone to mouth ulcers, long map tongue.         3. Slow growth, short stature, thin.         4. Lower immunity, easy to catch cold, diarrhea.         5. Low intellectual development. How to supplement zinc for babies?         1. Babies supplement zinc from foods with high zinc content, such as lean meat, animal liver, egg yolk, seafood, etc. And vegetarian babies need to strengthen the intake of animal food, otherwise babies are prone to insufficient zinc intake.         2. Parents can choose some baby zinc supplements by baby stores, which quicker and more effective. But you need to specify the daily intake to avoid your baby eating them as sugar.