A friend mentioned to me that her cousin pinches her baby nose. I was to embarrsed to ask why (didnt want to sound stupid), but why do people do this and what does it do? Does it really work as it sounds strange to me?
2007-06-09 03:57:34 · 8 answers · asked by Blue Opal 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Ok i just asked another friend that knows her and she said she does it to reshape the babies nose in hope to make it slimmer or something, i was like what the!
2007-06-09 04:27:44 · update #1
I pinch my babies nose, not hard but play. It makes her giggle for some reason.
2007-06-09 04:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pinching a babies nose makes the pincher feel nice. It works, but do not pinch to hard as that will damage the baby. Also try pinching the cheeks, blowing fart sounds on the tummy, and kissing toes. All those activities promote a feeling of warmth and fuzziness in the do-er and in the baby.
2007-06-09 11:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by i like monkeys 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you pinch a baby's nose in an effort to clean it out. Babies cannot blow their noses but that does not mean they do not get stuffed up. pinching pushes out muccus and helps to open the nasal passage. A Qtip works better or one of those bulbs to suck it out, but in a (lol) pinch you use what ya got.
2007-06-09 11:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my mom told me it's an ancient tradition...pinching the nose of newborns helps to shape the nose, making it more pointy. The reason being that the cartilage in the nose is still very malleable.
2007-06-09 12:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by chirogirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope she doesn't pinch it hard, noses are sensitive even when the cartilege is as undeveloped as in a newborn's. They do it for a simple reason, babies' noses are so darned cute.
2007-06-09 11:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by Guinness 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 years ago when our first son was born, he had to have medications. you pinch the nose softly, which will make the child open his mouth to get the medication in.
Thats all I really know about it.
2007-06-09 11:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by connie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It causes the child to learn to breath through both the nose and the mouth.
2007-06-09 11:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Same reason why we pinch their cheecks. Its cute, you just want to GRAB it!!
2007-06-09 11:19:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋