Can babies wear tight pants?
It is best not to wear tight pants for babies, because the structure of tight pants has an adverse effect on babies who are in the critical period of growth and development. Many mothers like to choose clothes for their babies according to the adults’ outfits, but if they are not worn properly, it may affect the growth and development of the baby’s body. If babies wear tight pants for a long time, they may encounter the following adverse effects:
- It is easy to cause vulvitis in baby girls
The skin of the perineum of baby girls is delicate. Wearing tights with poor breathability for a long time will rub the skin, cause mucosal congestion and swelling, and suffer from vulvitis. The symptoms of vulvitis are more obvious. Baby girls are restless and cry constantly due to itchy and painful vulva, and scratch their vulva from time to time. If the mother finds that the vulva is red and swollen, the skin may be scratched, and even the vaginal opening cannot be seen, the labia minora is adhered, and the urine is bifurcated or crooked, etc., when bathing the baby girl, she should take the baby girl to see a doctor immediately.
- Not conducive to temperature regulation
The baby’s metabolism is vigorous, the body produces a lot of heat, and the heat is dissipated by sweating through the skin. Moreover, babies are active by nature and sweat more than adults. Tights tightly wrap 2/3 of the skin of the whole body, hindering the heat dissipation process, which will inevitably affect the baby’s temperature regulation.
- Not conducive to the growth and development of babies
Babies who are in the process of growth and development have increasing muscles and bones all the time, and blended tights bind the buttocks and lower limbs, which will hinder growth and development.
- Induce eczema and breath-holding syndrome
Tights have a short straight crotch, a small hip circumference, and are not breathable in the perineum, which is easy to get eczema. There is a lot of friction between the crotch and the vulva, and small babies can also induce children’s leg clamping-breath-holding syndrome, which is medically called “emotional attack”.
- Prone to allergic reactions
The baby’s skin is widely exposed to chemical fiber fabrics, which is easy to cause allergic reactions. The baby’s skin has a thin stratum corneum and rich capillary network. Wearing this kind of non-cotton tights is most likely to cause allergic dermatitis or papular urticaria.
Precautions for babies to wear tights
- Wear tights less
It is okay if the mother occasionally puts tights on the baby once or twice. Long-term wearing of tights has a certain impact on the baby’s reproductive development and skin, but wearing it occasionally will not have any adverse consequences.
- Prepare an extra pair of comfortable pants in advance
If parents just want the baby to leave a good-looking commemorative photo, they can let the baby wear the tights with guaranteed quality selected by the parents before taking the photo, and then let the baby change back to comfortable and loose pants after the photo is taken. After all, compared with the enthusiasm of parents to dress up the baby, the healthy growth of the baby is the most important.
- Choose high-quality tights
If parents especially want to dress up the baby, pay attention to the material, and try to avoid too thick, too hard, and non-breathable fabrics. Please do not buy leggings sold on street stalls or unreliable stores, which are often mixed with low-quality cotton or a lot of acrylic. Please buy genuine products with 100% or more than 90% pure cotton. Cotton is soft, breathable, and sweat-absorbent, which will make the baby feel more comfortable and is more conducive to the baby’s growth.
