Body surface characteristics of newborns

What should a newborn baby look like? Is it normal? New parents should know.

Smooth and delicate skin

Newborns are born with smooth and delicate skin and many different fetal fats and hairs.

The head is bigger.

The head is relatively large, accounting for 1/4 of the body length, and the bone seam can be touched along the edge of the skull, and the hair density varies.

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Eyes are closed at birth and rarely open.

Sebaceous gland secretion accumulation

Yellow-white miliaria secreted and accumulated by sebaceous glands are often seen on the tip of the nose.

The chest is barrel-shaped

The chest is barrel-shaped and smaller than the head circumference 1-2 cm. The breast is slightly prominent and has nodules.

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Abdominal distension, umbilical cord usually falls off after birth 1-2 weeks.

The spine is straight.

The spine is straight without normal kyphosis curvature.

The limbs are in a flexion position.

Limbs flexed, hands clenched, nails slender.

Boys' scrotum varies in size.

Boys' scrotum varies in size and often has mild hydrocele. Most of the testicles 78 fall into the scrotum.

The baby girl's labia minora is bigger.

The baby girl's labia minora is relatively large, and the labia majora cannot cover the labia minora, which often leads to vulvar edema.