At what size does a baby’s ear cartilage take shape?

When a baby is born, he or she has relatively tender small ears. As the baby grows up, the auricle will also become larger, and the shape of the ear will also change. In life, people's ears can have many shapes, such as the well-known protruding ears. In addition, the auricle can be large or small. These are all caused by genetic factors. So, usually, at how old does the baby have to be before the ear cartilage is fixed?

At what size does a baby’s ear cartilage take shape?

Babies generally have weak physical constitutions and need careful care from their parents in order to thrive. Parents must learn more about parenting knowledge in their daily lives. Only in this way can they understand the laws of physical development of their babies. Generally speaking, the ears of a newborn baby will be deformed due to being squeezed. However, as the baby's body continues to grow, the ear structure will gradually mature and will not be easily deformed when squeezed. From a medical perspective, the right ear cartilage usually takes shape about six months after birth.

Due to their lack of parenting experience, parents of newborns will become anxious and nervous when they find that their baby's ears have been deformed by sleeping on their side. In fact, before the baby's ear cartilage is formed, it is normal for the ears to be deformed due to pressure during sleep. Generally, it will recover automatically within a period of time after waking up, which is mainly related to the physiological laws of the baby's body. Since babies' ears are relatively soft, they are easily deformed after being squeezed by external force. There is no need to worry too much as long as they can recover in time.

In most cases, for babies who are relatively healthy and do not lack any trace elements, the ear cartilage will generally take shape about half a year after birth, and at the latest no later than one year old. While the baby's ear cartilage has not yet taken shape, parents should always help the baby adjust his sleeping position. Never let a baby sleep on his side for a long time. You should consciously help the baby turn over regularly. Only in this way can we effectively avoid deformation of ear cartilage caused by prolonged compression.

To sum up, parents must learn more about parenting knowledge, only in this way can they know how long the baby's ear cartilage lasts. Here I would like to advise all parents that if the ear cartilage of a child has not taken shape after about two weeks, it may be a case of ear malformation. The child should be taken to a regular hospital for examination and treatment in time. However, if the baby's ear cartilage can recover in a short period of time after being squeezed and deformed, then parents do not need to worry too much, as this situation will basically disappear six months after birth.