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Is It Harmful To Lift Infant By Wrists?
Hi, my grand daughter is almost 8 months old and my son-in-law frequently lifts her by her wrists and also lifts her high in the air. My gut feeling is that this isn t good for her but I don t want to say anything until I know for sure. Can you tell me if it is harmful? thanks Anne
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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brief answer is yes it is harmful
lifting infant from wrist can cause sprain or injury of tendons of the wrist joint
and this will lead to injury and inflammation of wrist and other bad consequences
so it is harmful to do that......as wrist tendons get inflammed if sudden movement or lifting of the body from wrist ......wrist tendons may not be have the ability to support all the body weight if lefting the body from wrist.....
please advise him not to do that behaviour it will have bad effect on the infant
hope that helps you
brief answer is yes it is harmful
lifting infant from wrist can cause sprain or injury of tendons of the wrist joint
and this will lead to injury and inflammation of wrist and other bad consequences
so it is harmful to do that......as wrist tendons get inflammed if sudden movement or lifting of the body from wrist ......wrist tendons may not be have the ability to support all the body weight if lefting the body from wrist.....
please advise him not to do that behaviour it will have bad effect on the infant
hope that helps you
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