Whether it is spitting up milk or vomiting, it happens from time to time during the baby's growth.
But new mothers are inexperienced, often unable to tell whether to spit up or vomit, and are worried and anxious. Below, Xiaobian takes everyone to know about spitting up and vomiting, so that new mothers can learn to distinguish and calmly cope with the baby when they spit up or vomit.
▍Know your baby spitting up and try to reduce the frequency of spitting up
Spitting up milk is when the contents of the baby's stomach are slightly regurgitated into the mouth, often accompanied by hiccups.
Spitting up occurs in the infancy stage, and new mothers are prone to panic when they see their babies spitting up, but experienced mothers are not surprised by this.
Why does my baby spit up?
Spitting up is more common in babies under 1 year old, but each baby spits up differently, some babies spit up frequently, but generally get better after he sits.
Some babies spit on milk is very severe, and it will last until toddler or after weaning, and may even last until after the age of 1.
It could be that your baby eats too much and exceeds the capacity of the stomach and causes spitting up, or it can be caused by burping or drooling. Such spit-ups usually don't cause physical discomfort or serious danger, and new moms don't have to worry too much.
It's impossible to completely solve the problem of spitting up your baby, but there are ways to reduce the frequency and amount of spitting up your baby. Here's how:
1. Do not disturb the baby's feeding, try to avoid things that distract the baby's attention;
2, do not let the baby lie flat to feed;
3, do not wait for the baby to be very hungry before feeding;
4. After each feeding, hold the baby upright for 20-30 minutes;
5, just finished feeding the baby do not play violently;
6. The baby who drinks milk powder should be photographed every 3-5 minutes during the feeding process;
7. If feeding with a bottle, make sure that the hole in the nipple is not too large or too small.
▍Recognize the baby vomiting, and do a good job of nursing in time
Baby vomiting is when the contents of your baby's stomach forcefully spit out of your mouth. In the first few years of your baby's growth, you have more or less experienced vomiting, and vomiting in general does not require any treatment.
Still, moms worry about the baby vomiting with symptoms of a serious illness.
Therefore, mothers should know more about the knowledge of baby vomiting, which not only helps to take care of the baby, but also alleviates their fear.
The causes of vomiting in babies generally have the following two categories:
Gastroesophageal reflux
This is because the lower esophageal muscles are too loose, causing upward reflux of gastric contents.
Gastroesophageal reflux is mostly physiological, with the increase of age, reflux will gradually reduce, to about 1 year of age will be naturally relieved, generally do not cause adverse consequences, mostly seen in newborns and small babies after feeding temporary reflux and infant functional reflux.
Gastroesophageal reflux can be controlled by feeding in small quantities multiple times, giving your baby a frequent septum, and keeping your baby sitting upright for 30 minutes after feeding.
Infectious factors
In the first few months of your baby's life, the most common cause of vomiting is a gastrointestinal infection. Most vomiting in infants and young children is caused by viral infections.
Of course, there are also a few caused by bacteria or parasites. In addition, infections outside the digestive tract may also cause vomiting in babies, such as respiratory infections and meningitis.
If your baby has the following conditions, he should seek medical attention in time.
For example, vomit contains blood or bile, fatigue and weakness or extreme irritability, convulsions, jaundice, dehydration symptoms, severe abdominal pain, vomiting lasting more than 24 hours, etc.
If the baby vomits, you can let him sleep on his stomach or lie on his side, which can prevent the vomit from being sucked into the upper respiratory tract or lungs by the baby; it is necessary to replenish enough fluid in time to avoid dehydration, and dehydration may be life-threatening.