After the baby is born, each stage has its own characteristics, just like this parenting saying "one sleep, two cry, three stomachs", which is the development characteristics of the baby in the first three months.
During the first month of life, your baby spends most of his time sleeping.
By the second month, the baby's waking time gradually increases, but it becomes difficult to cry.
By the third month, the baby will start to save his stomach, and the poop interval will be extended, even once every few days.
However, baby belly saving, not all will experience, not all from three months to experience, some babies from more than two months began to appear belly saving.
For mothers, there will be a very important skill, that is, to show their babies to see the soup, through the soup to observe whether the baby's body is normal.
Whether their own babies have normal pulling has always been a concern for mothers, if they encounter the situation that the baby does not pull rice, mothers will inevitably be anxious.
"Our baby hasn't pulled the soup for two or three days, is it constipation?"
"Could it be that the baby is holding his belly?"
In the face of the problem of the baby not pulling the baby, the first reaction of the mothers is the problem of constipation, but sometimes it may be that the baby is just holding the stomach.
Babies do not defecate, usually there will be two kinds of stomach and constipation, if it is the baby in the belly, then the mother does not have to worry too much, because this is a normal physiological process of the baby.
But if the baby is constipated, it needs to be paid attention to, because this is already a pathological problem. But some mothers may not understand what is belly saving?
What is the difference between belly saving and constipation???
1What's going on with baby belly?
Perhaps many mothers have heard of the "belly" thing, but many times they only hear its name, but do not see its body, because the matter of belly saving is not something that every baby will experience.
The so-called belly saving, in fact, is that the baby's body gastrointestinal absorption capacity has become better, resulting in insufficient accumulation of rice and long-term non-defecation.
Here, we need to understand that before the baby adds complementary food, it is fed with breast milk or formula, and the nutrient content in the milk is very high, plus it is a liquid state, and there is less waste that can be formed. When the baby's digestion and absorption capacity is improved, everything eaten is absorbed, and there are fewer residues.
And the baby's discharge is the need to have a certain amount of accumulation to stimulate the anus for excretion, if the baby's stomach is relatively small, it takes several days to accumulate into a bubble of, then there will be a few days or even ten days and eight days without defecation. And this is the whole reason and process of the baby's belly.
If the baby is holding the belly, then it means that the baby's gastrointestinal function is developing and improving, which is a normal situation, which indicates that the baby absorbs well.
The problem of belly saving generally occurs during the breastfeeding period between 2 and 3 months after birth, and when the addition of complementary foods is started, the problem of the baby's belly will disappear with it.
2How to see if the baby is stomach or constipated?
The baby began to save the belly in two months, pull once every three or four days, and then once a week, but the baby defecated every time it was not difficult at all, the pulled was not dry, the longest time was pulled for thirteen days, but the pull was very easy, the flutter was finished, after adding complementary food, basically once a day, occasionally once every two days, no constipation.
This is a mother's description of the experience of the baby's stomach, she has no experience, but she has a very careful observation, saving a lot of trouble.
Indeed, after two months, some babies have fewer bowel movements, especially those who are breastfeeding.
This is because breast milk leaves less residue in the baby's digestive system, but it is not necessarily constipated, which is important for parents to judge. We can look at it from the following points
See how and how your baby is feeding
Belly saving is a normal phenomenon, so the baby who saves the belly will not be affected by other aspects, should eat, sleep, play, mental state is also better, breastfeeding and usually similar.
However, if it is constipation, as the stool is dried up in the baby's intestines, the baby will have a decrease in appetite or even abdominal pain, and the feeding will be significantly reduced, and it will be irritable and even cry.
Touch whether your baby's belly is soft or hard
When the stomach is saved, the baby's intestines are unobstructed, so the stomach is soft to the touch.
However, if it is constipated, the baby's stomach "stock" is piled up in the intestine, and when touching the baby's stomach, it will touch the stomach that is not so soft.
See how your baby behaves when he defecates
If it is a belly, the baby will be more relaxed and smooth when pulling the poop, just like the "fluttering sound" described by the mother earlier, the baby will not have a painful expression.
If it is constipation, we have also experienced that feeling, it will be very hard and uncomfortable, the expression is very painful, and the same is true for the baby's constipation.
Look at the shape of your baby's stools
Belly puffing is normal, so the stool is still golden soft stool, or golden paste-like stool.
Constipation is different, the stool pulled out is relatively dry and hard, even one by one, and when it is severe, it also has blood or mucus.
For babies under 6 months of age, the situation of "less stool" is basically a stomach saver, and there is little constipation. As long as your baby is normal in every other way, don't worry.
3 What can parents do if the baby appears to have a stomach?
It's normal to save your belly, and you can slowly get better even if you don't handle it.
But most parents will be more anxious when they encounter this situation, after all, they are inexperienced when they are parents for the first time, and they are more likely to be nervous.
If you're really worried, you can do this to help your baby promote bowel movements – massaging his stomach.
Method: Take the navel as the center, slide your hands from the right side of the baby's belly to the upper left, and massage the stomach in a clockwise direction alternately, doing it 3-5 times.
Massaging the stomach can promote intestinal peristalsis, which can promote the expulsion of gas and stool.
However, most of the new parents are inexperienced, and it is easy to make mistakes when they encounter some "problems". For example, when the baby goes through the belly saving period, there may be such an understanding, or it may be wrong.
◎ Myth 1: The baby does not pull the stool for several days, it is constipation or fire, and it is necessary to drink more water.
Analyzed so much earlier, babies 6 months ago are more likely to have a stomach, which is normal.
And a normal healthy baby, as long as the daily milk is enough, there is no need to feed the baby water.
On the contrary, feeding the baby incorrectly, or even feeding a large amount of water, will increase the baby's metabolic burden, occupy the stomach and affect the feeding, and the insufficient intake of milk will affect the development, but it is not conducive to the baby's health.
Therefore, it is not recommended to give healthy babies who have not yet added complementary foods and extra water.
◎ Myth 2: Is it because the baby does not pull poop for a few days because he can't eat enough?
Of course not, because as the baby's digestive ability increases, there is less residue left in the intestine and the interval between bowel movements is prolonged.
Therefore, it cannot be said that the baby is "not full", and it is not blind to "feed more milk" to the baby, and eating more will increase the burden on the baby's stomach and intestines, and even accumulate food.
◎ Myth three: the baby does not pull the stink for a few days, give the baby some medicine or use home remedies to promote defecation
There are also some parents who are in a state of "emergency and chaos", especially if the baby is a little "small abnormality", it will be very anxious.
Seeing that the baby does not pull the stink for a few days, it may give the baby a long time to eat probiotics, or use other drugs, or even use some local folk remedies...
If it is a stomach, these are not needed, but if it is really after the examination, the doctor says that it is constipation, then it is also necessary to listen to the doctor's advice to correct, can not be used indiscriminately.
In short, to correctly understand the baby's belly, usually also learn more parenting knowledge, when encountering problems, it is not easy to panic or do wrong.
Important
The baby's belly is reduced due to increased digestion during breastfeeding and less absorption of breast milk or milk residues, which is a manifestation of increased gastrointestinal function.
Constipation is a manifestation of impaired gastrointestinal function of the baby, and parents need to distinguish between the two, which can be seen from the baby's daily mental and eating state, as well as the specific situation of defecation.