Many mothers find that the baby's stomach is grumbling, and from time to time it is still old and farting, and sometimes the baby's stomach is swollen badly, and the baby will cry.
Let the mother not coax well, this is because the baby has gas in the intestine, can not be discharged, there will be flatulence symptoms, and even intestinal colic.
What causes flatulence in your baby's stomach? How to deal with it?
1. Inhale air
The muscles on your baby's tummy are not fully developed, and once air is inhaled, your baby's stomach will appear flatulent. The baby's feeding position is not right, and eating too much milk may cause the baby to inhale too much air.
How to cope: do not wait for the baby to be hungry for too long to feed, the baby's stomach is too hungry, sucking will be too urgent to lead to inhalation of air, after feeding, gently pat the baby's back to promote hiccups, so that the gas of the stomach and intestines is discharged.
2. Indigestion, constipation
The baby's digestive system is weak, and the food that is not digested is easily stuck in the baby's intestines, and the gas is produced after fermentation.
This is also the main cause of intestinal colic in babies. If your baby has a flatulence and has not had a bowel movement for more than 3 days, the flatulence may be caused by constipation.
How to cope: Mothers can give the baby more abdominal massage, clockwise massage for 5 minutes, which helps gastrointestinal peristalsis and gas discharge, and improves digestion and absorption.
Eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, grains on the diet, the variety and pattern of the diet should also be diversified, balanced nutrition, but also pay attention to the daily children's water supply.
3. The feeding posture is not correct
Some mothers are feeding in an incorrect position, the baby does not hold most of the areola, or does not completely insert the nipple into the baby's mouth, which will cause the baby to inhale too much air and cause flatulence.
How to deal with it: when feeding your baby, do not bevel the nipple to avoid inhaling air, breastfeeding your baby, if the baby is feeding, the correct feeding posture can avoid inhaling air.
How to tell if your baby's stomach is flatulence?
The most obvious manifestation of the baby's stomach flatulence is that the baby's stomach is much more bulging than usual, the mother covers the baby's navel with one hand, and one hand gently taps the back of the other hand, if you hear a banging sound, it confirms that the baby is currently flatulent.
In addition, when the baby's stomach is flatulent, the baby will fart more, cry, sleep peacefully and other performances.
Effective ways to relieve flatulence in your baby's stomach:
The most direct way to eliminate the baby's stomach flatulence and intestinal colic is to exhaust the baby, the gas is discharged, the problem can be solved,
1. Massage the baby's abdomen
When the baby's abdomen is found to be swollen badly, the mother can start to insist on rubbing the baby's stomach and rubbing the baby's stomach clockwise, so that the baby will fart and the bloating will subside. This will solve the baby's bloating situation.
Abdominal massage tips: The mother pours a little olive oil into the palm of the hand, and the palm is attached to the baby's belly on the right side of the baby's abdomen, two fingers from the navel.
Stroke clockwise from the right abdomen to the left abdomen and make a semicircle around the navel, 20 times at a time, 2-3 times a day. This can effectively promote your baby's intestinal peristalsis, help your baby to vent and relieve constipation.
2. Help your child hiccup
After each baby feeding, the mother remembers to burp the baby, the correct burp method is as follows:
Hold the baby vertically and let the baby lie on the shoulder of the mother, the mother holds the baby's little ass with one hand and the other hand gently pats his back.
When the mother pats the back, use a hollow palm to avoid the baby's spine, and shoot from the bottom up, about 3-5 minutes to help the baby burp out.
Newborns are prone to flatulence, so it is recommended that mothers, the above-mentioned baby abdominal massage and prevention of inhalation of air, as well as hiccups these methods, usually can do a good job of prevention in advance.