Moms and dads may face a lot of tough problems in the first few months after the baby is born, and colic may be one of the most helpless problems for parents and the most physically painful for babies.
Facts that moms and dads about colic should know:
Duration of colic: Infants cry violently for 3 hours or more per day, appearing 3 or more times a week for 3 weeks or more.
Symptoms of colic: usually include irritability, abdominal flatulence, crying, physical tension and lack of sleep.
For babies with colic, crying is more frequent at night.
Colic occurs frequently in infants aged 2 months and begins to gradually improve at 3 to 4 months of age.
According to the American Pregnancy Association, about 20 to 25 percent of babies in the United States experience colic, and many children's symptoms are characterized by crying and irritability.
Methods of judging colic
No.1 Judged by the time of occurrence
Baby intestinal colic begins to appear in 2 to 4 weeks, reaching a peak at about 6 weeks, some babies disappear at 3 months, most babies disappear around 4 months, and some babies last until 6 months.
The time of the baby's intestinal colic attack is mostly at dusk or evening, so it is also called "dusk noise".
Every day happens almost at the same fixed time period, and there are also babies who cry at any time during the day or night, and there are babies who cry all night.
No.2 Judged by symptoms
Crying situation:
In the process of crying, the baby will scream, his face will be red, his fists will be clenched, his legs will be curled up, his limbs will be cold, it will be useless to soothe, it is useless to breastfeed, and the usually easy methods are useless.
Flatulence:
The baby's stomach grunts, and with a few gentle taps, there is a "boom" sound.
More exhaust:
Babies often fart and burp, sometimes with a small amount of spitting up with hiccups.
No.3 Judged by the time of crying
Babies crying due to colic usually last for at least 1 hour, or even three or four hours, until they have no strength to cry or stop after exhaustion and defecation.
If your baby has these symptoms, it means that your baby has colic.
Baby colic, what should parents do?
In order to allow more parents to relieve their baby's colic, or to minimize the chance of having colic, we have proposed a guide to relieving colic.
1. Create a stable environment
For babies with colic, try to create a stable, soothing environment for them and do some simple exercises to keep them emotionally stable. For example, hold the baby in your arms, put the baby in the stroller and push them for a walk, and keep the speed steady if you are in the car.
2. Relieve flatulence
Flatulence is the main cause of colic discomfort in babies, so it is necessary to properly help your baby relieve flatulence. For example, help your baby massage their back, or have them lie flat on the bed, support their ankles, and do pedaling movements. If bottle feeding is used, special bottles can be used to reduce the air your baby swallows during feeding and prevent too much gas from entering your baby's body.
3. Give the baby appropriate probiotics
The more studies have shown that colic occurs more frequently in infants with higher levels of harmful bacteria in the digestive tract because they have fewer beneficial bacteria in their bodies to protect the gut and the immune system.
This beneficial bacteria is called Bifidobacterium infantis. The data show that 90% of infants are deficient in this beneficial organism, and most of the reasons for this situation are related to the use of antibiotics, caesarean section of the fetus and other necessary but ineffective medical interventions, such as antibiotics, which can cause short-term imbalances in the intestinal flora. The appropriate addition of this bifidobacterium can help babies regulate the intestinal flora and improve their intestinal function, but it is not recommended that they use it for a long time, and it is recommended to follow the doctor's advice when using it.
Harmful bacteria in the intestinal microbiome of infants can cause inflammation and gas accumulation, which can lead to symptoms such as intestinal colic. EVIVO is a kind of baby probiotic, and its strain is B. Infantis EVC001, which has been shown to reduce 80% of the harmful bacteria associated with colic.
4, let the baby feel comfortable and warm
When your baby has colic, it's best to make sure your baby is as comfortable as possible and relieves tension.
For example, holding your baby and patting them on the body, such as giving them a hot bath and dressing warmly, or placing a warm towel on their stomach, because keeping them in a warm environment will also help relieve the discomfort of colic. At the same time, parents should also pay attention to the baby's environment, at night, you can dim the lights and reduce the noise around the house.
5. Positive mindset
Many new parents will be helpless in the face of the baby's colic symptoms, somehow to alleviate the baby's discomfort, and some mothers even accompany the baby all night and cannot rest. But for parents, in addition to the above mitigation methods, it is also necessary to maintain a positive attitude.
For babies and parents, colic due to the long time, the baby crying is bound to make adults nervous, but for many children will have such symptoms, so parents should try to relax, maintain an optimistic and positive attitude, timely treatment, and seek professional guidance and help.
6. Pay attention to diet
Bao Mom and babies who have added complementary foods, sisters should pay special attention to their diet, and try not to eat the following foods.
Spicy and irritating foods such as chili peppers, peppercorns, and ginger.
Because, after the spicy and stimulating food is ingested by the baby through milk, it is easy to cause intestinal congestion and swelling, which accelerates intestinal peristalsis, leads to indigestion, which is not conducive to recovery.
Foods that are easy to produce gas, such as sweet potatoes, onions, taro, and soy products.
This type of food can easily cause flatulence in the baby's abdomen, affect the absorption of nutrients, and aggravate intestinal colic.
Foods that are not easy to digest, such as sticky rice, rice cakes, and rice dumplings.
Difficult to digest food, easy to lead to intestinal peristalsis slowing down, affecting the absorption of nutrients, is not conducive to the recovery of Bao Ma.
7. Airplane hug
Let the baby lie on our arms or thighs to help the child drain the air in the stomach, relieve colic, and generally wait until the baby burps out to use the normal posture.
8. Feed the baby in the correct breastfeeding position
Feeding your baby in the correct breastfeeding position can reduce or even avoid your baby's inhalation of too much air, resulting in flatulence, which can aggravate intestinal colic.
Cross-cradle type
Have your mom sit upright in a chair with armrests or lean back on the bed, bring your baby to the front of her body and keep your baby's abdomen pressed against your mom's belly.
Then put your mother's left arm on the back of your baby's head and feed with your right breast (or your right arm on the back of your baby's head and feed with your right breast).
Cradle type
Let the mother hold the baby horizontally in front of her, let the baby suck the left breast when holding in the left arm, suck the right breast when the right arm is held, and let the baby's head lie in the mother's arm.
Football-style
Have the mother lean back on the chair or bed, bend her elbows, hold the baby by her side, support the baby's head with open hands and face the baby towards the breast. Then let the mother support the baby's back with her forearm, and the other palm is C-shaped to support her breasts.
Side recumbent
Ask the mother to lie on her side and then face the lower breast on her side. At this time, it is best to put a cushion on the back of the baby' back, and the mother's contralateral arm can also support the baby's neck and shoulder blades in the back.
9. Hiccup
After the baby finishes feeding, put the baby up, rest his head on our shoulders, and the palms are hollow to help the baby burp and burp.
10. Heat the baby's small belly
When the baby has an attack of intestinal colic, the baby should be held upright, the head should be placed on the shoulder, and the back should be patted to discharge excess air in the stomach. And gently massage the baby's abdomen with your hands, you can also wrap the warm water bottle (note that the water temperature does not exceed 60 ° C) with a towel and put it on the baby's stomach for a hot compress, the time should not be too long.
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