"My baby has been pulling hard on the stool, and often farts, occasionally crying inexplicably, what is going on?"
When it comes to baby farting, many parents are very dismissive, because farting is too common, but when asked about the health information that may be hidden behind the baby's farting and frequent farting, many people are confused...
Why does your baby always fart?
Infancy farting is very normal, because their gastrointestinal function is not perfect, will make the intestinal peristalsis uncoordinated, will cause the baby to flatulence, and sometimes there is a grunting sound.
If the baby is always farting, parents can learn about the baby's gastrointestinal condition from the fart:
1, stinky fart, sour taste
If the baby loves to fart, and are stinky farts, or hiccups continuously, but also with a sour smell, which indicates that the baby gastrointestinal indigestion, such as the baby is breastfeeding, you must avoid eating too greasy, if it is milk powder feeding, you should pay attention to the milk when not having a "thicker longer" psychology, for the baby, not thick is not thin just fine, if you have begun to eat complementary food, feed more boiled water, and reduce the intake of fat and high-protein foods.
2. Empty fart
If the baby keeps farting, but there is no smell, it may be caused by the acceleration of intestinal peristalsis after abdominal emptying, at this time you can also hear the baby's gut sounds, this situation should be the child is hungry, the mother should feed the baby in time, because the baby loves to fart is also related to the stomach hunger.
3. Fart
Generally refers to the anal exhaust more than usual, resulting in more farts, the main reason is indigestion, or other intestinal diseases, it may also be the intake of a large number of starch, protein and other foods, or eat too fast, often swallow saliva and ingest more air, etc., usually pay attention to observation, the general baby fart is more normal, but if too much, then it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check.
4. Fart with poop
Generally speaking, breastfed babies have relatively thin and more poop, if the baby wants to defecate at the same time as a fart, then there will be a fart with poop, generally do not need to worry.
But if the baby's mental state is not very good at this time, irritable and crying, the mother can pay attention to it, then the mother needs to combine the shape and frequency of the poop to make a comprehensive judgment, and when abnormalities are found, the baby should be taken to the doctor in time to find out the cause.
5, farting without defecation
If the baby often farts, but in a short period of time there is no need to defecate, then it is likely to be in the stomach, the mother can observe, as long as the baby does not dry stool, there is no symptom of nausea and vomiting, and the mental state is good, then there is no need to worry too much, usually you can give the baby more massage of the small belly.
6, never fart
If the baby is crying and restless, or there are symptoms of abdominal pain, and never fart, and even a long time of defecation, it should be paid attention to, which is one of the symptoms of intestinal obstruction, parents should be more careful to pay attention, such as finding abnormalities to consult a doctor in time.
For babies who love to fart, there are the following suggestions:
1, the mother can be after the baby finished eating, the baby upright, with the hollow palm gently patted the baby's back, let the baby eat the air out, after half an hour to the baby to lie down, so that our baby will be much more comfortable.
2, but also to avoid feeding when the baby is very hungry, so that it is easy to suck air into the stomach, causing the stomach to grunt, so that it will also fart more.
3, parents usually carefully observe the baby's life, eating habits, find out the real reason why the baby loves to fart, and solve it in time, if it is because of inhaling too much air, resulting in the baby farting more, after the baby finishes feeding, parents should be patient to the baby to shoot the partition, if it is because of the baby colic caused by the baby farting more, and crying, parents should also help the baby to exhaust.
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