Look at other people's babies eat and sleep, the model of angel babies. Look at your own baby, as soon as you get to 12 o'clock in the evening, you will start to "be a demon", crying and making trouble is useless, it is simply a demon coming. Babies crying at night may not only be pediatric colic!
Pediatric colic is not a disease!
Small babies will have sudden loud cries that can last for hours, or paroxysmal seizures. When crying, the baby's face is gradually red, the mouth is pale, the abdomen is swollen and tense, the legs are curled up, the feet are cold, the hands are clenched, and the hugging and feeding cannot be relieved, and it stops with crying exhaustion, exhaustion or defecation, which is often called infantile colic.
Colic is not really a disease, it is just a symptom used to describe the baby's good health but always uncontrollable crying, mainly caused by spasms in the muscles of the intestinal duct wall. Special emphasis should be placed on the fact that a diagnosis of colic can only be made after the exclusion of other possible diseases.
It is common in babies under 4 months of age, with more male than female infants and more common in obese infants. After 4 months, this phenomenon rarely occurs.
The way to judge is simple!
To find out if your baby is colic or not, remember these 3s:
Intestinal colic occurs mainly in the third week after the birth of the child, but also a small part of the sequelae after half the year of age, mostly in the evening or in the middle of the night.
Crying lasts at least 3 hours a day, attacks occur at least 3 days a week, and last for at least one week.
Disappears around 3 months after birth (some babies are later)
In addition to abnormal crying, the baby with intestinal colic eats and sleep, weight growth rate, motor development, etc. are normal, if you have to say that the adverse consequences of intestinal colic are toss the parents miserably!
How to relieve colic?
● After covering your hands with heat, gently massage your baby's small belly clockwise to help drain the gas in the intestine and relieve discomfort;
● Nursing mothers can try to stop eating dairy products, soy, eggs, coffee, onions and other foods that may be irritating. If your baby is formula-fed, you can try it instead of hydrolyzed protein milk powder;
● Do not feed too full. Eating too much will make the baby uncomfortable, feeding on demand, in general, before and after the two feedings are almost 2 hours apart;
● Wrap the baby in a bag to make the baby feel safe;
● Place your baby on your arm (also known as airplane hugging), rest your head on the crook of your arm, and gently stroke your baby with your other hand;
● Let your baby lie on your knees and massage his back. When your baby is lying on his stomach, feeling a little pressure in his abdomen can make your baby feel a little more comfortable. If the baby is asleep at this time, remember to put the baby back on the bed in a supine position;
● You can let the baby listen to white noise, such as opening the vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, dryer, electric fan, etc. outside the room, which helps the baby fall asleep;
Sometimes giving your baby a hot bath may also relieve your baby's discomfort.