Watching your baby gulp in your arms is the happiest moment for new mothers! But
Many young mothers have this experience - just fed their baby, but the baby immediately vomited again. At this time, are you in the same mood as Duoduo's mother, both anxious and distressed?
Although many new parents know that their babies spit up milk due to physiological causes, they see their babies spitting up
, still nervous and overwhelmed. So, is there any way to prevent your baby from spitting up? To answer this question, we must start with the special physiological structure that causes the baby to spit up milk
The stomach of the newborn is in a horizontal position
The baby spits up milk, which may be caused by the mother's change of holding position after feeding, and the main reason is also due to the baby's physiological characteristics. Since the baby's stomach is not fully developed, it is lying horizontally from the front, in a horizontal position, and unstable
Fixed state, and small capacity; At the same time, the muscles at the entrance of the stomach are still relatively loose and cannot contract well, so that the milk entering the stomach is easier to flow back to the esophagus.
Also, careful mothers will definitely find that babies look stupid with nipples, so babies often suck milk into the stomach with air. In this way, when the baby burps or shakes, the milk eaten is more likely to be spit out.
After understanding the special physiological characteristics of the baby, we can help the baby do some prevention work in a targeted manner. So, is there any way to prevent your baby from spitting up?
The "four tips" to prevent your baby from spitting up
(1) Correct feeding posture is very important. When new mothers breastfeed their babies, they must hold the baby in their arms, so that the baby's body and the horizontal line are tilted at an angle of about 45°, and the milk in the stomach will naturally flow into the small intestine, which will greatly reduce the probability of spitting up. Mothers must not try to save trouble, let the baby lie flat on the bed to feed, this is a taboo to prevent the baby from spitting up.
(2) Help the baby pat on the back and burp. After feeding the baby, pick the baby upright and lean on the shoulder, pat the baby's back, and let the baby drain the air inhaled into the stomach during breastfeeding through hiccups, generally patting for about 5 minutes. This is the best way to prevent your baby from spitting up.
(3) The baby should not lie on his back immediately after feeding. After feeding, it is best to hold the baby upright on the body for 20~30 minutes, do not rush to put the baby flat on the bed. When placing your baby on the bed, let him lie on his side for a while before switching to supine sleeping.
(4) Master the amount of milk each time. In order to prevent the baby from spitting up, mothers can also take the "small number of times" method, that is, the amount of milk each time should be reduced to about half of the usual amount, but the number of feedings can be appropriately increased.
Correctly distinguish between "leaking milk" and "spitting milk"
Although spitting up milk is a common thing for newborn babies, new mothers are not
Be careless about this! Baby spitting up milk is generally divided into two situations: "leaking milk" and "spitting up milk". What we usually call the baby spitting up milk is also called "leaky milk", which refers to the phenomenon that the baby's milk flows out of the corner of the mouth after eating. Unlike milk leakage, spitting up milk is a strong vomiting caused by a variety of reasons, and the phenomenon of spitting up milk is often accidental.
Summary: 6 reasons why babies vomit milk
(1) Improper feeding methods, such as swallowing too fast, swallowing more air when feeding, turning the baby too much when feeding, etc.; (2) vomiting caused by various infections (such as colds), generally accompanied by runny nose symptoms, cold is good, spitting up disappears; (3) spitting milk caused by nervous system diseases, generally manifested as ejected spitting milk with obvious symptoms of systemic poisoning,
Such as fever, convulsions, anterior fontanelle, etc.;
(4) Surgical diseases, such as congenital pyloric hypertrophy, congenital malrotation of the intestine, congenital hirschsprung, etc., general
It is also accompanied by symptoms such as no weight gain, weight loss, and abnormal stool;
(5) The gastric mucosa is stimulated, and the baby taking erythromycin, sulfonamides and other drugs is easy to cause vomiting; (6) Gastroesophageal reflux.
If new mothers find that their babies are spitting up milk and have other abnormalities, they can't determine the cause,
Be sure to take your baby to the doctor in time.
To correctly distinguish between spilled milk and spitting milk, in order to make the child grow up healthily, the mother is the first health mentor in the baby's growth path, and the responsibility is very arduous.