Hello!Glad to answer your questions. Because babies are too young and immature, it is normal to spit up milk. Don't worry too much just yet. As for when you can stop spitting up, this will gradually be alleviated as the baby grows and develops well. As a stay-at-home mom, I have a few experiences to share with you about spitting up milk for 3-month-old babies:
1. When necessary, take the baby to a regular hospital for examination to determine whether the baby is spitting up milk because he is uncomfortable and whether he has a disease. If there is a disease, it should be detected and treated early. If not, then you need to adjust your feeding regime.
2. It is normal for a healthy baby to spit up milk after feeding. The main reason is that the baby is still too young, the stomach capacity is small and the level is more, the vomiting center is not well developed, and the coordination ability of swallowing muscles, the neuromodulation function of gastrointestinal peristalsis and the gastric acid secretion function are relatively poor. So, it's normal for a 3-month-old baby to spit up, and you don't have to worry too much.
3. The baby still spits up milk at 3 months, which may be caused by the incorrect breastfeeding posture or the incorrect posture of feeding the baby with a bottle. If the position is not correct, the baby may inhale too much gas and then spit up easily.
4. When feeding, the mother should pick up the baby and not let the baby lie down to feed. And after feeding, the mother should hold the baby upright and hold it to burp to help the baby expel excess gas, which will reduce the occurrence of spitting up.
5. Do not change the baby's diaper or change the baby's position frequently after the baby drinks milk. As mentioned earlier, the baby's stomach is small and lying in a horizontal position, so it is very easy to cause spitting up if the position changes too much.
6. When the baby is 3 months old, most of the time is sleeping, so the mother should let the baby lie on the right side after picking up the baby and feeding. At the same time, the mother can rub the baby's small belly to help the baby promote gastrointestinal peristalsis.
7. Under normal circumstances, most of the baby's spitting up is caused by improper feeding methods. When your baby cries or is emotionally unstable, it's best not to feed your baby. Especially if the baby is crying, don't use milk to soothe the baby. This is not only easy to choke the baby, but also will make the baby form a bad habit of relying on milk.
8. If the baby spits up frequently, in large amounts, does not gain weight, and is accompanied by fever, diarrhea, abdominal distension, etc., parents should pay attention. Take the baby to a regular hospital for treatment in time.
9. When the baby spits up milk, the mother should raise the baby's upper body on the right side of the body by 45° in time to prevent vomit from choking into the airway and causing danger.
10. When the baby is 3 months old, most of them are eating breast milk or milk powder. If the mother has too much breast milk, you can express some before feeding, which can prevent the baby from choking; It is difficult for the baby to suck milk, and the flow is large, and the baby may not have time to swallow and be choked.
11. When the baby is 3 months old, the head and neck have begun to gradually become stronger, and they can control the direction freely. When breastfeeding, try to take the right side of the lying position, slightly raise the baby's upper body, let the baby eat in the crook of the mother's arm, so that the baby is not easy to be choked, but also make the child feel very secure, which is conducive to the growth of the baby.
I hope the above experience can help you, and you are welcome to add to the exchange.
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