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The baby's stomach is more delicate, and the small belly is easy to show "unhappiness", and even their own babies are difficult to avoid "being hit", poor appetite, constipation and food accumulation occur from time to time.
So, we've put together an experience post that I hope you can easily deal with.
01
It's hard to pull the smell
Possible presentations:
Abdominal distension with a hard lump, difficulty in defecation with pain, loss of appetite;
When defecation, the face is red, irritable and painful, kicking the legs and crying;
The poop is dry and hard and black, some small and dry, like sheep dung balls, and some large and hard;
Sometimes there is also an anal fissure.
Precautions: The baby's bowel interval is longer, but if you eat well, sleep well, and have good spirits, you don't need to worry about it, most of them are just "saving your belly".
02
Diarrhea
Cold, improper feeding, and gastrointestinal infections may lead to loosening, mushy stools, and increased frequency of bowel movements.
Notes:
Pay attention to keeping your baby warm, especially on the abdomen.
Don't suddenly replace food for your baby, and at the same time, you can consider giving your baby probiotic preparations to help your baby regulate the intestinal microecology, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and help digestion.
Frequent diarrhea should prevent dehydration.
Gastrointestinal infections are divided into viral and bacterial, and it is necessary to take the baby to the doctor in time and do a stool test to further determine the type of diarrhea.
03
Green stool
Caused by hunger, incomplete digestion of iron, green foods, abdominal colds, gastrointestinal infections, etc.
If the milk supply is normal and there is no obvious abnormality in the mental state, there is no need to worry too much.
Notes:
green stools and allergies/green stools and diarrhea;
Bloody/distinctly fishy stools;
Green and watery stools, separated green stools, and mucus.
04
Milk flaps
The white, valve-shaped particles are milk petals, most of which are normal, and they cannot be digested or are not adapted to the new milk powder during the milk transfer process, resulting in indigestion, which may also cause milk petals.
Pay attention to the situation:
long-term milk valve pulling, slow weight gain or other discomforts;
The milk valve particles are larger than the rice grains, and the poop also contains mucus, foam, and blood, which has a fishy smell, and the baby is not in good spirits.
05
flatulence
It generally appears 2-4 weeks after birth, and gradually disappears when the baby is 3-4 months old, manifested as hiccups, bulging stomachs, cooing, farting, bubble stool, abdominal pain and crying.
Notes:
Don't shake your baby too hard and don't cover your baby too much.
Don't feed as soon as you cry, there are many reasons for crying, and repeated feeding may worsen flatulence.
Breastfeeding mothers should not eat too many foods that cause their babies to have flatulence.
06
Upper Fire
Babies may have increased eye droppings, red tongue coating, heavy breath, hot and sweaty palms, hard stools, and indigestion.
Notes:
1. Improper preparation (too high water temperature and too strong milk): too high water temperature is easy to denature and inactivate some proteins, which is difficult to digest and absorb, and then leads to food accumulation and fire;
If the milk is too thick, it will increase the burden on the baby's gastrointestinal tract and kidneys, leading to digestive disorders and causing fire.
2. Overfeeding: increase the burden on the body, which can easily lead to indigestion and constipation.
3. Food hygiene: Drinking contaminated milk powder may cause mild infection of bacteria in the body due to insufficient immunity, and then cause fire.
07
Milk boredom
Sudden decrease or frequent changes in milk intake.
Physiological anorexia: do not like to drink milk but have normal growth and development, mental state, mostly because of overfeeding, curiosity about the outside world, dislike of the taste of milk, heavy taste of complementary food, or decreased appetite during teething.
Pathological anorexia: may be caused by food accumulation due to bloating, diarrhoea, infections and other acute/chronic conditions, which can occur at any age.
08
Accumulation of food
It is mostly manifested as abdominal distention, dry or sour stool, abdominal distension and heat. For a long time, it is easy to cause malnutrition in children and affect their growth and development.
Specific performance:
Restless sleep, irritability and easy crying, sweating profusely or sweating a lot when you fall asleep;
Great changes in appetite and marked loss of appetite; Babies often say that they say that their stomachs are swollen and their stomachs hurt;
Anorexia, not swallowing a meal for a long time, eating a meal for a long time;
The sides of the nose are blue, the tongue coating is thick and white, and the breath has a sour and rancid taste;
Poor growth, yellow and thin face, short yellow or clear urine, sour or loose stool; Bloating, stool induration or diarrhea, difficulty with diarrhea, bad breath.
How to deal with your baby's gastrointestinal problems
Pay attention to dietary hygiene: breastfeeding should pay attention to washing hands and breasts, and storing milk bags; Formula feeding: Tools must be thoroughly cleaned before and after each feeding.
Cultivate good feeding habits: to be regular and fixed, not to feed too much at a time, and not to change the brand of milk powder and the proportion of milk powder at one time.
Pay attention to hydration and change diapers frequently: change the baby's diaper in time for diarrhea, wash the fart with warm water every time, and beware of the baby's red buttocks. It is necessary to drink water in time to prevent dehydration.
Pay attention to cold protection: do not let the baby's abdomen get cold, sleep at night, take the baby out to wrap clothes/small quilts, cold can easily cause baby gastrointestinal problems.
Supplement probiotics: You can supplement probiotics to your baby to improve your baby's gastrointestinal function and improve your condition.