4hw.com.cn: for new mothers, they are not familiar with the feeding of their children. Especially when the baby repeatedly spits milk, then how to do it? How should mothers care? What are the ways to reduce the baby's spitting.
What to do with baby's repeated spitting
Spitting or overflowing is a very common phenomenon for newborns and infants. Almost every infant has ever spitted. In most cases, spitting is physiological. More serious spitting may be the manifestation of digestive dysfunction or digestive tract obstruction.
It is mainly related to the immaturity of the stomach. At this time, the stomach is horizontal, lying horizontally from the front, and in an unstable state. The entrance of the stomach (the cardia part) is relatively loose, not tightly closed, and easy to be opened by food. When there is a little more milk in the stomach, it can open the cardia and flow back to the esophagus and mouth, while the exit of the stomach has a better development of pylorus muscle, which is tightly closed, and the food passes slowly. All of the above biological characteristics are the reasons why the baby is easy to spit milk.
If the baby has good weight growth, no uncomfortable performance, and all physiological indicators are normal, this situation is considered as physiological vomiting. If frequent vomiting, large volume, no weight gain, or accompanied by abdominal distention, diarrhea, fever and other symptoms, we should consider the existence of pathological conditions. The more common ones are gastroesophageal reflux, infection, pyloric spasm, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, etc. they should be sent to the hospital for further examination and treatment.
Improper feeding will also lead to frequent or large amount of milk spitting, such as too fast or too much milk, frequent change of formula, crying for a long time before feeding, swallowing a large amount of air during feeding, etc. some babies may vomit if their body position changes too much after feeding, such as changing diapers, etc., which will improve after improving the feeding mode.
Ways to reduce baby's spitting
1. Feed properly and avoid over feeding.
2. Don't be too urgent or too fast when feeding, pause for a moment in the middle so that the baby can breathe more smoothly.
3. The opening of the nipple is moderate. If the opening is too small, the nipple needs to be sucked vigorously. If the opening is too large, the nipple is easy to be submerged and choked by the milk.
4. After feeding, let the baby lie on the adult's shoulder vertically, pat the baby's back gently to help it to exhaust the air swallowed in the stomach.
5. When the baby lies down, the upper part of the body can be slightly padded higher. It is better to lie on the right side, so that the food in the stomach is not easy to flow out.
6. After feeding, don't let the baby move too much, and don't shake or shake the baby at will.
Emergency treatment of vomiting
When the baby spits out milk, the parents should help the baby to clean up in time. The most afraid thing is that when the milk suddenly reverses from the esophagus to the throat, it just happens to be inhaled into the trachea, that is, the so-called choking milk. When the volume is large, it will cause blockage of the trachea, poor breathing and even life-threatening. When the amount is small, it can be inhaled directly into the lungs to cause aspiration pneumonia. For slight overflow and spitting, usually the baby will adjust his breathing and swallowing movements, so there is no risk of breathing in the trachea. Parents only need to closely observe his breathing condition and skin color.