Four seas network: Baby flatulence is not a small matter, baby flatulence will cause colic, affect baby's health, then what is the cause of baby flatulence? How to alleviate baby flatulence?
What is the cause of baby's flatulence
Reason 1:
The baby eats fast, swallows more air, but does not expel
When the baby is fed with breast milk or bottle, it is easy to inhale too much air if it sucks too fast. The air will let the baby inhale through the gap, and the baby's excessive crying will easily lead to flatulence.
Solution: for the baby who eats breast milk, try to let the baby include the whole areola, so as to reduce the air intake; for the baby who eats milk powder, the nipple of the bottle should be suitable for the size, not too big or too small, and some special anti swallowing air bottles.
After feeding, there will be a lot of gas in the baby's stomach to help the baby burp. Try to stop the baby in the middle of the milk, for example, and burp him. Let your baby sit on your leg with his back upright, touch or gently pat his back, let him belch out.
Reason 2:
Mother's consumption of indigestible food will increase the baby's chances of flatulence
If the breast milk contains too much sugar, the sugar in the baby's stomach over fermentation, also easy to make the baby flatulence.
Solution: mom should pay attention to the healthy diet during the sensitive period of breast-feeding. Pay attention to limit your sugar intake. Breastfeeding mothers should also try to avoid foods that may cause baby's flatulence, and try to eat less foods that are not easy to digest, such as glutinous rice, beans and bean products, sweet potatoes, etc
How to relieve baby's flatulence
1. Towel hot compress stomach
Baby's flatulence is probably due to the deficiency of stomach and stomach, so you can apply hot towel on it, so it can accelerate the peristalsis of baby's intestine. But towel had better use warm, otherwise easy scald baby.
2. Massage
When the baby has flatulence, you can massage the abdomen. Put Baobao flat, put his hand into his clothes, gently massage his stomach in a clockwise direction. Rub your baby's belly with your palm. You need to separate the clothes. Your hands should be warm and moderate. Otherwise, your baby may feel uncomfortable. Plus the friction with the clothes, the temperature will be higher, so it will be easy to exhaust the air inside the baby.
3. Specific methods
One hour after the meal, massage the baby's navel as the center, massage clockwise with the palm around the navel, pay attention to the gentle technique, massage about 5 minutes each time.
Although flatulence is not a serious disease, flatulence is very bad for the baby, which affects digestion. But all the things that make the baby uncomfortable are the little monsters on the way of growing up, so it's very useful for mothers to master some small skills.