Vomiting is a common phenomenon in infants. It refers to the strong and powerful emptying of food in the stomach, and the amount is relatively large. For the newborn, spitting is a very common phenomenon, so parents should not panic too much, so why does the newborn spit?
Reasons for baby's spitting
The reason of newborn's spitting is not only because of the change of holding posture, but also because of the baby's physiological characteristics. First of all, let's take a look at the structure of the baby's stomach and the characteristics of the way they milk.
Reason for spitting: baby's stomach and throat are not mature
The stomach of the newborn is lying on its back in an unstable state. At the same time, the cardia (stomach entrance) is relatively loose. That is to say, when the food enters the stomach, the cardia will shrink to prevent the food from flowing back to the esophagus; however, the infant's stomach and cardia can't shrink well, so that the milk entering the stomach can flow back to the esophagus easily. In addition, compared with adults, newborns have a higher larynx position, and they are clumsy in the way of containing nipples, which makes it easy to inhale the air in the stomach together with milk when they are sucking, so when children burp or shake their bodies, the milk they eat is more likely to be spit out.
When does a child need to see a doctor after vomiting?
As for avoiding spitting, the child who eats mother's milk is better than the child who eats bottle in this respect. The child who eats bottle will swallow a lot of air, while the child who eats breast milk will not. Because the baby's mouth and the mother's nipple form a vacuum absorption, the air is not easy to invade. As for the amount of spitting milk, it just looks like a lot. In fact, most of it is gastric juice, so children will not be hungry. As long as the baby does not show discomfort, does not lose weight, or a large number of frequent vomiting, green color, crying cough and other abnormal phenomena, it is not necessary to see a doctor.
But we need to pay more attention to the mental and physical state of the baby after vomiting. After the vomiting has been relieved, if the baby is still in low spirits, just want to sleep, is not in a good mood, can't sleep, has a fever, has distention and so on, it may be sick, should see a doctor.
How to care for baby's spitting?
1. Keep your upper body up
Once vomitus enters trachea, it will cause suffocation. Therefore, it's best to put the bath towel under the child's body and keep the upper body elevated when the child lies down. If the baby is vomiting while lying down, we can turn the baby's face to one side.
2. After spitting, pay more attention to observe the condition of children
When the child lies down, the head of the child should be padded up, or simply hold the child upright. After spitting, the child's face may be bad, but as long as it can recover later, it will be OK. In addition, according to the situation can be appropriate to add some water to the child.
3. Rehydration should be done 30 minutes after vomiting
After the baby spits out milk, if you immediately add water to the baby, it may cause vomiting again. Therefore, it's best to try to give the child some white water with a spoon a little bit about 30 minutes after vomiting.
4. After spitting, the amount of milk to be fed each time should be reduced to half of the normal amount
When the baby recovers and wants to eat milk, we can give the baby some more milk. But every time the amount of milk to be reduced to about half of the usual, but the number of times can be increased. During the period of continuous vomiting, we can only feed the baby, but not other food, including auxiliary food.