Regurgitation in newborns
The stains of dried milk on your clothes tell a traitorous story that you are the parent of a big fan of belching. In the first months of life, most children regurgitate milk or artificial mixture several times a day. This is more of your problems( you have to erase a lot) than the health problems of the child, and this rarely worries the child. Dress appropriately. If you are lucky with the child and he shares each of his meals with your clothes, wear clothes with a motley pattern and avoid dark color. In case of regurgitation, keep a tissue diaper on hand.
Regurgitation: when you need to worry
Regurgitation becomes a problem and requires medical attention if one of the following cases occurs:
• The child loses weight or gaining weight insufficiently successfully.
• Vomiting increases in frequency and volume and becomes gushing( regurgitated mass flies through your knees and falls to the floor).
• Vomit constantly green( bile).
• Vomiting is accompanied by a child's behavior indicating severe pain in the abdomen.
• The child chokes, coughs during each feeding.
Not much is lost. When a child spits up, you may think that all the milk your body has worked so hard out for, or the whole mixture for which you gave so much money, has spilled out of it. But, most likely, you exaggerate the amount of belly milk too much. Spoon a tablespoon of milk or mixture on the table and see what a huge puddle turns out. Now tell me, is there a spot on your dressing gown? For the most part, children spit only a teaspoonful.
Why does the baby spit up. Small babies regurgitate simply because they are small children. They swallow milk together with air, and the air is in the stomach under the milk. When the baby's stomach contracts, he, like a pneumatic rifle, shoots a piece of milk back into the esophagus, and you have on your shoulder sour, curdled milk. Some greedy eaters swallow too much milk too quickly, and an overloaded tummy sends the part back. Playing games with the child after feeding, when you press him on the tummy or turn over abruptly, throw the child, can also cause regurgitation.
How to deal with regurgitation. Here are
several recommendations that can help your child.
• Take your time while nursing. Consider that small
children have small tummies. If you feed the mixes, give your child smaller portions, but more often.
• Make the baby release air during and after the feeding. Children receiving artificial feeding should be allowed to ventilate after every ninety milliliters of milk, and children who are breastfeeding when going to the other side or when the sucking child pauses if the child lingers for a long time at one breast.(See "How to give the child air.")
• Feed the baby in a vertical position and keep it upright for twenty to thirty minutes after eating. If you do not have time just to sit and hold the child in a vertical position, carry the child in a vertical position in the sling bag while you are doing your work. Gravity is the best friend of a child prone to regurgitation.
• Avoid playing fast with a child, do not throw it into the air for at least half an hour after a meal.
• If you are feeding from a bottle, make sure that the hole in the nipple is neither too large nor too small.
When the regurgitation comes to an end. In , most cases of regurgitation cease at the age of about six to seven months, when the child is able to sit in a vertical position - gravity keeps milk below.(See pro gastroesophageal reflux, or gastroesophageal reflux.)
Blood in regurgitated milk. Do not panic when seeing the child's first blood. If you are breastfeeding, it is much more likely that this is your blood, not the baby. Usually this blood flows out during feeding from the cracked nipples, with the healing of which the blood disappears. Sometimes a child spits up with a lot of stress and can tear one of the small blood vessels at the end of the esophagus. It also heals quickly. If none of these causes of
seems likely, and bleeding continues, let the doctor know.