The situation when a baby's tummy hurts is as old as the world. All mothers and all babies pass through it. Painful gas formation occurs in different children in different ways, more or less often. At the same time, the child screams, cannot fall asleep, and the whole family cannot sleep with him. The painful sensations of the baby are significantly weakened at the age of 3 months, and, as a rule, do not bother at all after six months.
It is possible and necessary to take some measures that will prevent the occurrence of severe pain in the baby's tummy. This is necessary for both mother and child. The baby requires the greatest possible comfort, and it is desirable for the mother to get enough sleep. This will affect the amount of milk and the increased mother's irritability.
Cause of abdominal pain in an infant
Why does the baby have a tummy ache? There are several reasons, one of which is intestinal colic and gas, and what can cause colic and gas?
First of all, mom's food. Gaziks in the intestines of a baby are formed in the same way as in an adult. Some foods cause strong gassing, while others are practically non-existent. Remember what kind of food you had before, before pregnancy, "farting" occurred. Eliminate this food immediately. Next, carefully monitor after what your meal the baby's tummy begins to hurt. To do this, separate meals for several days, eat soup separately, after a while separately porridge or meat, in order to understand exactly which product is not right for both of you right now.
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It may turn out that the set of dishes left after all the exceptions is not rich. Don't be discouraged, this is a temporary measure. In a few months, your baby will grow up, become larger, and gaziki will easily leave his body.
The second reason that a baby has a tummy ache - the mental state of a nursing woman. It's very important not to be nervous. The feelings of the mother are transmitted to the child, with nervous excitement, his muscles tense, shrink and make it difficult for the gasp to exit the anus.
The third possible cause of abdominal pain in infants - increased fat content of milk. At the same time, thick fat milk in the baby's digestive system is poorly absorbed and causes pain. In such cases, it is enough for the mother to give the baby some water before feeding.
What to do when a baby has a tummy ache?
- When a baby has a tummy ache, it is sometimes necessary to use a small flexible tube to drain the gas into the baby's ass. - Gaziki at the baby - how to help?
- Light heating of the tummy also helps, for example, with a warm diaper (it is pre-ironed with an iron) or mother's warm belly (the mother takes the baby in her arms and presses her tummy to her). - Helping babies with colic
- To prevent the appearance of intestinal colic, the baby is given a tummy massage (light stroking around the navel in a clockwise direction) and gymnastics (bending and unbending the legs to the tummy). It is also necessary to lay the baby on the tummy before feeding.
An excellent remedy for tummy pain is a weak chamomile decoction.
The amount of chamomile is taken from the calculation of one tablespoon per liter of water. For a day, it is enough for the baby to brew one glass (200 g of water and 1/5 of a teaspoon of chamomile). The broth should be filtered, poured into a bottle and given to the baby to drink before feeding. A hungry baby will first take this water for food and will actively suck it out. After fifteen minutes, the chamomile decoction will pass from the stomach into the intestines, the child will again feel hunger and let you know about it. Now feed him milk.
From ready-made pharmaceuticals for the relief and prevention of intestinal colic, drugs based on simethicone are used (for example, Bobotic).
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