What should I do if my baby has indigestion? What should I do if my baby has dry stools?

Adults often suffer from indigestion when eating, not to mention newborn babies, whose gastrointestinal functions are not as fully developed as those of adults. So what should we do if babies cannot digest food? What should we do if babies have dry stools?

What to do if baby cannot digest food

1. Adhere to outdoor activities;

2. Take your baby for a gentle walk for one hour after dinner;

3. Try not to eat meat at this time, eat more fruits and vegetables;

4. Let your baby drink some "Mommy Love" in moderation;

5. If the baby has severe indigestion, he should take "Children's Food Pills" or "Children's Anti-indigestion and Cough Relief Oral Liquid", or go to the hospital in time.

What to do if your baby has dry stools

Pay attention to the diet of infants and young children. It is recommended to give them more fruit and vegetable juice, add complementary foods correctly, and massage the infant's abdomen correctly to promote defecation.

1. Babies who are bottle-fed or mixed-fed for more than 4 months can drink some fruit juice or vegetable juice. For example, boiled radish, carrot, celery, etc., or squeezed orange, apple, and watermelon juice. If the baby is too young, he should drink 1-2 spoons at first, and then gradually increase the amount if there is no abnormality.

When the baby is 5 months old, you can gradually add complementary foods. It is best to chop spinach, cabbage, greens, shepherd's purse, etc., add them to rice porridge or oatmeal and cook them together to make various delicious vegetable porridges for the baby. The large amount of fiber contained in vegetables can promote intestinal peristalsis and achieve the purpose of defecation. You can also feed some fruit purees such as bananas and apples to promote intestinal peristalsis. For babies who are exclusively breastfed, it is best to breastfeed until they are 6 months old before adding complementary foods.

2. Exercise moderately and do baby gymnastics. Insufficient exercise can also slow down intestinal peristalsis and lead to poor defecation. Mothers can often help their babies do baby gymnastics; for older babies, they can be encouraged to practice turning over and crawling by themselves, or they can be given a ball and play with them.

3. Massage your baby's abdomen appropriately: Massage the lower left abdomen. If you feel a cord-like object, gently massage from top to bottom to encourage the stool to be discharged downward.

4. Proper massage of the baby's anus can also induce physiological reflexes and promote defecation.

5. If the constipation is severe, you can give your baby appropriate Chinese medicine for clearing heat, detoxifying, and moistening the intestines under the guidance of a doctor.

How to prevent dry stools in babies

1. Breastfeeding mothers should pay attention to dietary taboos

Breastfeeding mothers should eat a light diet and avoid high-fat and high-protein foods. Excessive eating by mothers can easily cause "milk accumulation" in babies.

2. Adjust your baby’s diet

Let your baby eat food that is easily digestible and absorbable. Do not blindly give your baby high-calorie and high-protein food. Let your baby eat more vegetables and fruits, and increase the amount of rice and pasta appropriately.

3. Don’t let your baby eat too much at night

Babies are very active during the day, so they can easily digest food. However, at night, their stomach motility slows down, making it easy for them to indigest food. So try not to let your baby eat too much at night. Even if he drinks milk powder, add more water and less milk powder.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea and vomiting

There are many reasons for baby diarrhea. The following are the precautions for changing milk powder. Changing milk powder too quickly can cause the following consequences: diarrhea, constipation, indigestion, anorexia, vomiting, etc. The reason for gradual change: the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function is weak, and the taste is more sensitive, so an adaptation process is needed.

1. Weaning should be done when the baby is in good health. It should be done gradually and not too quickly. The whole process can take one to two weeks.

2. It is not recommended to change the baby's milk within one week before and after the baby's vaccination.

3. During the process of weaning, if the baby has already started eating complementary foods, it is not recommended to add new complementary foods that are difficult to digest.

4. Avoid switching your baby’s milk as the first meal in the morning when the baby is on an empty stomach or as the last meal before going to bed at night.

If your baby is not in good spirits, or has less stool and more water, you can take your baby to the hospital for a stool test to see if there is any bacterial infection. If there is none of the above, you should pay attention to controlling the feeding time. It may be because the baby drinks milk powder frequently and cannot absorb the protein in the milk powder. If the baby is mixed fed, you should pay attention to whether the baby has eaten high-protein food recently and cannot absorb it.

Since babies' immune systems are not yet fully developed, they are susceptible to infection in the first six years after birth. Oral supplementation of a large number of beneficial bacteria can produce a variety of organic acids and digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract to help babies absorb food and increase appetite. The lactose and acetic acid produced can enhance the baby's intestinal motility, promote digestion, and protect the baby's healthy growth.