What should I do if my baby's stool is green? How should I deal with my baby's accidental burns?

The baby's physical condition often requires us to observe carefully. So, what should we do if the baby's stool is green?

Reasons for green stool

If you have green stools, frequent bowel movements with a lot of water, or diarrhea, you should go to the hospital to have your stool checked.

Green stool causes:

1. Dairy products are rich in iron, which is not fully absorbed in time and is excreted from the stool, making the stool green;

2. During the digestion process of fat, less bile is consumed, and the excess bile is excreted from the stool, making the stool green;

3. Inflammation in the intestine or rapid intestinal peristalsis causes the bilirubin in the intestine to be excreted from the stool before it is converted, making the stool green.

What to do if your baby's stool is green

1. If your baby's stool is green due to indigestion, you can give him some spleen-strengthening and digestion-resolving oral liquids.

2. If a breastfed baby has green stools, the mother should avoid spicy and cold foods to avoid affecting the baby's stomach.

3. If the stool is green due to iron, breastfeeding mothers should pay attention to vitamin intake, which can promote iron absorption, eat more vegetables and moderate amounts of fruit. Mothers should try not to take in too much fat at this time, and pay attention to water intake, which is 1300 ml per day. At the same time, you can give the baby some water after feeding.

The baby's stomach is very delicate, with little gastric acid secretion and insufficient enzyme activity, which can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort and digestive problems. When choosing formula milk powder, carefully choose formula milk powder with added β-vegetable oil (affinity structural fat) and moderately hydrolyzed protein. Moderately hydrolyzed protein, a mixture of smaller molecules formed after the protein macromolecules are hydrolyzed, can reduce the burden of gastrointestinal digestion and make it easier for babies to absorb. At the same time, the addition of probiotics cannot be ignored. Probiotics can secrete lactase to help digest lactose and reduce constipation, bloating, diarrhea, etc. caused by lactose intolerance.

How to prevent your baby's stool from turning green

Since the main reason for the baby's stool to turn green is the baby's indigestion, mothers can prevent the baby's stool from turning green by changing the baby's eating habits and eating rules. Breastfeeding mothers should change their eating habits to prevent this problem. Breastfeeding babies: mothers should eat light food, avoid seafood, avoid eating too cold or too hot food, choose fruits that are mainly neutral, and drink more boiled water. Pay attention to nipple hygiene. Once the breast is inflamed, stop breastfeeding.

Artificially fed babies will have a weak digestive system due to incomplete nutrition (not as good as breast milk). You should always observe the baby and adjust the amount of food; pay attention to the baby's temperature, which will also affect the baby's appetite. Once the baby is sick, the amount of milk should be reduced. After the baby falls asleep every night, the mother can gently massage the baby's belly in a clockwise direction through the clothes, from 10 times to 30 times at most, which is beneficial to the baby's gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, and promotes the improvement of function.

At the same time, letting babies drink more boiled water can also prevent the stool from turning green. Babies who drink breast milk should also drink more boiled water. Drinking boiled water in the morning can replenish the water lost at night, clean the intestines, eliminate waste, wake up the digestive system and the recovery of overall function, clean the mouth, etc.; the time for drinking milk should be regular and there should be intervals (0 to 1 month old babies: once every 2 hours, 4 hours at night; 1 to 2 months old babies: once every 2 to 3 hours, 3 to 5 hours at night; 2 to 4 months old babies: once every 3 to 4 hours, 4 to 6 hours at night). This is because the baby's stomach is delicate and incompletely developed, and it needs to be fully emptied and rested to ensure the normal operation of digestion and absorption functions. In the middle time, drink boiled water as the main food, do not eat other things, replenish sufficient water, promote the improvement of digestion and absorption functions, and eliminate waste and toxins in the body.

What to do if your baby is accidentally scalded

1. First degree burns

If the baby's skin epidermis is burned and the skin appears slightly red and swollen but without blisters, it can be determined as a first-degree burn.

If the baby is scalded to the first degree, parents should promptly rinse the baby's scalded skin with tap water for about 30 minutes to relieve the pain caused by the scald and reduce the redness and swelling of the skin caused by the scald. Then, parents should apply scald cream to the baby's scald area and wrap it with clean gauze to prevent the baby from scratching it with his hands and causing wound infection. If the baby's scald area is large, it is best to take the baby to the hospital for treatment; if the scald area is small, you can continue to observe and treat at home.

2. Second degree burns

If the baby's scalded skin forms blisters and the pain of the wound is severe and unbearable, it can be determined as a second-degree burn.

If the baby has a second-degree burn, parents should put a basin of cold water and soak the baby's burned part in it for 20-30 minutes. This can greatly reduce the pain caused by the burn. Parents should pay attention not to use tap water to wash the wound to prevent the blister from bursting and causing infection. After soaking the wound in cold water, parents should bandage the burned part with sterilized gauze and then take the child to the hospital for treatment.

3. Deep second degree burns

If the blisters on the baby's scalded area burst, pus and blood ooze out, and the skin turns red and white, it can be determined as a deep second-degree burn.

Deep second-degree burns are beyond the scope of what parents can handle, so it is best to send the baby to a doctor for treatment immediately. Parents should note: If the baby has clothes on the burned part, they should first pour cold water on the clothes and take them off after the burned part cools down. If the clothes are stuck to the skin, parents should not rashly tear off the clothes and should hand them over to a doctor for treatment.

4. Third degree burns

If the baby does not feel pain, and the burned area is hard and white, or even burnt black, it can be determined to be a deep third-degree burn. Deep third-degree burns are also beyond the scope of what parents can handle, so it is better to send the baby to the hospital immediately!