How to take care of your baby's drooling? Dietary treatment for your baby's drooling

Babies usually drool during infancy because their swallowing ability has not yet developed well. Drooling is a normal physiological phenomenon. There are many reasons for babies to drool. Parents and friends must remember to clean the baby's mouth in time.

How to take care of your baby's drooling

1. Wipe in time. Once the baby drools, the mother should wipe it off with a clean towel immediately. Because the baby's skin is relatively tender, be careful when wiping, and it is best to use a clean towel. The small towel you choose should also be a soft, absorbent cotton handkerchief.

2. Wash the areas where saliva flows frequently with warm water and apply moisturizer or oil to protect the baby's delicate skin.

3. When babies drool, they will wet their clothes, pillows, and quilts. Therefore, babies' clothes should be changed frequently to prevent bacteria from growing. Pillows, quilts, etc. should also be washed and dried frequently in the sun to sterilize.

4. If you want to reduce the number of times you wash clothes, you might as well give your baby a bib to prevent saliva from staining clothes. In fact, mothers can also make simple bibs by themselves, but they must choose soft, absorbent cotton products.

5. When your baby is drooling, don't always pinch his chubby cheeks when playing with him. This will stimulate the secretion of the salivary glands and aggravate the baby's drooling.

Diet therapy for baby drooling

1. Brain-enhancing porridge

[Ingredients] 30-50g Alpinia oxyphylla, 30-50g White Poria, 30-50g Rice

[Preparation] First dry the Alpinia oxyphylla and white Poria cocos, then put them into the grinding trough and grind them into fine powder; wash the rice and cook it into porridge, when the porridge is almost cooked, add 3-5 grams of the powder each time and cook it for a while; you can also use rice soup to add 3-5 grams of the powder and cook it for a while.

[Usage] Take twice a day, morning and evening, while hot, for 5 to 7 days.

【Effects】It benefits the spleen, warms the kidneys, and consolidates the Qi. It is suitable for children with enuresis and drooling.

2. Saliva-catching cake

[Ingredients] 20-30g of fried Atractylodes macrocephala, 20-30g of Alpinia oxyphylla, 50g of fresh ginger, 50g of sugar, some white flour

[Preparation] First put the fried Atractylodes macrocephala and Alpinia oxyphylla into the grinding trough and grind them into fine powder; wash the ginger and mash it to squeeze out the juice; then mix the powder with white flour and sugar, add ginger juice and water, mix well, make 15 to 20 small cakes, put them into the pot, bake as usual, and set aside.

[Usage] Take 1 piece twice a day, morning and evening, chew it, and use it for 7 to 10 days.

【Effects】Strengthen the spleen and control saliva. Suitable for children with drooling at the corners of their mouths.

[Dos and Don'ts] Avoid taking this medicine for children with oral ulcers or drooling caused by oral sores.

3. Atractylodes macrocephala sugar

[Ingredients] 30-60g raw Atractylodes macrocephala, 50-100g soft sugar

[Preparation] First dry the raw Atractylodes macrocephala, then grind it into fine powder and sieve it; then mix the Atractylodes macrocephala powder with granulated sugar, add appropriate amount of water, stir into a paste, put it in a bowl, steam it in water or in a rice cooker until cooked.

[Usage] Take 10-15 grams daily, divided into 2-3 times, chew while warm, for 7-10 days.

【Effects】Strengthen the spleen and control saliva. Suitable for children with drooling.

Why is my four-month-old baby drooling?

When the child is 3-4 months old, the central nervous system and salivary glands tend to mature, and the saliva secretion gradually increases. In addition, the child has grown teeth at 3 or 4 months old, which stimulates the oral nerves and increases the saliva secretion. The baby's mouth is shallow and the swallowing function is poor. The secreted saliva cannot be swallowed or stored in the mouth, so the saliva keeps flowing out of the mouth. This is a physiological phenomenon, not a pathological condition. Generally, the phenomenon of drooling disappears naturally by the age of 2-3. However, if some children have diseases such as oral ulcers, it can also cause drooling, often accompanied by not eating milk, crying, etc. At this time, you should ask a doctor to see the child.

Reasons why babies drool

1. Eating foods containing starch.

When the baby is just born, he only eats milk powder or breast milk, which does not stimulate the salivary glands in the baby's mouth. Therefore, the baby secretes less saliva, and naturally does not drool. However, after 4 months, many mothers begin to add various complementary foods to their babies. If they eat foods containing starch, such as porridge, noodles, etc., these foods will stimulate the salivary glands to secrete a lot of saliva, and the baby's mouth is relatively small and shallow, so it is natural to drool.

2. The swallowing function has not yet developed well.

The baby's swallowing function is not yet fully developed, and he cannot swallow the saliva in time. The saliva will gradually accumulate in the mouth and will naturally flow out.

3. Sucking your fingers.

Babies love to suck their fingers. They already know how to do this when they are in their mother's belly. However, after birth, due to the clothes, their little hands cannot reach their mouths. As they grow up, they will regain the instinct to suck their fingers. When sucking fingers, it will further stimulate the salivary glands in the mouth to secrete saliva.

4. Baby teeth have grown.

This is of course one of the reasons why babies drool. Teething will also stimulate the increase of saliva secretion in the mouth. And baby drooling is actually good. Saliva can help babies digest starchy foods, promote the development of baby's taste buds, and help improve swallowing function. The saliva that flows out also has a cleaning effect, which can keep the mouth moist and clean, clean the baby's newly grown deciduous teeth, and prevent tooth decay. One thing to note is that the baby's saliva is acidic, and the baby's skin is relatively tender. Long-term contact with saliva may cause the baby's skin to become red. So mothers should pay attention to the baby's saliva not flowing to the chest, and let the baby wear a bib. If the baby suddenly drools more, accompanied by fever, runny nose and cold and other symptoms, then the baby's throat is inflamed. At this time, the baby will become unwilling to eat and drool abnormally much. This is because the inflammation of the throat causes the baby to have difficulty swallowing. At this time, you must seek medical attention in time. If the trachea is infected, it will be serious.