How to deal with a baby choking on milk when feeding How to prevent a baby from choking on milk when feeding

Every new mother has encountered this kind of thing when feeding the baby, that is, the baby chokes while feeding. What should the mother do at this time! How to feed the baby without causing the baby to choke!

Babies often choke on milk because their gastric cardia muscles are not fully developed. If they eat too much or too quickly, they will choke on milk. When choking, you should hold the baby up and pat the baby's back with your hands to keep the baby's head low and feet high. This will help the baby cough out the milk in the trachea and minimize the choking. You can reduce the amount of milk and eat small meals frequently. Frequent choking on milk can lead to aspiration pneumonia. If the baby is in a bad mental state or has a fever and cough, he should go to the hospital for further diagnosis and treatment in time.

1. When feeding your baby, you must use the correct posture. The baby should be kept in a side-lying position, and the mother and the child should lie on their sides to feed the baby. You can also hold the baby diagonally to feed the baby. Both postures can prevent the baby from choking on the milk. Even if the milk chokes, it will not enter the baby's ears and nose.

2. When feeding, never let the baby lie on his back to feed. Some mothers will feed the baby while the baby is lying down, that is, they will bend over to feed the baby, which will reduce the pressure on the mother's waist. However, this is the most likely position for the baby to choke on the milk. Even adults cannot eat while lying down, let alone such a young child.

3. After feeding the baby, you should burp the baby. Parents can also hold the baby upright after feeding, support the buttocks with one arm, and protect the neck and head with the other hand. The mother should also put her arm on the baby's back. In this way, the baby will burp within a minute, which can prevent the baby from spitting up milk and choking after spitting up milk.

There is no need to control the amount of milk for breastfeeding. It should be determined according to the baby's growth. For babies, the main principle of breastfeeding is to breastfeed on demand. Pay attention to the necessary conditions to meet the baby's nutritional and physiological needs. If the baby grows well and everything is normal, there is no need to control the amount of milk. However, if the baby has special conditions, such as obesity, parents need to control the amount of milk according to the doctor's guidance.

For babies aged 1 to 2 months, it is important to follow the principle of breastfeeding on demand and gradually improve the baby's feeding time. Because after a certain age, the baby's feeding will form a certain pattern, so parents can just pay attention to observe the baby's growth pattern.

In addition, for babies over 6 months old, while feeding the baby according to the needs of the reasons, you should also pay attention to giving the baby appropriate complementary foods. At this time, you can appropriately reduce breastfeeding and add complementary foods, so that the child can grow up healthily in all aspects.

1. Change the baby's position: It is more convenient to switch sides when feeding the baby while he is lying down. If the baby is awake, you can let the baby finish the breast milk on one side first, and then when it is time to feed the other side, hold the baby to the other side for feeding. In this way, the baby can feed in a comfortable position as before.

2. Change the mother's position: If the baby is asleep when you lie down and switch sides to feed, it will easily wake the baby up if the mother changes the feeding position. Therefore, in order to have a more comfortable feeding posture, the mother can change the position left and right, so as not to affect the baby's sleep quality.

3. Comfortable and natural posture: It is not important how you change sides when lying down to breastfeed. The key is that the baby should be in a comfortable and natural posture when feeding. When the baby is very young, let the baby lie on his side and raise the baby's head slightly. This can effectively prevent the baby from choking on milk.