What is the reason for frequent spitting up of babies? What should I do if my baby frequently spits up?

Usually, babies who have just been born need to drink breast milk from their mothers. Many babies will spit up milk after drinking breast milk. This is a relatively normal phenomenon. Why do babies spit up milk frequently? At this time, we need to understand why babies spit up milk frequently. What should I do if my baby spit up milk frequently?

If a baby spits up milk frequently, you should first consider whether there is a problem with his gastrointestinal digestion ability. For example, if he eats too much at one time and cannot digest it, he will spit out excess milk. It may also be that his stomach is cold, etc. If you cannot determine which reason it is, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up to know whether it is caused by a disease and how to deal with it if it is caused by a disease. Infants may also spit up milk due to physiological reasons, which is a normal phenomenon. Generally, babies are prone to spitting up milk before they are four months old, because the baby's stomach is in a horizontal state after birth, that is, a horizontal state, which is different from the vertical state of adults. If the baby is put down immediately after eating milk, it is easy to spit up milk. Eating too much will also cause spitting up milk. These are all normal. As the baby grows up, this spitting up symptom can also be improved. Don't be so nervous when facing the symptoms of spitting up in babies. Some parents feel particularly scared when they have not faced this situation. In fact, once you are familiar with it, you will find that it is not a big deal and there is no need to be afraid.

First, you should hold the baby in a tilted position when feeding, and do not feed too fast. If the baby is breastfed, if there is a lot of breast milk, you can squeeze it into a bottle for feeding. The mouth of the bottle should not be cut too big, and the amount of milk fed at one time should not be too much. If the amount of milk is too much, the baby's stomach capacity is relatively small. In addition, the cardia sphincter is relatively relaxed, which can easily cause the baby to spit up milk.

Secondly, after feeding, you must hold the baby upright and pat his back to pass gas. This can also reduce the occurrence of spitting up.

Third, you can massage the child’s abdomen appropriately to relieve abdominal distension and reduce spitting up.

1. Hot compress on the belly: When a baby catches a cold and vomits, it is mostly because of a cold stomach. You can wrap a freshly cooked egg in a towel and place it on the baby's belly through the underwear. Hot compress on the belly can relieve the symptoms of vomiting caused by a cold stomach.

2. Hold the baby upright: You can hold the baby upright and gently massage from the neck down to the stomach with your hands to relieve the baby's spitting up symptoms.

3. Eat warm food: such as stewed cabbage, sticky millet rice, etc. These foods can warm the baby's stomach and relieve stomach discomfort symptoms.

4. Drink more warm water: Warm water can make the baby's gastric juice secretion normal. Drinking more warm water can suppress the feeling of vomiting and alleviate the baby's spitting up problem.

5. Seek medical attention: If the baby's vomiting symptoms are not alleviated after using the above methods, and the vomiting occurs frequently, with yellow-green or coffee-colored liquid, or is accompanied by fever, diarrhea and other symptoms, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

There is a possibility that newborn spitting up milk is related to milk powder. Pay attention to the quality and amount of milk powder, but you cannot rule out the baby's gastrointestinal problems. If newborn spitting up milk is related to milk powder, then it is a problem of milk powder hygiene and taste. Of course, the amount fed and whether the baby's gastrointestinal health is also considered. Unhygienic milk powder is one of the reasons for spitting up milk, which is the common vomiting caused by inedible food. Of course, vomiting will also occur if you eat too much.