What should I do if my baby gets angry after eating milk powder? What should I do if my baby gets angry after eating milk powder?

Many babies have dry stools and increased feces in the corners of their eyes when eating milk powder. Babies with these symptoms are considered to have gotten angry due to eating milk powder. What should we do if babies get angry due to eating milk powder? The following is an explanation for you.

Will babies who eat milk powder definitely get angry?

1) The composition of formula milk powder.

In the development of infant formula, breast milk has always been considered the gold standard. There are many brands of infant formula on the market. The formulas may vary, but most of them add palm oil to obtain the palmitic acid contained in breast milk.

The palm oil in formula is not the same as the palmitic acid found in breast milk.

Studies have shown that palmitic acid produced during the metabolism of palm oil in formula milk easily combines with calcium ions in the intestines to form insoluble calcium soaps, which makes it easy for babies to have dry and hard stools when drinking milk powder, thus causing constipation.

2) Improper feeding issues

Due to work or various factors, some mothers may not have enough breast milk, and usually choose to add formula milk after 6 months, or give up breast milk and switch to full formula feeding. The following small problems that are often overlooked can easily induce babies to "get angry":

A. Not strictly following the instructions for preparing milk powder. Many mothers want to give their babies more nutrition, so they always like to make the milk powder thicker for their babies.

B. The water content of milk powder is lower than that of breast milk. Too little water intake can easily lead to constipation. Many babies who drink milk powder at first are not used to drinking water, and mothers don’t pay attention to it, so they don’t feed their babies more water between meals.

C. After 6 months, the baby's diet begins to diversify, and various complementary foods are added gradually. However, during the addition process, due to various factors, many babies will have unreasonable complementary food additions and unbalanced diet structure, which can lead to constipation and easily create the illusion of "getting angry" after drinking milk powder.

D. Frequent changes in milk powder brands will cause the baby's gastrointestinal tract to be unable to adapt in a short period of time, and the resulting stress phenomenon can also manifest as "getting angry".

3) Disease status or intestinal flora imbalance

Some babies lose too much water when they have a cold or fever, and fail to replenish it in time, resulting in delayed defecation. Stool retention causes stool to accumulate in the colon, and water is further absorbed, making the stool dry and hard and difficult to excrete. Or when gastrointestinal dysfunction occurs, intestinal flora imbalance is prone to occur, which can also lead to constipation and "heat".

4) Issues with baby's physique and climate

"Getting hot" is also related to the baby's personal constitution. It is also related to the local climate. The possibility of "getting hot" is higher in dry areas.

Improper mixing of milk powder causes the baby to get angry

Improper water temperature

Each can of milk powder is clearly marked with the required water temperature for mixing (usually around 40°C, different for each brand), but it is often overlooked by new parents. Some mothers even think that young babies have poor resistance, and that the bottles and nipples used by babies must be sterilized at high temperatures, and milk powder should also be mixed with boiling water. This is absolutely not advisable. Too high water temperature will destroy the nutrients in the milk powder, such as vitamin C and B, causing the baby to be malnourished; at the same time, it will cause the protein to denature and become inactive, unable to be digested and absorbed, leading to food accumulation and internal heat.

Improper preparation order

The normal order for preparing infant formula is to add the formula to warm water. Many new parents tend to do the opposite, pouring the formula into the bottle first and then mixing it with warm water, which will cause the formula to be unevenly moistened, lumps to form and not fully dissolved. The milk is difficult for the baby to digest, causing food accumulation and internal heat.

Improper mixing ratio

Each can of milk powder is labeled with the recommended mixing ratio, but some mothers are casual about the amount of milk powder added and the amount of water used for mixing, without paying attention to the concentration.

If the milk is too concentrated, it will increase the burden on the baby's intestines and kidneys, leading to digestive disorders, constipation, and getting angry; if the milk is too dilute, the baby is prone to nutritional deficiencies, resulting in small size, emaciation, etc.

When preparing formula milk powder, the first thing we must consider is the water temperature. If the water temperature is not appropriate, the baby will naturally get angry easily. Before preparing, we should carefully read the instructions to see what the best water temperature for preparing milk powder is, and then prepare it strictly according to the temperature indicated on the instructions. If the water temperature is too high, it will cause the inactivation of the butyric acid, which will cause the baby to get angry. In addition, we must also pay attention to the order of preparation. We should add warm water first, and then add milk powder, but many parents often do the opposite. Finally, we must also pay attention to the proportion of preparation. If the proportion is not well controlled, it will naturally cause problems such as constipation and getting angry.

Several questions about infant inflammation

Q1: What kind of milk powder should babies eat to avoid getting irritated?

Answer: Generally speaking, babies who are fed with milk powder may have symptoms of getting angry due to internal heat, which is related to the baby's physique and feeding method. Strictly distribute milk powder according to the proportion, avoid making it too concentrated, and feed the baby more water between meals to effectively prevent the baby from getting angry due to eating milk powder.

Q2: To prevent babies from getting angry, can babies under six months old drink children's herbal tea such as Seven Star Tea? Is it normal for babies to defecate four or five times a day? Babies who drink different brands of milk powder have different defecation times. Could it be related to the baby's adaptability to milk powder?

Answer: Babies under six months old have poor digestive function and delicate spleen and stomach. Eating too much cold drinks such as herbal tea, Qinghuobao, honeysuckle dew, etc. will affect the baby's appetite and increase the number of bowel movements. What is normal for babies to defecate? Because of different diets and bowel habits, the number of bowel movements per day is not the same for each child. For example, a baby who is exclusively breastfed may have 7 or 8 bowel movements a day, while a baby who is bottle-fed may have 2 or 3 bowel movements per day. Whether the bowel movement is normal should be based on the number of bowel movements of the baby every day. If it suddenly increases by 2 or 3 times a day than usual, diarrhea may occur.

Babies who eat different brands of milk powder have different defecation frequencies. This is mainly due to the different ingredients and contents in the milk powder. It can be said that the baby's adaptability to milk powder has little to do with it.

Q3: Is it good for babies to drink goat milk powder? Will it cause internal heat?

Answer: The baby's gastrointestinal system is not fully developed, and the baby grows and develops rapidly, so he needs to take in a lot of food, which puts a heavy burden on his digestive tract. Generally, babies who are fed with milk formula milk powder, their main food, lacks the digestive ingredients rich in breast milk. Therefore, when nutrients that are not fully digested and absorbed accumulate in the intestines, it will cause internal heat.

Goat milk powder is made from goat milk and has similar nutritional composition to cow milk powder. When babies need nutritional supplements, goat milk powder is also a good choice because it is close to breast milk and stays in the stomach for a relatively short time, so it is not easy to get angry. It is rich in various nutrients that have a great supplementary effect on babies.

Q4: What should I do if my baby always gets irritated after drinking milk powder?

Answer: Drink more water, don't use juice as a substitute, dilute the milk powder, and choose non-heaty milk powder. Observe for a while, if the baby's condition still does not improve, it is recommended to change the milk powder. It is appropriate to add some milk powder companions, Qinghuobao, etc., improve the diet, and give the baby more fruit recipes that reduce heat.

At the same time, you can also add appropriate complementary foods. It is best to chop spinach, cabbage, greens, shepherd's purse, etc., put them into rice porridge and cook them together to make vegetable porridge for your baby. The large amount of cellulose and other food residues contained in vegetables can promote intestinal peristalsis and achieve the purpose of defecation.