What should I do if my baby has a stuffy nose? What should I do if my baby spits up?

It is common to see newborn babies spit up milk. This phenomenon is very common among newborns. Parents will not be too anxious when seeing it, but in fact, it is harmful to the baby's health if it continues for a long time. So what should we do if the baby spits up milk? What should we do if the baby has a stuffy nose?

What to do if your baby has a stuffy nose

1. Massage method: Take side-lying position, if the left side is blocked, lie on the right, otherwise lie on the left, then use the index finger to massage the Yingxiang acupoints on both sides of the nose. It will be effective after 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Position change method: This method is suitable for infants. When infants have nasal congestion, they often cry and make it difficult for them to sleep in bed. If you hold the infant upright, he or she will soon fall asleep peacefully.

3. Drug instillation: Ephedrine nasal drops are often used, 2 to 3 drops are dripped into the nose, and the effect is significant. However, this drug has side effects and cannot be used for a long time.

4. Steaming and fumigation method: Take a handful of green onion (preferably chives) or 3-4 onions, chop them into pieces and fry them into hot soup, then use the steam to fumigate your nose; or boil vinegar and inhale the steam through your nose, both methods have better therapeutic effects.

5. Filling method: Crush the scallion and mash the juice into cotton wool, then stuff the cotton wool into the nasal cavity. Or cut the garlic into a shape slightly smaller than the nostril, wrap it with a thin layer of cotton wool and stuff it into the nasal cavity. Both methods can quickly produce results.

What to do if your baby spits up

1. Keep your upper body elevated

Once vomitus enters the trachea, it can cause suffocation. Therefore, when letting the baby lie down, it is best to put a bath towel under the baby's body and keep the upper body elevated. If the baby vomits while lying down, you can turn the baby's face to one side.

2. After spitting up, pay more attention to the baby's condition

When the baby is lying down, you should raise his head, or simply hold the baby upright. After spitting up milk, the baby's face may not look good, but it is okay as long as he recovers later. In addition, you can give him some water according to the situation.

3. Rehydrate within 30 minutes after vomiting

If you give your baby water right after he spits up, it may cause him to vomit again. Therefore, it is best to try to feed your baby some water a little bit at a time with a spoon about 30 minutes after he spits up.

4. After spitting up, the amount of milk you feed each time should be reduced to half of the usual amount.

When the baby recovers and wants to breastfeed again, you can feed him some more milk. But the amount of milk should be reduced to about half of the usual amount each time, but the number of feedings can be increased. During the period of continuous vomiting, the baby can only be fed with milk, and no other food, including complementary food, can be fed.

What to do if your baby spits up severely

1. Change feeding posture: Try to hold the baby to feed, and let the baby's body be tilted at about 45 degrees. When the mother holds the baby to feed breast milk, the baby's head should be higher and the body lower, which can reduce the symptoms of spitting up. When feeding the baby milk powder, try not to let the baby lie down, it is better to sit or stand. If the baby is lying down to feed, do not let the baby lie on his back immediately after feeding, but lie on his side for a while, and then change to lying on his back.

2. Choose the most suitable nipple hole: Babies using nipples should pay attention to the size of the nipple. If it is too small, it is easy for the baby to inhale air; if it is too large, it is easy for the baby to choke and cause severe coughing. Both may cause vomiting.

3. Change the feeding time: When the baby has symptoms of spitting up, pay attention to shortening the time of each feeding. Do not feed the baby for a long time. Allow the baby to digest and absorb slowly. Gradually, the baby's stomach and intestines will adapt and will not spit up.

4. Change the frequency of feedings: If the baby spit up milk, the frequency of feedings should be reduced appropriately, from once every 2 hours to once every 3 hours.

5. Mothers should strengthen nursing care: If the baby spits up milk, it may be because the baby has swallowed air into his stomach, which is generally physiological spitting up milk. Mothers should not change the holding position of the baby immediately after feeding the baby, and let the baby burp, which is not easy to cause spitting up milk.

What to do if your baby has a stuffy nose

1. If the baby has a cold, the mother can let the baby lie on the bed and rub the baby's back through the clothes. Rubbing up and down is effective in preventing colds. If the baby has a stuffy nose, you can gently rub the baby's ears until they turn red. This can also relieve nasal congestion.

2. If your baby has a stuffy nose at the beginning of a cold, you can put slightly hot minced ginger on the soles of the baby's feet at night when the baby is sleeping. This can help the nose breathe smoothly and the cold will heal faster. Method: Cut the ginger into strips and fry them in a dry pan until the ginger aroma comes out (it's okay if it's a little mushy). Put the fried ginger strips in a small gauze bag and then place the slightly hot ginger strips on the soles of the baby's feet. (Be sure not to make the ginger strips too hot to avoid scalding the baby.)

3. Hot compress method: Nasal congestion may be caused by the baby's fontanelle being cold. Mothers can use a thick towel to place it on the radiator or wrap it around a container of boiling water to release heat; you can warm the baby's fontanelle for a while and continue to apply hot compress until the baby's forehead is sweating. If you cannot tell whether the baby's fontanelle is cold, you might as well give it a try. It will not harm the baby.