Upon returning from the hospital for the first few days, parents, as a rule, can not admire their child, but after a week another is not easy to admire, and opening your eyes and lifting your head from the pillow is just a feat. And all this "delights" of bloating and colic in newborns, which cost parents of sleepless nights. The baby constantly cries (sometimes several hours in a row), her mother can not calm him down, and the little one presses her legs and blushes with her own cries.
However, bloating of the newborn's body is a normal phenomenon. The fact is that at birth the intestines of the baby are not yet fully formed, and the load on it is significant. With age, this problem goes by itself (unless of course there are serious pathologies) and already by three months, as a rule, everything comes back to normal.
Causes of bloating of the newborn
There are not so many reasons for such trouble, but knowing about them mummies can help the crumb.
- Often, distention of the abdomen in newborns appears due to swallowing of the air during feeding. Air can eventually come out in the form of regurgitation, with what happens that the crumb "returns" almost half of what was eaten. To avoid this, after feeding, hold the child upright for several minutes, so the air will go out without food.
- To bloating the tummy in a newborn can lead to a banal failure to follow the diet of the mother. After eating cabbage or legumes, pears or radishes, it provokes an increase in gas formation and in crumbs.
- A more serious cause is lactose deficiency. The baby simply does not have enough lactose enzymes and can not process lactose of mother's milk. The solution to this problem is to switch to a milk formula.
- Bloating in newborns can provoke intestinal sticks (pathogenic microflora). To receive such "bonus" of a crumb could as in a maternity home, and at home (quite often even in children's hospital).
By the way, bloating in newborns is often confused with "babies' migraines." Symptoms are rather similar: in both cases the crumb begins to cry sharply and shrilly, but there is a difference. Look closely when the baby begins to cry: if it is clearly "by the clock" at the same time (usually evening), most likely we are dealing with a swelling in the newborn, but if the baby also refuses food or pulls the handle to the head - Migraines are possible. Pay attention to weather changes: with wind or rain, atmospheric pressure the baby can begin to cry, which indicates a headache.
Treatment of bloating in newborns
When a child cries for several hours in a row, this, of course, is still a test for the nervous system of his parents, so it's worth taking action right away, until the newborn starts yelling at full strength. A bloating in the crumbs can be alleviated by such means:
- Put a warm (not hot) diaper or a heating pad on the baby's belly;
- do a light tummy massage: gently finger your finger in a circle near the navel, trying not to touch the liver;
- try to prevent a swelling in the newborn: before feeding, place it on your tummy, if the gazikins were, they will come out;
- analyze whether the baby takes the breast correctly (does not swallow the air), perhaps the position of the crumb at feeding is not the most successful;
- prevention of bloating in newborns is often the use of fennel and dill water (fill a tablespoon of dill seeds with boiling water and let it brew for a couple of hours, drink in small sips throughout the day), this will not only prevent colic, but increase lactation;
- if the problem is not solved by non-pharmacological methods, consult a doctor, he will prescribe drugs for you against bloating. Also the pediatrician can advise the use of the gas pipe. It is inserted into the anus of the baby, pre-lubricated with oil or cream (suitable and ordinary petroleum jelly).
Inflammation of the intestines in newborns is a serious test for the strength of the mother's nervous system, but you can cope with it, the main thing is to competently approach the problem and determine the cause of colic. Mama caring and weasel always act on the calming soothing: put the baby on his stomach, shake it. And most importantly, keep yourself in hand - "and this too will pass."