How to help a newborn with colic?

Colic can begin to disturb a child already 3 weeks after birth, with about 70% of newborns face this. The first signs of this phenomenon can be: loud and restless crying, pulling the legs to the tummy, as well as if the baby is pushing and still blushing.

Causes of colic in newborns

Colic can appear due to two factors:

1. Internal:

• immature digestive system;
• sensitive intestinal wall;
• spasms;
• dysbacteriosis, treatment with antibiotics, a transmitted infectious disease.

• a sudden change in the diet during breastfeeding or a violation of diet;
• an incorrect feeding procedure, when a child, together with milk, captures air that enters the stomach;
• poor emotional state, as well as maternal smoking during breastfeeding.

How to recognize the colic in a newborn?

The main symptoms of malaise include:

• gassing, swelling and cramps;
• long, not calming crying baby;
• restless condition;
• pushing the legs.

All symptoms disappear after defecation or escape of gases, but continue with a periodicity of 2-3 hours. Between spasms the general condition of the child is normal, good appetite and mood.

How to relieve colic in a newborn?

Before helping a newborn baby with colic, first of all, it is necessary to clarify the reason to eliminate it as soon as possible and protect the baby from re-manifesting them. After this, it is necessary to reduce the load on the psycho-emotional state of the baby with the help of muffled light, isolating the child from sudden and extraneous noise. To ease the condition of crumbs, it is first necessary to resort to methods that do not include the use of medications. For example: warm baths, hot-water bottles, circular tummy massage , exercises "Bike" or on fitball (put the baby on his belly on the ball, holding on to the legs and back, and in this position to roll it to the right and left, back and forth), the contact "skin to skin" (put the baby on his father's or mother's breast without clothes, to be in direct contact with skin). If such methods do not work, then you can use the medicines that the local doctor will pick you up. Often used drugs such as Espumizan, Plantex, etc. But, in any case, the mother needs to revise the diet of her diet, if she is breastfeeding, and in the case of artificial feeding - to change the mixture and choose more suitable for your baby.