The life of a newborn child is held in two main occupations. A good meal and a good sleep - that's his main task. And if something does not work out with these exercises, then it turns into a real problem. One of the problems with nutrition lies in the fact that the child spits a fountain. Young mothers are very nervous about this, because they can not decide whether this is a rule or something seriously wrong with the child.
What is regurgitation?
Regurgitation is an absolutely natural process for the child. It is due to the peculiarities of the structure of the digestive system of the child. And if regurgitation does not affect the child's well-being - he adds weight, grows and develops according to his age - there is no need to panic. But if a child cries badly when regurgitating, he shows anxiety, loses his appetite, regurgitating a fountain in infants accompanies each feeding, this is an occasion for an immediate visit to the doctor.
Why does an infant babble with a fountain?
The banal reasons for this may be:
- Overfeeding - the baby eats more than it should. Regurgitation occurs during or immediately after feeding.
- Aerophagia - ingestion of air during feeding. Regurgitation should be 5-10 minutes after feeding.
- Overwork - the child regurgitates more after active or long wakefulness.
Pathological causes are:
- Disturbance of digestion - variance. It can be caused by poor quality of the baby's nutrition, be it maternal milk or a milk formula. Mixtures for the baby should be selected, following the recommendations of the pediatrician and do not change them without good reason. If there is a need to change the mixture, it is better to ask advice about this from a pediatrician. The quality of mother's milk depends initially on the quality of nutrition of the mother herself. The use of products of questionable quality is fraught with the fact that along with the milk to the child will fall toxicological infections.
- Pathologies of the central nervous system. Such a diagnosis can be made only by a specialist-neurologist, and he prescribes treatment together with a pediatrician.
- Malformations of the gastrointestinal tract - halasia (insufficiency of the lower food sphincter), pyloric stenosis (abnormality of the stomach), achalasia (abnormality of the esophagus), diaphragmatic hernia (displacement of part of the abdominal organs into the thoracic cavity). Treatment of such anomalies is carried out by a surgical procedure.
- Infection with staphylococcus. If a person suspects having an infection, the doctor prescribes treatment according to the results of the tests.
What should I do if a child often spits a fountain?
First, you should start feeding. To make it simple recommendations will help:
- choose a comfortable feeding posture in which the baby's head will be raised, and the baby would grab the nipple together with the areola;
- enter a fractional food - feed your baby more often, so that the baby does not have time to get hungry very much. Then he will not hurry and be greedy when feeding;
- if the baby eats from a bottle, then you need to pay attention to the nipple was filled with milk. This will help the child to eat faster and swallow as little air as possible;
- do with the baby gymnastics, lay out before each feeding it on the tummy. Replace the clothes with the
belt on the more free and not pressing on the tummy "little men"; - after feeding, do not forget to abuse the baby in a column, so that excess air drifts away;
- Do not turn the baby over for a while after feeding.
If there are no pathologies, then these measures will be enough to vomit a fountain in the child has remained in the past. If the regurgitation of the fountain in infants does not stop, a putrid smell appears, the child is restless, poorly gaining weight, emptying with delays - it is not worth while delaying a visit to the doctor.