Why does the baby cry during feeding?

Sometimes kids behave restlessly and even cry during breastfeeding. Moms need to pay special attention to this - because the crumb feels a sense of discomfort or pain. The reasons for this behavior of children can be different. Let us dwell on this problem in more detail and find out why the baby cries during feeding.

The main causes of crying during feeding

1. Pain in the tummy, or infantile colic. At the same time, except for crying, the baby blushes, arches, pulls up the legs. Colic is a common phenomenon among infants, the microflora of their gastrointestinal tract has not yet been formed, therefore gases accumulate in the belly of the crumb. This causes spasms, which cause the child a lot of pain.
2. The stomach got into the air. If the crying arose after feeding, then it is likely that the baby, along with the milk, swallowed the air.
3. Incorrect attachment of the baby to the chest. Because of this, sufficient supply of milk to the child is disrupted.
4. Change in the taste of breast milk. The baby takes the breast and then abruptly throws it. This happens several times. This means that the crumb does not like the taste of mother's milk. A change in the taste of mother's milk occurs if a nursing woman eats something acute on the eve of feeding.

We examined the most common reasons why a baby cries during feeding. But this behavior of the baby may have another explanation. Below are the other reasons that cause concern for the child.

Less common reasons why babies cry during feeding

1. Excessive swelling of the breast of the mother. More often this problem occurs during the first weeks after childbirth. The baby can not suck the milk, so it becomes restless and cries.
2. Flat or retracted nipples. The baby in this case is difficult from the first time to seize the chest, so he begins to get nervous.
3. Lack of breast milk. If a mother has doubts that her child does not gorge, then we need to observe how many times a day the baby urinates and defecates, as well as to follow the changes in its weight.
4. Lactase insufficiency in a child, i.e. inability of a baby to digest milk sugar. If the baby consumes more "front" maternal milk (ie, which is released at the beginning of feeding), but less than the "back", an excess of lactose occurs. This is one more reason why the baby cries during breastfeeding. With lactase deficiency, bloating increases and pains appear.
5. Other diseases of the newborn: headache, otitis media, pharyngitis, etc.
6. The child chokes on milk. This occurs during the first days of feeding, until the child has learned to suckle, and therefore can not cope with the rapid flow of milk.
7. Thrush. In the child's mouth there may appear white specks - this is a symptom of thrush. During feeding, the crumbs have unpleasant pain and burning sensation in the mouth.
8. A lot of light or noise in the room where mom feeds the baby. Some infants can be distracted from the reception of milk.
9. Limitation of breast sucking time. The child does not satisfy the sucking instinct or even the feeling of hunger remains.
10. The smell of the chest. A child may not like it, if the usual smell of his mother's breast has changed. The reason may be a new body care product that is used by a woman (for example, a cream or soap).

Thus, we have considered various reasons why a child cries when feeding. It should be said that it is not difficult to determine them. Therefore, mother should be attentive to any changes in the behavior of the child.