Accumulate stomach
Release time : 01/18/2025 18:13:27
Constipation is also known as constipation or constipated. The main symptom is that the baby does not defecate, but there is no discomfort in the body.
Constipation generally occurs after the baby is one month old, as their digestive capabilities improve and result in minimal food residue. So, does this mean it's harmful to premature babies experiencing constipation? Let's find out how to differentiate between constipation and diarrhea! Moms, come on over! What exactly is constipation? Babies have a very weak gastrointestinal system at birth, so they can only digest breast milk or formula. They also often experience symptoms such as diarrhea and constipation.
However, some babies do not defecate for a few days. It is not because they are constipation, but because they are saving their stomachs.
So, what's wrong with a baby's belly? Saving belly is a sign of the gradual improvement of a baby's digestive system and is a good phenomenon.
After the child is one month old, the digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract will increase, and intestinal peristalsis will increase, and the gastrointestinal absorption capacity will be greatly improved.
After the child's digestive and absorption capabilities have improved, they can fully digest and absorb the breast milk, resulting in fewer residues produced daily. This insufficient stimulation of the rectal muscles leads to constipation.
The baby's constipation and enema are quite different. The baby with constipation may have bowel movements every few days, but the stool is normal.
When children experience constipation, they may produce stools that are dry, hard, and accompanied by symptoms such as reduced appetite, insomnia, and restlessness.
The duration of constipation in infants varies from child to child, with some experiencing constipation for 3-5 days and others persisting for up to a month.
It's normal for a baby to have diarrhea, usually occurring between 2-3 months after birth.
Causes of constipation in babies, why does a baby have constipation? This is because the normal feces of breast-fed infants contains 80% water.
The proportions of the three main components are: 2/3 of them are feces, 1/3 are intestinal flora. There are also trace minerals, bile pigments and derivatives, shed epithelial cells etc.
These bacteria are beneficial to human health, including Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and Streptococcus faecalis. They can fully decompose food residues to produce vitamins and other nutrients for human absorption and utilization.
In breastfed infants, the primary beneficial bacteria in their feces are mainly these lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria. Due to adequate food digestion, there is little food residue that can promptly stimulate defecation in the rectum, leading to "constipation".
Having understood this principle, does the mother feel relieved? In fact, constipation is a physiological phenomenon that should not be overly concerned about.
What to do if your baby has constipation? If the baby's stool is normal (coarse), there is no need for worry.
In the past, there was no need to handle it or drink water.
However, new research suggests that the amount of breast milk at this time is just enough or slightly insufficient for the baby, so it should also be adjusted to the ideal number of stools, which is 1 to 2 times a day.
In order to better ensure the rapid metabolic needs in infancy and seize the opportunity to cultivate good bowel habits in infants, we can effectively prevent constipation in the future.
1. Take the stool regularly.
Because the "accumulation of stool" phenomenon usually begins to appear around 2 months, we train children to have a regular bowel movement at this time (such as having a bowel movement in the morning and evening every day), so that they can form good bowel movement habits from a young age.
However, if the baby is not cooperating, it's important not to force them.
2. Regularly perform abdominal massages every day.
(1) Gently rub the baby's abdomen with your palm, rotate from left to right with the navel as the center, massage 10 times, rest for 5 minutes, massage 10 more times, and repeat 3 times.
(2) The infant is lying on its back, and the legs are grasped. The leg movements are performed by extending then contracting each leg 10 times, followed by a single leg extension and contraction for 10 times.
This will help with the baby's intestinal motility and facilitate bowel movements.
3. Drink adequate water.
For the appearance of fat babies '"saving stomachs", you can feed some boiled water or vegetable water or fruit water between two times of milk every day, and add complementary food after 6 months to completely solve this bowel situation.
4. Increase milk volume.
If your child has reduced bowel movements and poor weight gain, which is caused by insufficient breast milk, you can add some formula to your child in time.
If your baby is more than 3 months old, you can also add a little rice soup to better improve the bowel condition.
5. Stimulate anal defecation.
Twice a day, about 20 to 30 minutes after the baby takes milk, apply an oily external medicine (such as chlortetracycline ointment) to the baby's anal mouth, pad it with soft paper, gently push the anus, and slowly do it 10 times.
Generally, you will have the urge to defecate or defecate quickly.
Dip a disinfectant cotton swab with vegetable oil and gently extend it to your baby's anal mouth to cause bowel movements in the rectum.
Is constipation in babies normal? Many mothers are worried because they don't understand this symptom. In fact, constipation is a natural physiological phenomenon that should not be taken too seriously.
Infants who have constipation are mostly breast-fed infants.
This is because after the baby's first month, their digestive capabilities gradually improve, allowing them to fully digest and absorb breast milk. Consequently, they produce very little food residue daily, which is insufficient to stimulate the rectal muscles to form bowel movements, leading to a common phenomenon.
As soon as possible after birth, start toilet training to help the child develop good bowel habits.
In the health care rubbing, one of them is massage abdomen. One can do it 2-3 times a day.
This effect can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, beneficial for faecal passage and thus effective in improving constipation.
The difference between abdominal cramps and constipation Constipation refers to the change in the frequency and shape of a child's stools.
Constipation not only refers to the reduction in the number of stools, but more importantly, it refers to the induration, dryness, and difficulty in discharging stools.
Sometimes the hard feces grazes the intestinal mucosa, and blood or mucus will stick to the outside of the feces. The large and hard feces can also cause anal fissure and anal pain, which can reduce the child's appetite, abdominal distension, and touch the feces in the left lower abdomen. This is completely different from saving a belly.
There is a difference between belly saving and constipation. Netizen "Copper Plate Dangdang" shared his experience: When my baby was more than five months old, his bowel movements began to be irregular. When breast-fed, he would have to have a bowel movement every 5 days. However, the stool is soft and can be regarded as saving the stomach. However, recently, the stool has become more and more dry and has not had a bowel movement for three days. Every time he is fed complementary food, the baby will cry while eating, and it looks very uncomfortable. He quickly used Kaisai Lu to produce a dry and hard stool first, and after a while, he will pull out a large bubble of soft stool.
After going through this, I think the biggest difference between stomach saving and constipation, which is also an important basis for my mother to judge in advance, is that if the baby farts a lot and stinks, it should be stomach saving, and the mother does not need to be too anxious.
If the baby has little fart and occasionally releases it, it will seem that the baby will have to put a lot of effort into it. It will be constipation and should be dealt with in time without delay. Otherwise, the stool will become more and more dry, and the baby will suffer more pain.
In addition, my sister, who is a doctor, told me that it is a good way to use Kaisedol for my baby. Let me share it with you here: the tube of Kaisedol for takeout is very thick and cannot be used on the baby. You can go to the hospital to buy syringes and intravenous injection needles. The intravenous needle tube near the needle is very thin and soft, so it will not hurt the baby if inserted into the baby's butt. Cut the needle and leave the hose for use, then pour some plug into the syringe, attach it to the hose, let the baby lie on his side, put the hose into the baby's butt about 4 or 5 centimeters, and put the plug plug in. Push in, wait a while, pull it out, and the baby will be pulled out soon.
The medical aspects mentioned in this text are for reference only and should not be used for any medical diagnosis or treatment.
In the event of discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on clinical examinations conducted in person.