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Release time : 01/18/2025 18:13:27
What is colic? Colic is colicky crying. When baby eats too much or too quickly, and then immediately lies down on their back or when the mother holds them in a cradle position, milk will flow from the baby's mouth and spit out a few drops.
Differences between spitting milk and vomiting: Spitting milk is distinct from vomiting, and the treatment for different situations varies accordingly.
However, both spitting up milk and colic have the same symptoms, making it difficult for new parents to distinguish between them.
In fact, as long as we understand their characteristics, we can correctly distinguish them.
Dripping milk refers to the phenomenon of 1-2 drops of breast milk flowing back into the mouth immediately after feeding, often observed from the corners of the mouth.
There are also a few cases where it is caused by the baby's colic, which can be triggered by changing diapers shortly after feeding.
Under normal circumstances, this will not affect the baby's growth and development, so it can be regarded as a normal phenomenon.
With the growth of the month, spitting up of milk in babies will naturally disappear within six months.
Spitting milk can also be called spraying milk. Unlike Yang milk, it is a reflexive action caused by certain abnormal stimulation of the digestive tract and other related organs. When vomiting, milk is mostly sprayed out of the mouth or even the nose.
The reasons for spitting milk are more complex.
Newborn vomiting is different from babies of other ages, which has a lot to do with the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the newborn's digestive tract.
In newborns, the stomach is small and horizontally positioned, and the pyloric sphincter, which opens into the stomach, is underdeveloped and relatively lax, while the antral sphincter, which leads to the stomach, is well-developed and relatively tense, creating a situation where the outlet is tight and the inlet is loose, making it easy for milk to backflow and cause vomiting.
If feeding and care are improper, such as excessive breastfeeding frequency, excessive feeding amount, large or deformed nipples, or the rubber teat holes of a bottle milk feeding are too big, it may lead to the baby sucking milk too quickly.
Or breastfeeding and letting the baby lie down after feeding, or too much or too early turning over the baby may cause baby vomiting.
This kind of spitting milk can be prevented after improving feeding and nursing methods, so it is not pathological.
In addition, some diseases can also cause babies to spit milk, such as congenital malformations of the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract, intestinal obstruction, etc.
Newborns with meningitis, sepsis and other infections can also vomit milk. The spitting caused by these diseases is often severe and frequent, and cannot be recovered in a day or two.
Therefore, when encountering a newborn who spits milk, you should carefully observe the number of times you spits milk every day, how you feel about your urine and urine, and whether you have symptoms such as abdominal distension, fever or mental distress.
When spitting milk is accompanied by other symptoms, or when spitting milk more than 2 to 3 times a day, you should go to the hospital in time for a doctor to check.
In most babies, the symptoms of raising milk will gradually disappear after 4 to 12 months. The reason why the baby is raising milk? Why does the baby raise milk? Is it caused by improper feeding by the mother, or is the baby too noisy? Don't say, it really has something to do with it.
1. The stomachs of newborns and babies are horizontal, the base of the stomach is flat, coupled with small gastric capacity, and the muscles and nerves of the stomach are immature, which can easily cause Yang milk.
2. For newborns and babies, the outlet of the stomach is tight and loose, so when the baby is lying flat, the contents of the stomach can easily flow back into the esophagus and produce milk.
3. Inappropriate feeding methods, such as excessive breastfeeding, mother's nipple retraction, sucking from a pacifier, and the nipple not fully filled with milk during feeding, leading to the baby swallowing a large amount of air.
Moreover, changes in body position after feeding can also cause reflux.
Usually, spitting milk is characterized by the unassisted flow of milk from the corners of the mouth without other accompanying symptoms.
Moreover, the symptoms of spitting up milk in most babies will gradually disappear after 4 to 12 months of age. This is because as the child's growth and development progress, the digestive system muscles gradually improve, leading to a gradual improvement in the issue of spitting up milk.
When a baby spits up milk, it is quite common before the age of six months. In such cases, parents should remain calm first and then take appropriate actions.
During feeding, simply after each breastfeeding session, hold the newborn upright and gently pat their back to expel swallowed air. Additionally, when sleeping, it is advisable to adopt a position where the baby's head is slightly elevated on the right side, which can help prevent gastrointestinal upset.
More importantly, the lateral position can prevent accidental inhalation of milk into the respiratory tract and resulting suffocation.
In order to prevent your baby from sleeping crooked, you should adopt a right lateral position after lactation this time, and a left lateral position after lactation next time. This is better than supine position and can avoid the risk of accidentally sucking milk into the respiratory tract.
If you have aspirated milk, immediately take the head down and tilt it to one side, and gently pat the back to expel the milk.
If the baby's mouth or nasal cavity has milk overflowing, first clean it with a clean towel. Then gently lift the newborn and hold him in a standing position to pat his back for a while. When the baby becomes calm (falls asleep), put him down.
Generally, colic in infants is phase-specific; most infants experience reflux around the fourth month, which tends to gradually improve thereafter.
Feeding should not be excessive, with small meals and frequent intervals. How to prevent baby reflux? To help babies avoid reflux and reduce your worry, please remember the following seven prevention measures:
1. Before feeding, change the baby's diaper and after feeding, avoid moving the baby too much.
2. Use the appropriate feeding position.
Try to pick up the baby and feed it, so that the baby's body is tilted at about 45 degrees, and the milk in the stomach naturally flows into the small intestine, which will reduce the chance of spitting milk compared with lying down.
3. For babies who use a nipple to feed, choose the most suitable sized nipple.
Feed your baby thicker milk.
5. Pay attention to the feeding posture, don't overfeed, don't rush to feed while crying, and don't empty the bottle.
After feeding, be sure to let your baby burp-hold the baby upright and lean it against his shoulders, pat the baby's back, and let him expel the air that he inhaled into his stomach through the hiccups. Then put the baby on the bed and lie down. When you fall asleep, your head should be slightly raised and your body should lie on the right side, so that the milk can be easily absorbed into the stomach and enter the duodenum. This can also prevent the overflowing milk from being accidentally inhaled into the trachea or lungs and causing suffocation, so that it is not easy to spit out milk.
6. It is not advisable to let your baby lie on his back immediately after breastfeeding. Instead, he should lie on his back for a while, and then switch to lying on his back.
7. The amount of nursing should not be too much, eat small amounts and multiple meals, and the interval should not be too close.
Situations that require parents to be vigilant If the following two situations occur while raising milk, parents should be vigilant.
If necessary, send the baby to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.
1. During the newborn stage, if there is a blood-like substance discharged during feedings, indicating iron-colored old blood in the milk, it is important to be vigilant for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the baby.
Due to the incomplete coagulation mechanism of babies after birth, they are prone to vitamin deficiencies, which can lead to neonatal spontaneous bleeding. When vomiting occurs during gastric hemorrhage, the discharge from the vomit contains old blood or fresh blood, and this condition requires immediate medical attention.
2. The baby is frequently burping.
In fact, hiccups are a physiological phenomenon. It is due to the stimulation of the esophagus during feeding, which can cause spasms in the baby and result in hiccups.
However, if a baby's hiccups are severe and the baby is in pain, it may indicate that the baby's esophagus has been irritated by spasms. Especially when frequent hiccups are very severe, one should be alert for other potential conditions in the baby, such as gastrointestinal spasms.
At this point, we can use a method to distinguish. If the baby's hiccups are very strong and even adults find it painful to watch, we can feed them a small amount of water or milk using a bottle or a spoon. If the hiccups alleviate after they swallow, there is no major issue.
If persistent hiccups are causing breathing difficulties, it is necessary to seek medical attention.
The medical portions discussed in this text are for reference only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.
In case of discomfort, it is advised to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment are subject to the professional medical examination conducted face-to-face.