What to do if your newborn keeps choking on milk

The arrival of every new life is the hope of a family, and every family pays huge price for the arrival of a newborn. Newborns have no teeth when they are born, their spleen and stomach are very weak, and their appetite is small, so they all eat breast milk. If there is no breast milk, they eat milk powder. Newborns don't eat much milk at a time, and mothers are very careful when feeding them, but choking still occurs. What should be done?

The nervous system of newborns is not fully developed, which can easily cause epiglottis failure, and choking on milk is caused by epiglottis failure. When the baby spits up milk, because the epiglottis piston cover fails to move and fails to cover the tracheal opening tightly, the milk accidentally goes into the trachea. We call this behavior "choking on milk". If the baby cannot cough out the milk in the respiratory tract, it will cause mechanical obstruction of the airway and cause breathing difficulties and severe hypoxia. We call it "choking on milk". When a baby chokes on milk, the main symptoms are cyanosis of the face, twitching of the whole body, irregular breathing, spitting out milk or foam, blood, black water, etc. The baby's brain cells are very sensitive to oxygen, and if the baby is not sent to the hospital immediately, the baby will die.

If you are using a bottle, make sure the nipple opening is moderate. If the opening is too large, the milk will flow out too quickly and in too much quantity, which of course makes it easy for the baby to choke. To reduce the flow rate, the bottle has to be tilted, which makes it easy for air to mix into the milk and be swallowed, making it easy for the baby to spit up milk after feeding. Therefore, the opening of the nipple must be appropriate. If the nipple needs to be opened by yourself, you can cut it into a cross instead of a hole. This way you can ensure the flow of milk without causing choking.

Tips for feeding your baby

1. Understand the correct breastfeeding posture

First, hold your baby in your arms, with his neck resting on the crook of your elbows, your forearms supporting his back, and your palms supporting his bottom. Then turn your baby's body sideways, facing you, with belly against belly.

2. Understand that the nipple should fall out naturally after breastfeeding

At the end of breastfeeding, do not pull out the nipple forcibly, as pulling out the nipple under the negative pressure of the mouth can easily cause local pain or skin lesions. Let the baby open his mouth and let the nipple fall out naturally.

When feeding, the baby's jaw clamps around the areola, not the nipple. The upper and lower lips are parted, the gums are around the areola, and you can feel his tongue moving upwards, pressing the nipple against his hard palate, both squeezing the nipple.

I believe that after reading this article, all parents will be able to clearly understand what to do if their baby always chokes when drinking milk, and they will not be afraid of encountering this situation next time. In fact, there are many techniques to breastfeed your baby. All mothers should learn these little tricks so that they can breastfeed their babies safely.