Baby farts instead of pooping

Some babies suffer from constipation due to milk accumulation or internal inflammation and do not defecate for several days. Some babies not only do not defecate, but also often fart very smelly. We say that when a baby suffers from indigestion or getting angry, the feces accumulated in the stomach for a long time will cause the baby to constantly expel gas and fart, and the farts will have a smelly odor. When the baby has difficulty defecating, parents should not panic. They can apply some vegetable oil on their fingers and gently massage the area around the baby's anus.

1. Folk remedies for treating constipation in infants

When your baby has difficulty defecating, you can apply some vegetable oil on your fingers and gently massage around the baby's anus for a while, or insert a cotton swab dipped in oil into the anus and keep it for 2-3 minutes to help defecation. These measures should not be used frequently to prevent suppressing the baby's defecation reflex and forming dependence.

2. How to prevent babies from having bowel movements

If babies do not have bowel movements, it is easy to cause malnutrition, anal fissures, hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse, so early treatment and early prevention should be sought.

1. Change the dietary structure: Breastfeeding is advocated. Breastfeeding mothers should pay attention to a balanced diet and should not overeat high-protein foods such as eggs, beef, shrimp, crabs, etc. They should eat more vegetables and fruits as much as possible. When a breastfed baby suffers from constipation, you can add additional laxative foods, such as sweetened vegetable juice, orange juice, honey water, sweetened condensed milk, etc.

2. Artificially-fed babies are prone to constipation. You can reduce the amount of milk they drink appropriately and add complementary foods, such as adding sugar to milk, feeding them honey, pear juice, orange juice, tomato juice, vegetable juice, etc., to stimulate intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation. Young children can eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, sweet potatoes, etc.

3. Children with malnutrition should have their nutrition strengthened and their physical strength increased so that the abdominal and intestinal walls can be thickened and their tension can be increased, thereby improving the symptoms of constipation.

4. Develop good bowel habits. It is recommended that children have a bowel movement once a day, preferably after dinner. Do not change your bowel movement time or reduce your bowel movement frequency at will unless absolutely necessary. For children with constipation, they can be asked to squat before defecation to increase abdominal pressure, or the abdomen can be massaged in a clockwise direction to promote intestinal peristalsis and achieve the purpose of defecation.

5. Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect on children's constipation. Chinese medicine believes that this disease is caused by gastrointestinal heat, lack of fluid and dry intestines. The principle of treatment should be nourishing yin, clearing heat, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. You can use 10 grams each of hemp seed, Trichosanthes seed, Achyranthes bidentata, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Scrophularia ningpoensis (reduce the amount for infants), decocted in water and drunk to treat constipation.

6. Avoid spicy and hot foods, such as ginger, vinegar and eggs, chili peppers, mutton, etc. The diet should be light. You can eat more snow pear stewed pig pancreas soup, carrot and water chestnut stewed spine soup, dried vegetable stewed spine soup, wax gourd stewed spine soup, sweet potato syrup, etc.