Is it good for children to take probiotics?

Probiotics are delicious for children, but they are only suitable for children over two years old. They can promote intestinal motility, regulate the baby's digestive system, and help the baby absorb nutrients. When the baby has diarrhea, the probiotics in the baby's body will be lost. At this time, some probiotics can be appropriately supplemented to maintain the balance of intestinal bacteria, so mothers can understand the benefits of probiotics for children.

There are many types of probiotics. Although their effects are similar, are they really so effective that mothers use them frequently? Excessive use of probiotics can also cause harm to the baby's body and produce some negative effects. In fact, mothers only need to supplement their babies with probiotics appropriately when their babies show these conditions.

1. When the baby is constipated

The physical health of the baby has always been the biggest concern of mothers. They are always afraid that they will have some problems, but children have weak resistance and it is inevitable that they will get sick. Constipation in babies is also quite common. Since the child is too young, the mother dare not use any medicine indiscriminately, so the baby can be supplemented with some probiotics to regulate the peristaltic function of the intestines, regulate the normal operation of the digestive system, promote the body's absorption of nutrients and excretion of waste, and enhance the baby's physical fitness.

2. When the baby has diarrhea

A probiotic community will automatically form in everyone's body to help the body digest the food it eats and maintain the ecological balance within the body. Children do not know how to control their diet, and it is common for them to get stomach upset. This leads to excessive loss of probiotics in the baby's body during diarrhea, and the digestive system gradually becomes unbalanced. At this time, the mother can give the baby probiotics and use external means to supplement the baby with the necessary probiotics, form a new probiotic community in the baby's damaged intestines, restore the body's ability to balance, and maintain normal body functions.

3. When the baby starts to have minor illnesses

The baby's resistance is weak, and bacteria will take the opportunity to enter the baby's body, infect the baby's cells, and gradually break through the baby's already fragile body defenses, causing the baby to develop various diseases. After examining the baby's body, many doctors will tell the mother that the child's resistance is too poor and it is all caused by bacterial infection. The most common advice given is to supplement with probiotics to help form a new protective barrier in the baby's body, establish a solid line of defense, and hinder the growth and infection of bacteria.