Why does a child get diarrhea after changing milk powder?

In life, some parents will often change their baby's milk powder. This practice is wrong, so parents are reminded that when the baby starts to eat milk powder, they should spend more time to choose the right milk powder. After selecting, do not change it frequently. If you change the baby's milk powder frequently, there will be many harms. First of all, changing milk powder will have a great impact on the baby's stomach, such as causing gastrointestinal inflammation, and it will also cause the baby's resistance to decrease. In addition, frequent changes of milk powder will also affect the baby's absorption of nutrients, especially when changing milk powder, babies often have diarrhea. What is the reason behind this?

First, the reason why babies have diarrhea when changing milk powder

It is very common for babies to have diarrhea due to changing milk powder. Many mothers don’t know why their babies get diarrhea as soon as they change milk powder. Is there a problem with the quality of the milk powder? In fact, this is not the case. Let’s find out why babies get diarrhea after changing milk powder.

The primary reason why babies get diarrhea when changing milk powder is that the change in milk causes discomfort to the baby, resulting in diarrhea. As we all know, the formula of each brand of milk powder is different. For babies, the intestinal absorption and adaptability are very limited, and it takes time to adapt to a type of milk powder. Once you get used to this brand of milk powder, you will develop a habitual dependence on it and find it difficult to accept another brand of milk powder. The intestines cannot adapt and thus suffer from diarrhea. This is why babies suffer from diarrhea when changing milk powder. It is not due to the quality of the milk powder, but because the formula of the milk powder is different and the baby needs to adapt to it again, which causes the symptom.

When changing milk powder for your baby, mothers are advised not to change milk powder frequently, or to change formulas with big differences, as this can easily cause discomfort and diarrhea in the baby. And after changing the milk powder, do not prepare a lot of milk at one time to feed your baby. Instead, feed your baby a reasonable combination of new and old milk powder to give your baby an adaptation period. If diarrhea symptoms occur during the adaptation process, you can provide timely care.

Second, what should I do if my baby has diarrhea after changing milk powder?

Babies getting diarrhea due to changing milk powder is a common problem encountered by mothers. The reason why changing milk powder causes babies to have diarrhea is because mothers take incorrect measures when changing milk powder. If you find that your baby has diarrhea due to changing milk powder, mothers can refer to the following methods to solve it.

1. Stop diarrhea in time.

When symptoms of diarrhea appear, the first thing to do is to stop the diarrhea. Choose different methods to stop diarrhea according to the specific situation of diarrhea. Generally speaking, carrot juice and applesauce are the best anti-diarrhea foods. It is recommended that mothers try these two foods to stop diarrhea for their babies.

2. Replenish water.

Since diarrhea will cause the body to lose water, it is important to replenish water for your baby and drink water in time to prevent diarrhea from causing dehydration and making the condition worse.

3. Stop consuming new milk powder.

The baby has diarrhea because of the change to new milk powder. Therefore, you should immediately stop feeding your baby the new milk powder and replace it with the previous one. Here we also recommend that mothers feed their babies a mixture of new and old milk powder in proportion. This will ensure that the baby absorbs nutrients and gradually adapts to the new milk powder.

As long as these three points are achieved, the problem of baby's diarrhea due to changing milk powder can be well solved. At the same time, the baby can gradually adapt to the new milk powder and enhance the adaptability of the intestines.

Third, how to avoid diarrhea when changing milk powder

Although milk powder can provide sufficient nutrition to babies, it can also easily cause diarrhea symptoms for babies. This is because the baby has adapted to breastfeeding, and the baby's intestines may not be able to adapt to the formula in the milk powder in time, so diarrhea will occur. Especially during the period of changing milk powder, it is common for babies to have diarrhea. So, what can be done to prevent babies from having diarrhea after changing milk powder?

1. Choose the right time to change milk powder.

It is not recommended that mothers change milk powder when they see a good one, as this is not good for the baby's health. Generally speaking, the nutrition needed by babies in the first six months and the second six months is different, so it is recommended that mothers change milk powder in about half a year. At the same time, it should be noted that the baby's body is completely healthy when changing milk powder, so as to reduce the irritation of the new milk powder to the baby's intestines.

2. Mix with water.

For the health of their babies, some mothers like to use rice soup and rice flour to mix milk powder. In order to ensure that the baby does not suffer from nutritional burden, you can just use water to mix the milk powder for the baby.

3. Mix new and old food together and feed them.

In order to give babies a period of time to adapt to the new milk powder, mothers are advised to mix the new and old milk powder together in proportion and feed them to their babies. At the beginning, you can feed your baby a mixture of one third new milk powder and two thirds old milk powder. If you find that there is nothing abnormal with the baby, you can feed the baby the new milk powder in the future.