What to do if your baby is choking

Babies may choke when feeding due to various reasons. This is a phenomenon that many parents are particularly worried about. It is also very harmful to the baby. In severe cases, it may cause serious harm to the baby. Therefore, we must prevent choking when feeding. So, what should we do if the baby chokes? For such a situation, let us take a brief look at it through the following introduction.

If choking has occurred, emergency treatment must be carried out quickly. The precautions are as follows:

1. If the baby chokes on milk while lying flat, please quickly turn his face to one side to prevent the vomit from flowing backwards into the throat and trachea.

2. Roll a handkerchief or towel around your finger and put it deep into the baby's mouth, even into the throat, to quickly clean out the milk and milk lumps inside. Parents can also directly use mouth-to-mouth suction to forcefully suck out the foreign objects.

3. The nostrils can be treated with a small cotton swab.

4. If the baby does not breathe or his face turns darker, it means that the vomit may have entered the trachea. You should immediately let the baby lie face down on your lap or a hard bed, and pat his back hard 4 to 5 times until he coughs up the food. You can also pinch or pinch the soles of the baby's feet hard to make him breathe because of the pain to avoid lack of oxygen.

5. If the above methods are ineffective, the baby's crying becomes weak and toneless, the baby has difficulty breathing, the chest is severely sunken, the skin is cyanotic or pale, etc., the baby should be sent to the doctor immediately. At the same time, if the baby chokes on milk, it is best to stop feeding for 1 to 2 hours to avoid further danger or refusal to drink milk.

Through the above introduction, we know what to do if the baby chokes. In normal times, we should pay attention to prevent such things from happening, mainly by paying attention to the correct posture when feeding the baby. In addition, if the baby is bottle-fed, pay attention to the amount of milk from the nipple. Too much milk can also cause choking. It is most important to do various preventive work in normal times.