Will babies have constipation during the confinement period?

Holding the baby's stomach in check refers to the stool being excreted only once in a long time. It is a common phenomenon for babies in the confinement period. This may be caused by gastrointestinal indigestion in the baby. Holding the baby's stomach in check is also a physiological condition of growth. You can give the child appropriate amount of water and gently massage the baby's stomach to help the baby's stomach move.

Will babies have a stomachache during the confinement period?

It does not necessarily appear after the confinement period. Some babies may appear earlier and some may appear later. However, if a baby in the confinement period does not poop for several days, you must first rule out insufficient intake. What to do if baby doesn't poop?

Do I need to give my baby water to drink and enema to take probiotics?

"Bloating" is a physiological phenomenon in the growth and development of breastfed babies. It is not a disease and does not require special intervention. At the same time, excessive human intervention can easily bring unexpected risks to the baby.

Causes

The occurrence of the "stomach fullness" phenomenon is mainly due to the continuous improvement of the baby's digestive system. During the period from around one month to two months after the baby's birth, the digestive enzymes in the baby's gastrointestinal tract increase, intestinal motility increases and becomes regular, and the gastrointestinal absorption function is greatly improved compared to when the baby is just born. The digestion and absorption function becomes better, and the baby can fully digest and absorb breast milk. The food residue produced every day is very small, not enough to stimulate the rectum to produce a defecation reflex, resulting in the phenomenon of abdominal retention.

Differential Diagnosis

Differentiating between constipation and constipation. Although children with constipation only defecate once every few days, the stool they excrete is normal yellow soft stool. This is the key to the difference between constipation and constipation. If it is constipation, the baby's stool will be drier and harder. In addition, it may be accompanied by unstable sleep, crying during defecation, irritability, etc. During the period of "saving belly", the baby's other performance is normal. "Consumption" only occurs in the period from around the baby's first month to 2 months, but constipation can occur at any time.

Duration

The duration of constipation in babies varies from individual to individual. For some babies, it lasts for ten or eight days, while for others, it lasts for half a month or a month. Every baby develops differently. Generally, the baby will have less bowel movements after two months. As long as the baby's digestion is good, there is no need to worry. New research suggests that babies hold their bowels in order to better meet the rapid metabolic needs of infancy. Therefore, you can seize the opportunity to cultivate good bowel habits in your baby and effectively prevent constipation in the future.

Processing

1. Regular bowel movement

Because the "stomach retention" phenomenon usually begins to appear around 2 months, it is time to train your baby to have a regular bowel movement (such as defecating in the morning and evening every day) so that your baby can form good bowel habits early.

2. Do abdominal massage every day

(1) Use your palms to gently rub the baby's abdomen, with the navel as the center, rotating from left to right 10 times. Rest for 5 minutes, then massage 10 times again. Repeat 3 times.

(2) Place the baby in supine position and hold the baby's legs to do flexion and extension exercises, stretching and flexing once, for a total of 10 times, and then flexing and extending one leg 10 times. This will help the baby's intestinal peristalsis and facilitate bowel movements.

3. Drink plenty of water

For fat babies who have "full stomach", you can feed them some boiled water or vegetable or fruit juice between two feedings a day. Adding complementary foods after they are 4 months old can solve this bowel movement problem.

4. Increase milk supply

If the baby's bowel movements decrease and weight gain is not ideal due to insufficient breast milk, you can give the baby some formula milk in time; if the baby is more than 3 months old, you can also add a little rice soup, which can better improve the bowel movement.