What is the reason for the three-month-old baby's shortness of breath?

When parents are taking care of their babies, they can easily find that their babies are breathing rapidly, and may even breathe more times per minute than adults. Generally, parents are more worried when faced with this problem, because they are always afraid that their children will be harmed by some diseases. So the following article will analyze and introduce to parents what is going on with rapid breathing in babies?

1. Newborns breathe faster than adults. Adults breathe about 12 times per minute, and infants about 40 times per minute. If it is less than 20 times per minute or more than 80 times per minute, you should pay attention. Count them carefully. It is recommended to count when the baby is calm, several times at most.

2. If the baby can only sleep for an hour and a half each time, and cries for milk every time he wakes up, you may suspect that there is not enough breast milk, or the milk powder is too watery, or you are not feeding enough. If breast milk is insufficient, you should feed your baby frequently and give it to him if he asks. It is normal for your stomach to growl and pass gas while you feed. Some babies even poop as soon as they feed.

3. There seems to be phlegm in the throat because the newborn does not have the ability to clear the respiratory tract, and the secretions accumulate in the throat, causing snoring when exhaling. If there are no abnormalities in other aspects, it is not a disease, and it has nothing to do with eating milk powder. The mother should pay attention to pumping milk frequently during the period of stopping breastfeeding, and do not let the milk return, otherwise the baby will have to eat milk powder.

4. It is possible that the baby's skin will turn white after 5 days, and then turn yellow again after continuing to drink breast milk. As long as the urine doesn't become yellower than it is now, there is no need to worry, and generally you don't need to stop breastfeeding.

Generally speaking, the respiratory rate of newborns is higher than that of adults, which is a normal phenomenon. However, parents should also pay attention to whether the baby has other problems during the process of rapid breathing. If there are other abnormal phenomena, they should take the baby to the hospital in time for more comprehensive examination and treatment.