What should I do if my baby has a bad stomach and vomits?

When your baby vomits due to stomach discomfort, be careful not to let the vomit get into the trachea, and replenish water in time. You can prepare skimmed milk for your baby. Boil the milk, cool it, take out the top layer of fat film, and then continue heating it. Repeat this three times and then give it to your baby to drink. You can also feed your baby some hot water. When the baby has an appetite, feed him some millet porridge, which can be used to stop vomiting. Don’t feed your baby too much complementary food at once. Let him eat as much as he can. Feed him when he is hungry to maintain his physical strength. If the symptoms are severe, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

Once your baby is a few months old, gastrointestinal germs are the most likely cause of vomiting, especially if your baby goes to daycare or if you have older children who can bring new germs into the house. You must insist that everyone in your family wash their hands thoroughly after using the toilet or changing your baby's diaper to prevent the spread of germs. At the same time, try to ensure your baby's hands are clean. When babies are infected with gastrointestinal bacteria, in addition to vomiting, they may also experience symptoms such as diarrhea, loss of appetite and fever.

Solution: Understand how to reduce your baby’s fever. When your baby vomits a lot, he or she loses vital water, so it's important to give your baby fluids to prevent dehydration, which can cause serious problems for your baby. Here are the latest guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to prevent your baby from becoming dehydrated:

After your baby stops vomiting for 2 to 3 hours, you can start giving your baby 28 to 57 ml of electrolyte solution suitable for your baby every half hour to an hour. You can buy 0.9% saline solution at the pharmacy and dilute it with water to make a 0.45% saline solution. Electrolyte solutions are usually easier for babies to tolerate than breast milk or formula and are less likely to cause them to vomit (you should ask your doctor to recommend an electrolyte solution for you). If your baby is still exclusively breastfeeding, you can use a dropper or small cup to feed your baby electrolyte solution to prevent nipple confusion.

When it comes to babies with poor stomachs, you must be careful not to feed them raw, cold, or irritating foods. The food they eat should be warm to avoid irritating the stomach. Foods with high fat content will cause nausea and vomiting in babies, so they should be avoided. Prepare more foods that have the function of strengthening the stomach and digestion for your baby, such as yam, hawthorn, millet porridge, etc.