What to do if your baby has poor digestion and vomits

It is very easy for babies to have poor digestion. Once a child has poor digestion, parents will be very worried. Many children with indigestion will often vomit, so that everything they eat comes out. This is very harmful to the children. So, what should you do if your baby vomits due to poor digestion? This is a problem faced by many such parents. Let me introduce it to you below. I hope parents can find the answer from it and solve their troubles.

1. What are the symptoms of indigestion in babies?

If a baby has indigestion, he will have symptoms such as poor feeding, poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, unformed stools, and thin stools. He may also have diarrhea several times a day and may also have bloody stools, milky stools, mucous stools, or foul-smelling, green stools. These all indicate that the baby has indigestion and should be treated in time.

2. Why do babies suffer from indigestion?

1. Lack of breast milk is most likely to cause indigestion

Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for babies, with balanced nutrients and good digestion and absorption. The beta casein in breast milk forms smaller clots, while the casein in cow's milk forms larger clots that are not easily digested and absorbed by stomach acid. In addition, the immune components in breast milk are the baby's first natural immune barrier after birth. The IgA it secretes can effectively resist bacteria and viruses, greatly reducing the baby's chance of getting sick.

In addition, the holding posture during breastfeeding is also very important. The baby's stomach is relatively small and horizontal, so the baby should be held vertically at an angle to feed. After the baby finishes feeding, he should be allowed to stand and then patted to burp the baby. This way, the baby will not easily burp or spit up milk. Feed your baby at regular times and locations, not just as soon as he cries.

2. Improper milk powder conversion can also cause indigestion in babies

The protein in different milk powders is different. Some milk powders hydrolyze part of the protein into small amino acid molecules or small molecule peptides, which is easier for the baby to absorb and less likely to cause allergies. But some babies lack lactase and disaccharidase. If the milk powder contains too much lactose, they will become lactose intolerant and cause diarrhea. Therefore, you must be cautious when changing your baby's milk powder, and it is best to consult a doctor.

Babies who are fed with milk powder are more likely to suffer from symptoms such as getting angry, thick white tongue coating, and dry stools, because milk contains more casein, which is not conducive to digestion and absorption. Therefore, in addition to feeding the baby with milk powder, you should add some probiotics to the baby to promote intestinal motility, aid digestion, and improve constipation.

3. Unreasonable food selection leads to indigestion in babies

When adding complementary foods to babies, the order of adding food should be the transition from liquid to semi-liquid. When adding complementary foods to infants under 2 years old, the principles of rotten, fine and soft must be followed. Babies aged 2-3 years old can eat slightly coarser complementary foods.

When parents want to let their babies try new foods, they should let the babies adapt slowly first and pay attention to the nutritional balance of the diet. The various nutrients needed for the baby's growth come from the most basic food, such as vegetables, milk, eggs, fish, meat, fruits, etc. These are all necessary nutritional supplements for the body.

3. The key to indigestion care: creating a healthy intestinal flora

Intestinal flora is actually the concept of intestinal microecology. There are many tiny microorganisms in the human intestine, such as bacteria, viruses, etc., which maintain a relatively stable state with the organism. The number and even the location are constant. If they change, the intestinal flora will be disturbed and corresponding symptoms will appear.

The digestive function mainly relies on the regulation of intestinal flora, but there are no bacteria in the intestines of newborns. After absorbing breast milk, beneficial bacteria will be produced through the mother's nipples and the baby's swallowing process. For example, a relatively stable number of E. coli is beneficial to the human body. The number of E. coli also represents the health of the baby's gastrointestinal tract. If necessary, you can supplement microecological preparations appropriately to help balance the flora in the baby's intestines and enhance the ability to inhibit and kill pathogenic bacteria, so as to treat and prevent baby diarrhea.

The above content introduces what to do if the baby vomits due to poor digestion. It can be seen that there are reasons for the baby's vomiting. Parents must find the right reasons and then make corresponding adjustments according to the causes. For children, their bodies are still developing and their gastrointestinal functions are likely to be weak. At this time, parents must pay attention to their children's diet and let their children eat more nutritious and easy-to-digest foods to avoid indigestion.