What to do if your five-year-old baby has a bad stomach

A 5-year-old baby may have poor gastrointestinal problems. Because the child is relatively young, it is best not to feed them foods that are easy to cause inflammation. The digestive function is not yet fully developed, so you can give them some probiotics to help the baby absorb. So let’s take a look at what to do if a 5-year-old baby has poor gastrointestinal health?

Give your baby more hawthorn or yogurt, avoid eating irritating foods, and give your baby more millet porridge to help digestion and maintain the stomach. Giving your baby some probiotics appropriately, Mommy Love can make the gastrointestinal tract produce a variety of organic acids and digestive enzymes, help the baby digest and absorb food, and increase appetite; it can enhance the baby's intestinal peristalsis, improve constipation and indigestion; when the baby has diarrhea, taking it can inhibit the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria, promote the production of antibodies in the body, and gradually relieve diarrhea.

Don't eat too many snacks, eat more whole grains, vegetables and fruits, do more activities, don't eat too fine food, eat light food, don't eat too much fish, meat, eggs and milk for children with poor digestion and absorption, otherwise they will have diarrhea or hard stools, which will hurt the children. Don't feed them too much at each meal, don't worry about the children not having nutrition, regulate their stomachs and digestion well.

Non-infectious diarrhea in children is mainly caused by improper feeding, such as eating too much, too little, too hot, too cold, sudden changes in food types, etc. It can also be caused by food allergies, climate change, and lack of disaccharidase in the intestines. Infectious diarrhea can be caused by intestinal infection by viruses (most commonly rotavirus), bacteria, fungi, and parasites.

The onset can be slow or acute. In mild cases, there are only gastrointestinal symptoms, loss of appetite, occasional vomiting, increased frequency of bowel movements and changes in bowel movement characteristics. In severe cases, the frequency of bowel movements may reach more than ten times a day, or even dozens of times. The stools may be watery, mushy, or mucous, and some may contain blood and pus. At the same time, obvious dehydration and electrolyte imbalance and systemic poisoning symptoms (such as high fever, irritability, mental depression, etc.) may occur.

In terms of nursing, it is recommended to feed reasonably, promote breastfeeding, add complementary foods in time, avoid weaning in summer, disinfect feeding utensils and feeding utensils regularly, avoid overheating or cold when the climate changes, pay special attention to keeping the abdomen warm, and ventilate the room.

This article will introduce in detail what to do if your 5-year-old baby has a bad stomach. Normally, do not give them too many snacks or coarse grains. Try to give them more fresh vegetables or fruits to gradually reduce the digestive burden on their abdomen.