Why does a three-month-old baby spit up milk?

Children need careful care during their infancy, because children at this stage generally have no ability to distinguish between good and bad, and need good guidance and improvement from their family members, because the health of the child is a matter of concern to all family members. For some new mothers, they do not understand many details of the child. What happens if a three-month-old baby spit up milk? What should we do?

Causes and treatments for infant spitting up

First of all, we need to figure out whether the baby is spitting up milk or spitting up milk. The two have different meanings, causes and treatments. The amount of spitting up is relatively large, and may occur shortly after feeding or half an hour later. Before spitting up, the child will open his mouth and stretch his neck, with an expression of pain and discomfort. The amount of milk spitting up is small and usually occurs right after a meal. It usually stops after one or two mouthfuls. Spitting up is a common phenomenon in infants. There are two reasons for this: one is that it is a symptom of systemic or gastrointestinal disease; the other is that the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the infant's gastrointestinal tract make vomiting prone to occur. Generally speaking, vomiting caused by the second reason is more common.

A baby's stomach does not hang down like that of older children and adults, but is in a horizontal position. This can reduce the capacity of the stomach, store less food, and also make it easier for it to return to the cardia. Due to the existence of the above factors, even under normal circumstances, if you eat too much and lie down immediately after feeding, the milk can easily rush open the cardia and return to the mouth through the esophagus, causing vomiting. If a child spits up milk occasionally and is in good spirits, he or she may not be sick. If the child vomits several times in a row and vomits every time during feeding, you should pay attention to whether the child has a fever, the condition of his bowel movements, any changes in his spirit, etc. There may be problems with the gastrointestinal tract itself, or there may be lesions in other systems. You should take your child to the hospital for examination. Spurting up of milk is usually caused by the baby inhaling air while feeding.

Therefore, when feeding the baby, whether using milk powder or breast milk, the baby should be kept in a quiet environment, and try to prevent the baby from inhaling excessive air during eating. When such a situation occurs, you should gently pat the baby's back, or let the baby spit out the milk. The child will feel better and it will also reduce the burden on the mother.