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

During the feeding process, babies will more or less vomit milk. However, when the baby has a fever, vomiting becomes more frequent, because the fever will affect the baby's digestive system, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. In this situation, many parents appear flustered and at a loss. Next, we will introduce how to deal with babies who have a fever and vomit.

1. Change feeding posture. Try to hold your baby up to feed, so that the baby's body is tilted at about 45 degrees. When the mother holds the baby to breastfeed, she should keep the baby's head higher and the body lower, which can alleviate the symptoms of the baby's spitting up. When feeding your baby milk powder, try not to let your baby drink while lying down. It is better to sit or stand. If you feed your baby while lying down, do not let your baby lie on his back immediately after feeding. Instead, let him lie on his side for a while, and then change to lying on his back.

Choose the nipple hole that best fits you. Babies using pacifiers should pay attention to the size of the nipple. If it is too small, they may easily inhale air; if it is too big, they may choke and cause severe coughing. Both may cause vomiting.

2. Change the feeding time. When your baby has symptoms of spitting up, be sure to shorten the time of each feeding and do not feed the baby for a long time. Allow the baby to digest and absorb slowly. Gradually, the baby's stomach and intestines will adapt and the spitting up will stop.

3. Change the feeding frequency. If your baby spits up, you should reduce the frequency of feedings from once every two hours to once every three hours.

4. The mother should strengthen care. If your baby spits up milk, it may be because he has swallowed air into his stomach. This is usually physiological spitting up milk. After feeding the baby, the mother should not change the holding position immediately. Let the baby burp, which will not easily cause vomiting.

In addition to relieving the baby's spitting up, the most important thing is to cool the baby down. When a baby has a fever, if the temperature is not particularly high, physical cooling methods should be used, such as cold compresses, cooling patches, using towels or alcohol to clean the whole body, giving the baby more water, etc. Take antipyretic drugs when necessary.