Why is the baby's belly bulging?

Some babies have bulging stomachs, which seriously affects the baby's physical health. Therefore, once the baby has this problem, it is necessary to pay attention to timely medical treatment and treatment to ensure the baby's physical health and avoid affecting the baby's physical safety and health due to this problem. So why does the baby have a bulging stomach?

Generally speaking, the belly of a newborn baby is always round, which is a very normal phenomenon, and it will gradually become flat as the baby grows older. This is because the baby's abdominal wall muscles are not yet fully developed, but have to accommodate the same number of internal organs as an adult. As the saying goes, "although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs", so the baby's belly often looks bloated.

In addition, babies are more prone to bloating than adults, which can make their bellies look rounder than adults'.

The gastrointestinal tract of newborns is immature, and the intestinal motility of various segments of the baby is not coordinated, which can easily cause flatulence. In addition, when feeding with a bottle, if the baby sucks too quickly or inhales too much air, it will cause bloating. So babies who are breastfed generally have less bloating, while babies who are formula-fed have the opposite. In this case, if the baby's diet and bowel movements are normal, the belly feels soft, the baby has good mobility, normal gas discharge, and normal weight gain, this type of abdominal distension is mostly functional abdominal distension and does not require special treatment.

However, parents should pay attention if the following situations occur, for example, abdominal distension accompanied by vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, difficulty in anal gas and defecation, and even symptoms of fever and bloody stools; a bloated and tight feeling in the abdomen; shortness of breath; and something like a lump can be felt in the abdomen. These phenomena may cause disease.

If the baby's belly appears to be swollen, then the baby needs to pay attention to take appropriate methods to check and treat it in time, so as to ensure the baby's physical health and safety, and avoid assuming that the baby's swollen belly problem is caused by other diseases. Therefore, the baby needs to pay attention to timely treatment to ensure physical safety.