What to do if your baby retches while eating

Babies are a piece of flesh that falls from their mothers’ bodies. When mothers see their babies sick, they wish they could get sick themselves. Many babies will experience dry heaving after eating. What should you do if your baby heaves after eating? Babies may be prone to dry heaving when eating because their throats are narrow, the food is too hard, their chewing ability is poor, and they eat in a hurry. Let me explain!

The main reasons why children dry heave when eating are as follows: Indigestion: Dry heaving may also be accompanied by loss of appetite, diarrhea, abdominal distension, or excessive farts, particularly smelly farts, etc. Taking digestive aids is often effective. Gastroesophageal reflux: Some babies have excessive relaxation of the cardia, which causes gastric juice to reflux from the stomach to the esophagus, causing the baby to dry heave. In severe cases, a doctor should be consulted for examination and treatment. Respiratory infections such as pharyngitis and tracheitis can also cause dry heaving, which disappears quickly after anti-inflammatory treatment. Babies who love to suck their fingers will put their little hands too deep into their mouths, irritating the pharynx and causing dry heaving.

There are many reasons for babies to retch, such as pharyngitis, eating too fast, taste intolerance, abnormal gastric digestion function, etc. The baby's phrenic nerve is not well developed and is easily stimulated, causing dry retching. In addition, the baby's dry retching can also be considered as indigestion. I don't know if the baby has other symptoms besides dry retching. If the baby has dry retching, it is recommended to give the baby more warm boiled water, improve the type of food, and try to eat light and easily digestible complementary foods.

If the baby only has dry retching, and everything else is normal, without vomiting or diarrhea, and sleeps normally, then there is nothing to worry about. It may be related to the incoordination between swallowing action and diaphragm movement. Gently massaging the abdomen and patting the back can relieve the problem. It will gradually improve with age.

What I said is so good. Mothers who don’t know how to take care of their babies must learn it. What should I do if my baby retches while eating? If your baby's chewing ability is relatively poor, then you should break the food into smaller pieces each time you feed it to make it easier for the baby to chew, and you should also exercise the baby's chewing ability appropriately. Also, you must be special careful when feeding your baby egg yolks. You must give your baby water after eating egg yolks, otherwise the egg yolk will easily stick to the baby's throat. I wish the babies grow up healthily!