What are the disadvantages of children drinking milk before bed?

In daily life, many parents let their children drink milk before going to bed. In fact, children developing the habit of drinking milk before going to bed may not be what parents expect. Some parents may think that drinking milk before going to bed will help their baby sleep, which may not be right. It turns out that there are many disadvantages for children to drink milk before going to bed. Let’s take a look at what those disadvantages are.

There are four disadvantages of drinking milk before going to bed

Disadvantage 1: It can easily lead to otitis media. If a child swallows uncoordinatedly while lying down to feed before going to bed, it is easy for milk to overflow into the ear canal. The residual milk is the best bacterial culture dish.

Disadvantage 2: It can easily irritate the respiratory system and cause inflammation. Babies are more prone to gastroesophageal reflux, especially when they are lying down to feed, which can make it easier for the milk that has entered the stomach to reflux into the esophagus. This phenomenon is more common in children under 2 years old. Eating milk before going to bed aggravates the occurrence of gastroesophageal reflux. Similarly, the retention of milk often causes infections in the respiratory system, and the reflux of sour gastric juice can also irritate the respiratory system and cause inflammation. Children will have long-term coughs, developing chronic coughs, bronchitis, and even pneumonia.

Disadvantage three: It can easily increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and lead to gastrointestinal diseases. Nighttime sleep is a time for the gastrointestinal tract to rest. If you drink milk before going to bed, you need to strengthen the gastrointestinal motility and secretion of digestive juices, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and is not conducive to the development of the child's digestive system.

Disadvantage 4: Easy to form tooth decay. The mouth cannot secrete or secretes very little saliva during sleep. The small amount of thick saliva is easily retained and promotes plaque formation and adhesion on the teeth, which will cause early tooth decay.

So after the above introduction by the editor, I think parents should know what to do. Parents should help children who have developed such bad habits to correct them in time. Children are a special group of people and parents should take better care of them. Drinking milk before going to bed can have a big impact, parents should pay attention.