What causes baby diarrhea?

I believe that every mother will encounter baby diarrhea, and out of maternal brilliance you will feel very worried, but in fact baby diarrhea is not that simple, because babies are usually taken care of by someone, so you may be confused about the cause of baby diarrhea. At this time, you don’t know how to regulate it, so the following editor has compiled some introductions about what is going on with baby diarrhea.

1. Breast milk diarrhea: Breastfeeding causes diarrhea, which may be due to the high content of prostaglandins in breast milk. This substance promotes the movement of small intestinal smooth muscles, increases the secretion of water and electrolytes, and produces loose stools. Breast milk diarrhea may also be caused by lactose intolerance in children and lack of lactase in the body.

Do not stop breastfeeding when breast milk diarrhea occurs. The baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and the lactase will gradually mature and the enzyme activity will increase, so it can break down, digest and absorb lactose, and the condition will gradually improve with the addition of complementary foods.

2. Improper feeding: Feeding children with porridge and paste too early and too much, too much carbohydrates can cause fermentation and produce digestive disorders.

Failure to add complementary foods on time, suddenly increasing food or changing the food composition before weaning can cause digestive disorders and diarrhea due to the baby's inability to adapt. Stop adding complementary foods temporarily when diarrhea occurs, and then gradually add complementary foods after the diarrhea improves.

3. Cold abdomen: Some babies kick off the quilt when they sleep, or expose their abdomen when they play during the day, which can easily cause the abdomen to catch a cold. Once the abdomen gets cold, the frequency of bowel movements will increase, and the stool will often become loose and mushy, resulting in diarrhea.

4. Bacterial infection: Parents should also consider whether the diarrhea in their 4-month-old baby is caused by bacterial infection. The frequency of bowel movements increases, and the stools are bloody and purulent. There is often paroxysmal abdominal pain before diarrhea.

Through the above explanation, you should know that baby diarrhea is not that simple, and most of the baby diarrhea is caused by improper feeding. So when you breastfeed your baby in the future, you must always pay attention and start to adjust your feeding method so that your baby will no longer have diarrhea and other phenomena.