Why do babies love to fart?

Everyone knows that farting is an indecent behavior, but it is also healthy. So what if babies often fart? Many parents are confused, because babies don’t eat much when they are young, and the most important thing is milk. So when babies love to fart, many parents want to know what’s going on? Let me introduce it to you below, I hope that my introduction can help you.

When the baby is still a fetus, his digestive tract is sterile. After birth, various bacteria in the air enter the digestive tract through the mouth or anus. Most of them are probiotics that are beneficial to the human body, but there are also a few conditional pathogens that have effects on health. Under normal circumstances, the former "regulates" the latter, maintaining normal intestinal flora and normal intestinal function. However, in this process, it is inevitable that the ratio between the two will be unbalanced. When there are too many gas-producing bacteria or more gas is produced during the digestion and decomposition of food in the intestines, farting will occur, which is a normal phenomenon. Excessive farts often occur in babies under 6 months old.

1. Farts that smell sour.

If your baby loves to fart and they are all smelly farts, or hiccups constantly with a sour and smelly fart, this indicates that the baby has gastrointestinal indigestion. The parents who are taking care of the baby should reduce the amount of milk given to the baby, feed more boiled water, reduce the intake of fat and high-protein foods, and make the complementary food thinner.

2. Why do babies love to fart, and they are empty farts?

If your baby farts constantly but there is no bad smell, it may be caused by accelerated intestinal peristalsis after the gastrointestinal tract is empty. At this time, you can also hear the baby's bowel sounds. In this case, the child should be hungry. The mother should feed the baby in time, because the baby's love of farting is also related to hunger.

3. More farts

If your baby farts and has a lot of feces, it may be caused by the baby eating too much high-starch food. At this time, the mother should reduce the baby's intake of high-starch food and appropriately increase the amount of protein and fat-containing food. This is another reason why babies love to fart.

For why babies fart a lot, here are some suggestions:

1. After the baby finishes feeding, you can hold the baby upright and gently pat the baby's back with your hollow palms to help the baby expel the air he has swallowed. After half an hour, let the baby lie down. This way, the baby will feel much more comfortable.

2. Avoid feeding your baby when he is very hungry, as this will easily cause the baby to inhale air into the stomach, causing gurgling sounds in the stomach, which will also cause more farts.

Parents who are caring for a newborn must take good care of the baby's eating habits, find out the real reason why the baby loves to fart, and help the baby solve this problem according to the correct treatment methods. Because this is not only closely related to the baby's physical health, but also closely related to lifestyle and diet.

It is mostly correct that babies love to fart. As we know from the above, the baby's stomach and intestines are not fully developed. However, if the farts are not normal, there may be a problem. Therefore, it is more important for parents to take care of the baby more carefully in order to prevent many diseases.