What to do if your baby spits up milk from his nose

We all know that taking care of a baby is not an easy task, especially the baby's daily diet must be paid special attention to. It is very common for babies to spit up milk from their noses. However, many inexperienced parents are particularly afraid that it will have a certain impact on the baby's health. They are also afraid that the baby will choke. Let's learn what to do if a baby spit up milk from his nose.

What to do if your baby spits up milk from his nose

1. Feed at the right time: Do not feed the newborn when he is crying or laughing; do not wait until the baby is very hungry to feed, as the baby may choke if eating too fast; do not force the child to feed after he is full, as forced feeding may cause accidents.

2. Correct posture: Breastfed babies should lie diagonally in the mother's arms (upper body at 30-45 degrees), and should not be fed while lying on the bed. When bottle-feeding, the baby should not lie flat. Instead, he should lie in an inclined position with the bottom of the bottle higher than the nipple to prevent him from inhaling air.

3. Control the speed: When the mother secretes milk too quickly and the amount of milk is too much, use your fingers to gently press the areola to slow down the flow of milk. The hole of the nipple for artificial feeding should not be too large, and the milk should flow out in drops rather than in a line when turned upside down.

4. Pay attention to observation: The mother's breast should not block the baby's nostrils. The mother must observe the baby's facial expression while feeding. If milk overflows from the corners of the baby's mouth or the area around the mouth and nose turns blue, the mother should stop feeding immediately. Newborns and premature babies who have experienced choking should be closely observed or asked to ask a doctor for feeding guidance.

5. Expel gas from the stomach: After feeding, hold the newborn upright on your shoulders and pat the newborn's back to help expel gas from the stomach. It is best to hear the newborn burp before putting the newborn on the bed. The head of the bed should be raised 15 degrees. The child should lie on the right side for 30 minutes and then lie flat. Do not let the child sleep on his stomach to avoid sudden neonatal death.

How to provide first aid for choking?

Because of severe suffocation and inability to breathe, the newborn baby has almost no chance of being admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment, and the parents can only race against time to rescue him immediately;

Postural drainage: If the baby vomits after a full stomach and suffocates, the baby should be laid flat with his face turned to one side or on his side to prevent vomited milk from flowing into the throat and trachea. If the baby swallows milk too quickly at the beginning of feeding and chokes on milk (empty stomach), the baby should be laid prone on the rescuer's legs with the upper body leaning forward 45-60 degrees to facilitate the emptying and drainage of the milk in the trachea.

Clear foreign objects in the baby's mouth and throat. If the mother has an automatic breast pump, start it immediately and use only the hose to insert it into the baby's mouth and throat to suck out the spilled milk and vomit. If there is no suction device, the mother can wrap gauze around her fingers and insert it into the baby's mouth until the throat to suck out the spilled milk to prevent the newborn from inhaling the spitted milk into the trachea again when inhaling.

Stimulate crying and coughing by patting the child's back hard or pinching and stimulating the soles of his feet. This will make him cry or cough in pain, which will help cough out the milk in the trachea and ease breathing.

Assisted exhalation focuses on exhalation with a jet force. The method is that the rescuer puts both hands on the upper abdomen of the child and squeezes upwards to increase the abdominal pressure. With the impact force of the diaphragm rising and the chest shrinking, part of the choked milk is ejected from the airway. When the hands are relaxed, the child can re-inhale part of the oxygen. Repeat this process to relieve suffocation.

The above is an introduction to what to do if the baby spits out milk from the nose. After understanding it, we know that we must take this phenomenon seriously. Momentary negligence may even cause the baby to suffocate, but if we can master the prevention methods, we can avoid harm to the baby.