What should I do if my baby spits up milk from his nose?

When the baby is two months old, milk sometimes comes out of his nose when he drinks milk. There are many reasons for babies to spit up, but generally speaking, as long as you control the baby's food intake and feeding posture, the baby's spitting up will be reduced a lot. As the baby grows, the spitting up will also decrease. So I would like to ask what should I do if my baby spits out milk from his nose?

After the baby spit up milk, if there are no other abnormalities, there is generally no need to worry about it. It will gradually get better and will not affect the baby's growth and development. The milk that the baby vomits may be in the shape of tofu dregs. This is the result of the reaction between milk and stomach acid. It is normal and there is no need to worry. However, if the baby vomits frequently and vomits yellow-green or coffee-colored liquid, or is accompanied by symptoms such as fever and diarrhea, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

When a child spit up milk, the first thing to do is to let the child lie on his side, preferably on the right side. If necessary, you can hold the child's feet and lift the child upside down to prevent the child from choking on milk into the trachea, causing aspiration pneumonia or even suffocation. If milk comes out of the baby's nose when spitting up, just clean it out. The milk in the nasal cavity will slowly turn into dry scabs and be removed.

If the child continues to choke and cough after vomiting milk, it is considered that there is milk in the trachea and it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately.

Another thing to be reminded of is: If the child is fed with milk powder, the water temperature should be adjusted first and then the milk powder should be added; some parents are afraid that their children will choke when sucking on the nipple, so they will lay the bottle flat to control the flow, but they don't realize that this can easily cause the child to swallow a lot of air.

Generally speaking, there are two reasons why babies spit up milk: being sick or eating too much. If the baby does not show any uncomfortable expression or crying on his face after spitting up milk, it means that he has eaten too much or the feeding posture is incorrect. However, once the baby shows an uncomfortable expression, you should check what is wrong with the baby.