What to do if the baby cannot digest the milk and spits it up

With the baby coming into the world, it brings joy to parents, but at the same time, many parents are in a panic in the process of taking care of the baby. They don’t know where to start, especially during the baby’s eating process. Many parents will encounter the situation of baby spitting up milk, which often makes many parents particularly worried and afraid that the baby has gastrointestinal problems. In fact, there are many reasons for baby spitting up milk, among which indigestion is a common reason. Let’s learn about what to do if the baby has indigestion and spitting up milk?

Symptoms of indigestion in babies

1. For young babies, the common symptom is regurgitation of milk. Older children often have vomiting, which is generally not serious and the vomit has a sour taste.

2. The child has a loss of appetite, abdominal distension, and hyperactive bowel sounds. You can even hear the "gurgling" sound of the stomach without a stethoscope.

3. Bad breath. When milk and food stagnate in the stomach, bad breath often occurs first, especially bad breath and sour mouth in the morning, which are manifestations of milk and food stagnation. Clinically, this is called high-level food withdrawal. When this happens, you can reduce your food intake or skip one meal to help recover your gastrointestinal function.

4. Foul-smelling stool. When there is a small amount of undigested food residue, although there is no loose diarrhea, it is a sign of food poisoning and diarrhea. At this time, you should immediately reduce the amount of food you eat and make adjustments to avoid diarrhea.

What to do if the baby cannot digest the milk and spits it up

1. Feeding should be regular and quantitative. Let children develop good eating habits from an early age so that their internal organs can adapt better. Older children should be encouraged to develop the habit of feeding themselves.

2. Overcome picky eating and pay attention to nutritional comprehensiveness. The combination of meat and vegetables should be appropriate to overcome the bad habit of eating mainly snacks. Avoid strong tea, coffee, alcohol, spices, peppers, mustard and other strong irritating foods.

3. Pay attention to maintaining children's appetite. Because eating is most beneficial only when you have an appetite. To maintain children's good appetite, we must pay attention to the eating environment not being too noisy, and they must not eat while watching TV; be careful not to force them to eat or impose too strict dietary restrictions on them; do not eat candy before meals; avoid children being too tired or nervous when eating; the color, aroma and taste of the food must be attractive.

4. Pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm, avoid stimulating the gastrointestinal tract with cold, and try to reduce respiratory tract infections.

5. Pay close attention to keeping the digestive tract unobstructed and develop the habit of regular bowel movements.

6. Pay attention to hygiene, cultivate the habit of washing hands before meals, and make sure the food is clean and fresh. Eat more easily digestible foods, avoid fried and other difficult-to-digest foods, and do not eat while reading.

The above is an introduction to what to do if your baby has indigestion and vomits milk. Parents should not be too worried or afraid if such symptoms appear based on the content above. They must find the cause and make timely adjustments. After all, the baby’s stomach and intestines are not fully developed after birth. When feeding the baby, do not feed too much at one time.