What causes babies to spit up?

Every mother has experience in raising children. Children will have different behaviors in each stage. Generally, they will grow teeth and crawl when they are seven or eight months old. Then sometimes babies spit. Do you all know this? Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of babies spitting? So let us mothers learn what the reason is.

Drooling is more common in infancy. Some of them are physiological, while others are pathological. They should be distinguished and different measures should be taken to provide good family care. Physiological drooling: The salivary glands of infants aged three or four months gradually mature and the amount of saliva secretion increases. However, the child's swallowing function is not yet sound, the mouth is shallow, and the lip closure and swallowing movements are not coordinated, so drooling is common. When the child is six or seven months old, the erupting teeth stimulate the nerves in the mouth, and the salivary glands have matured, saliva is secreted in large quantities, and the phenomenon of drooling is more obvious. Physiological drooling will disappear naturally as the child grows and develops. Pathological drooling: When a child suffers from certain oral diseases such as stomatitis, tongue ulcers and pharyngitis, the mouth and pharynx are very painful, and even swallowing saliva is unbearable. The saliva cannot be swallowed normally and keeps flowing out. At this time, the saliva that flows out is often yellow or pink and has a bad smell. After parents discover this situation, they should take their children to the hospital for examination and treatment.

Many babies under one year old spit out saliva, like a little crab, with bubbles often piled around their little mouths. Many parents are worried that this habit may be related to their baby’s health. Doctors say that drooling is common in infancy, but some is physiological and some is pathological. Physiological drooling will naturally disappear as the child grows and develops. If it is pathological, parents should take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

Physiological drooling: The salivary glands of babies aged three or four months old gradually mature, and the amount of saliva secretion increases. However, at this time, the child's swallowing function is not yet perfect, the mouth is shallow, and the lip closure and swallowing movements are not coordinated, so they often drool; when the child is six or seven months old, the erupting teeth stimulate the nerves in the mouth, and the salivary glands have matured, saliva is secreted in large quantities, and the drooling phenomenon is more obvious.

Pathological drooling: When children suffer from certain oral diseases such as stomatitis, tongue ulcers and pharyngitis, the mouth and pharynx are very painful, and even swallowing saliva is unbearable. The saliva cannot be swallowed normally and keeps flowing out. At this time, the saliva is often yellow or pink and has a bad smell. When parents find this situation, they should take their children to the hospital for examination and treatment.

The above reasons are about why babies spit up. I hope they can be helpful to every mother. Sometimes it is normal for babies to spit up. Mothers should not make a fuss. If the child does not have any symptoms, you don’t need to worry about this happening. Sometimes raising a child is a very hard thing. I hope all the children are healthy.