Baby wakes up with swollen eyes

For mothers, it is so adorable to see the cute look of the baby when he wakes up in the morning. When the baby is full of energy after a night's sleep, especially when the baby shows a sweet smile, everyone will feel that a beautiful morning has begun. If the mother sees her baby's eyes are swollen in the morning, she will feel very nervous, not knowing what the cause is.

Reason 1: Drinking too much water before going to bed

If your baby has puffy eyes, it may be because he drinks too much water before or during bedtime, or because he does not sleep well. Drinking too much water before going to bed may cause your baby's eyes to swell. As long as the baby is in good spirits and everything else is fine, there is no need to worry.

Tips:

This problem can be solved by trying to control the amount of water your baby drinks before going to bed and ensuring that your baby gets enough sleep.

Reason 2: Sleeping posture

If your child sleeps on his stomach or on his side, he may have swollen eyelids when he wakes up in the morning.

Because the tissue of the eyelids is relatively loose, some body fluids will accumulate here when you sleep on your stomach or on your side. When you wake up and do some activities, the body fluids accumulated in the eyelids will be redistributed to other places. If this is the case, parents don't need to worry.

Tips:

If the child sleeps on his back (lying flat) and does not have any eyelid swelling caused by sleeping posture, parents can collect the child's morning urine and send it to the hospital for examination. If a routine urine test finds no protein deposits or other problems in the urine, then parents do not need to worry too much.

Reason 3: Lack of vitamin D

Swollen eyes may be caused by dry eyes or vitamin deficiency. Children's bones are in the process of growth and development, and they need to supplement a certain amount of vitamin D every day. For babies, it is beneficial to take an appropriate amount of cod liver oil every day (3-4 drops of concentrated cod liver oil per day).

Tips:

How long to take cod liver oil depends on the child's physical development. In addition, the dosage of cod liver oil for babies is about one-fourth of that for adults. Before taking it, you should refer to the adult dosage and doctor's instructions to choose the dosage. If the baby's condition improves, reduce the dosage in time or even stop taking the medicine. In addition, if your baby has dry eyes, you can also use some eye drops, one drop each time, twice a day.

Reason 4: Spleen and stomach dysfunction

Since the baby's circulatory system has not yet developed safely, and babies in the infant stage, whether breastfed or fed with complementary foods, mainly eat liquid food, it is easy for the baby's stomach to retain moisture, causing the baby's eyes to swollen. If the baby has already started to eat complementary foods, then mom and dad can choose to give the baby some complementary foods that are diuretic and spleen-strengthening.

Recipe recommendation: Banana-flavored corn milk paste

Ingredients: 1/4 banana, 5g cornmeal, appropriate amount of water, appropriate amount of breast milk (or prepared formula milk powder)

practice:

1. Mix cornmeal with boiled water to make a paste. Make sure it is mixed evenly and there are no lumps.

2. Peel the banana and mash it into a paste with a spoon; prepare breast milk (or prepared formula milk) in a small bowl.

3. Pour appropriate amount of water into the pot and bring to a boil.

4. Pour the cornmeal paste into the boiling water, stir evenly with a spoon, and cook over low heat. During the process, you need to stir it several times with a spoon to prevent the bottom from getting sticky. Cook on low heat for about 15 minutes. When the cornmeal paste starts to bubble up in the pot, turn off the heat and let it cool.

5. After the cornmeal paste has cooled, put it in a small bowl for your baby, add breast milk (or prepared formula milk powder) and banana puree, stir well, and then you can feed it to your baby.

Reason 5: Kidney problems

Kidney disease in children often starts with swollen eyelids. The incidence of primary nephrotic syndrome in children is relatively high, accounting for almost 20% of the hospitalization rate for urinary system diseases in children. Children with nephrotic syndrome usually have the following symptoms:

Heavy proteinuria: urine protein (3+, 4+), 24-hour urine protein quantitative greater than 50 mg/kg;

Severe edema: Edema starts from the eyelids and face, gradually spreads to the whole body, and the edema becomes pitting, which may be accompanied by pleural effusion, ascites and scrotal edema.

Hypercholesterolemia: serum cholesterol greater than 5.7mmol/L.

Hypoproteinemia: serum protein is lower than 30g/L and lower than 25g/L for infants.