Newborn baby farts loudly

Farting is a very common symptom in daily life. It is mainly used to expel some gas from the stomach and avoid other reactions in the body. However, when your gas accumulates too much, it will cause abdominal bloating or abdominal pain. Sometimes newborns are found to fart very loudly. When this happens, many people worry that it will have a certain impact on their bodies. So is it normal to find that a newborn baby farts loudly?

Farting is a normal physiological reaction for humans when they eat whole grains, but for a newborn baby, this seems a bit surprising, doesn't it?

In fact, it is normal for newborns to fart a lot. Farting a lot is very common in infancy. Newborns who are just a dozen days old and have been breastfed may sometimes come out with a little poop when they fart, and their stomachs often make gurgling sounds.

The gastrointestinal tract of infants is immature, which causes uncoordinated intestinal motility at different stages of the baby's life and causes intestinal bloating - gurgling sounds in the stomach, frequent gas and farting, and frequent unexplained crying.

This phenomenon is medically known as infantile colic. Infant colic refers to a healthy, well-nourished baby who cries for at least three hours a day, at least three days a week, for more than three weeks. Most babies start to show symptoms 2 to 3 weeks after birth and gradually improve after 3 to 4 months.

Since infant colic is a problem in the baby's development, parents do not need to worry and should understand that this kind of crying by the baby is not a disease. At the same time, keep the baby in a comfortable position as much as possible to help the child defecate smoothly. If the situation is more serious, you can take some drugs to improve gastrointestinal motility.

If you find that your baby farts a lot, mothers should carefully observe the baby's living and eating habits, find out the real reason why the baby likes to fart, and solve the problem of why the baby likes to fart in time.

Common reasons for babies to fart a lot are nothing more than the following situations:

The first one: There are stimulating ingredients in the mother’s diet

Breastfeeding mothers should avoid eating large amounts of fruits, juices, coffee, yeast, certain fish, peanuts, peanut butter, and some gas-producing vegetables such as beans, cabbage, and onions.

The second type: the baby swallows too much air

The baby's digestive system is not yet fully developed, and the stomach is small and flat. When a large amount of air passes through the intestines, the baby will feel very uncomfortable. If there is a lot of gas, the mother should let him burp more often, and let him burp to pass gas before and during each feeding. When feeding, hold the baby in a semi-sitting position in your arms, let the baby hold the nipple and areola in his mouth, and the milk flow should not be too fast or intermittent. The hole in the rubber nipple should not be too large or too small, and do not suck the artificial nipple empty.

The third type: excessive milk syndrome

The symptoms are crying while sucking milk, frequent farting and abdominal colic. The reason is that when babies consume a lot of foremilk and less hindmilk containing fatty acids, their stomachs empty quickly and excess lactose is discharged into the intestines, which leads to increased intestinal fermentation and colic symptoms.

The baby should only be fed on one side at a time, and then wait 1.5 to 2 hours before feeding on the other side.

The fourth type: the baby wants to poop

Another possibility is that the baby wants to defecate, then farting is also a signal of the baby's defecation. There is a good saying: wind is at the head of rain, fart is at the head of shit, which means that people will inevitably fart before defecation. Based on this point, the mother can help the baby in time to let the baby defecate.

If the baby smells sour, what is the reason?

If the baby farts constantly and the farts have a sour and smelly smell, it is a sign of indigestion. At this time, the mother should eat a lighter diet and eat less bloating foods. After the baby's digestion has returned to normal, the mother can slowly resume a normal diet.

You can also insist on massaging your baby every day, starting from the navel and massaging in a clockwise spiral outward to promote gastrointestinal motility and aid digestion. Secondly, you can apply hot compress to the baby’s belly to prevent the baby from catching a cold.

If your baby is fed with milk powder, do not change the milk powder frequently. Choose a milk powder that suits your baby and stick to it. Frequent changes of milk powder will cause your baby's gastrointestinal discomfort. Different symptoms are often caused by different reasons. When your baby's farts make music, don't be careless. You should discover the problem in time and make corresponding adjustments.