What are the symptoms of baby food insufficiency?

It is quite common for babies to have food accumulation in daily life. It is mainly because the baby's spleen and stomach are relatively poor. If you do not know how to control yourself when feeding, the baby will eat too much, which will cause food accumulation. The baby's food accumulation will affect the appetite, leading to a significant decrease in appetite. Sometimes the baby's immunity will deteriorate, repeated colds will occur, frequent fevers will lead to sore throat, etc.

What are the symptoms of baby food insufficiency?

1. The baby shows anorexia and obvious loss of appetite. He is not interested in food and takes a long time to eat a meal. His belly is bloated when you press it lightly.

2. Low immunity, frequent colds, fever and sore throat. Especially those caused by eating too much meat can easily cause throat infection and various swollen and painful tonsils. This is due to blockage in the middle burner, failure of the lungs and stomach to descend, and stagnant heat in the upper burner.

3. Babies with poor sleep quality and indigestion always sleep restlessly at night. They toss and turn and have difficulty falling asleep. They are noisy at night, irritable and prone to crying. They sweat profusely when they move or sweat a lot when they fall asleep. This is what Chinese medicine calls "restless sleep if the stomach is not in harmony."

4. Babies with indigestion usually have an unpleasant smell in their cavity. When the baby opens his mouth, a strong smell comes out of the mouth, sometimes with a sour taste. This is a sign of indigestion in children.

5. Abnormal stool. This is because the baby's digestive function has not yet fully developed. Poor digestive function and indigestion may directly lead to diarrhea, hard stools or diarrhea in the baby. Some babies' stools smell like rotten eggs. Also, the baby's normal stool is banana-like soft stool, but if it suddenly turns green or becomes shapeless, it is a sign of indigestion.

6. The tongue coating becomes thicker. Babies with indigestion will have blue sides of the nose, and the tongue coating will become very thick in the middle (especially in the middle and back of the tongue). The tongue coating is thick and white, and some babies will even become completely thick. Some babies only have a coin-shaped yellow coating in the middle of the tongue with no tongue coating around it. Although this situation also involves indigestion, it is often not a simple indigestion and is usually accompanied by damage to the spleen and stomach yin.

How to deal with baby's food accumulation:

1. Exercise after meals

Half an hour after a meal, you can take a proper walk to promote gastrointestinal digestion and motility, which can help your baby digest. It helps babies avoid indigestion and promotes parent-child bonding during activities.

2. Pay attention to your diet

Eat more easily digestible and absorbable foods, and don't blindly increase high-calorie and high-fat foods. Let children eat more vegetables and fruits and less meat, and increase the amount of rice and pasta appropriately. High-protein food should be eaten in moderation to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines. No matter how nutritious the food is, do not eat too much, otherwise it will not only fail to strengthen the body, but will only have the opposite effect. Children should eat at regular times and in regular amounts, and should not be allowed to eat before mealtime, which will not only burden the stomach and intestines but also be detrimental to digestion. Eat less for dinner, not only to avoid indigestion, but also for the baby's health.

3. Diet therapy

When dealing with baby's indigestion, the choice of food is critical. The editor here recommends several diets suitable for babies. Yam rice porridge and white radish porridge are both effective for children's indigestion, loss of appetite, indigestion and diarrhea.