Newborn baby burps after drinking milk powder

In our lives, many newborns grow up drinking milk powder, because some mothers do not have enough breast milk, and some children suffer from breast milk diarrhea, so at this time they can only choose to eat milk powder, but some children are prone to hiccups after eating milk powder, which is probably because the food is too cold, causing cold air to enter the stomach, so what should newborns do if they always hiccup after drinking milk powder?

1. What is the reason for newborns to hiccup frequently?

1. Due to improper care, the patient is exposed to wind and cold, and the cold and hot air are reversed and not smooth. As the saying goes, "drinking cold wind" induces hiccups;

2. Due to improper milk and food intake, if the milk and food are not moderate, or if too much raw and cold milk is consumed or too much cold medicine is taken, the qi will stagnate, the spleen and stomach function will be weakened, and the qi movement will be abnormal, causing the stomach qi to rise up and move the diaphragm, thus inducing hiccups;

3. Hiccups can also be caused by choking due to eating too quickly or eating after crying.

2. Symptomatic treatment

1. If you have sudden hiccups without any other diseases, and the hiccups are loud, powerful and continuous, it is usually caused by cold. You can give the person some hot water to drink and cover the chest and abdomen with warm cotton clothes and quilts. In winter, you can also put a hot water bottle outside the clothes and quilts to keep them warm. Sometimes the hiccups can be cured without treatment.

If the attack lasts for a long time or occurs frequently, you can also soak a small amount of orange peel in boiling water (orange peel has the function of unblocking the Qi, resolving stomach turbidity, and regulating spleen qi), drink it when the water temperature is suitable, and the hiccups will stop.

2. If the milk and food are not digested or you have no appetite for milk and food, you may smell an undigested sour and rotten odor when you burp. You can use methods to help digest the food and relieve the stagnation.

For example, you can gently massage the chest and abdomen to guide the air downward, or drink hawthorn water to relieve gas and defecation (hawthorn is sour, helps digestion and strengthens the stomach, and increases the secretion of digestive enzymes). Once the food is digested and the air is flowing smoothly, the hiccups will stop.

3. Children should not eat when they are crying or feeling depressed, and they should maintain the correct posture when feeding.

For newborns who are breastfed, if the breast milk is sufficient, they should avoid letting the milk flow too quickly when eating; for infants who are bottle-fed, they should also avoid eating hurriedly, quickly, cold or hot food, and should swallow less and slowly when sucking.

When a newborn baby hiccups, you can use toys to tease it or play soft music to distract it and reduce the frequency of hiccups.

3. Newborns who often hiccup should pay attention to feeding issues

1. Parents should have the correct feeding posture

Parents should have the correct feeding posture. The baby should sit diagonally on their laps to drink milk. Pay attention to the posture of head high and body low. It is also necessary to maintain a certain tilt angle.

When feeding, you should also avoid letting your baby drink too quickly, or the milk is too cold or too hot.

In addition, parents should not feed the baby when the baby is too hungry or crying too hard. Feeding should be done in a quiet environment.

2. Feeding with small and frequent meals

You can feed your baby small amounts of frequent meals. Let your baby take a break halfway through a feeding, pat your baby's diaphragm to release the gas, and then let your baby drink the remaining milk.

When your baby hiccups, you can also feed him some warm water, or use toys that interest him to attract his attention, so as to improve the hiccups.

3. Small details of bottle feeding

Brewing method: When preparing milk powder for your baby, you should first add an appropriate amount of warm water and then add the milk powder. This can prevent the milk powder from clumping, causing the nipple to be blocked and causing too much air to be inhaled.

Use of pacifier: In addition, when shaking the bottle, it is best to hold the bottle sideways and shake it left and right to avoid shaking it up and down and increasing the gas in the bottle.

Hold at least 2/3: When putting the nipple or pacifier into the baby's mouth, the baby should hold at least 2/3 of it, and make sure it is on the baby's tongue, otherwise the milk will overflow and the baby will easily inhale too much air.

For babies who often suffer from bloating, you can choose anti-bloating nipples and bottles.

Let your baby drink less: The air in the bottle will usually gradually remain at the top (forming white bubbles), so it is best not to let your baby drink up all the milk in the bottle.

This can also reduce the amount of gas entering the body.