Why do newborns fart a lot and smell bad?

It is normal for newborns to fart. Generally speaking, new parents find it very interesting when they hear their babies fart. In fact, babies fart because their digestive system is not yet fully developed. After the digestive system gradually matures, the sound of farts will decrease. However, sometimes babies fart for other reasons. As parents, you must observe your baby in time, understand the reasons for his farts, and then treat them symptomatically.

Why do babies fart?

1. The baby has indigestion. Many times, babies often fart and they are all smelly farts or they burp continuously, and they smell sour and smelly. This indicates that the baby has indigestion. Mom and Dad should reduce the amount of milk on a normal basis, feed the baby more boiled water, and reduce the intake of foods high in fat and protein; the rice porridge that is usually eaten can be made thinner and the amount of rice porridge can be reduced. Mom and Dad can appropriately add glucose containing bifidobacteria factors to the baby, because bifidobacteria factors can be converted into bifidobacteria in the baby's gastrointestinal tract, which can effectively inhibit Escherichia coli and promote food digestion and absorption. This is one reason why babies fart a lot.

2. Babies’ frequent farting is also related to hunger. Why do babies fart all the time? They fart intermittently and continuously, and they are all empty farts, but there is no bad smell. This situation is mostly caused by frequent intestinal peristalsis caused by hunger after the baby's gastrointestinal tract is emptied. At this time, you can often hear bowel sounds and gurgling sounds. This means the baby is hungry, and mom and dad should feed the baby milk or complementary food in time.

3. Eating foods high in starch content. Sometimes babies fart a lot and have a lot of feces. This is usually caused by the baby eating too much high-starch food. At this time, parents should reduce the intake of high-starch food and appropriately increase the intake of protein and fat food. This is another reason why babies often fart that is not easy to find.

Parents should pay close attention to the baby's living and eating habits, find out the real reason why the baby often farts, and take appropriate measures to solve it in time. If it is indigestion, let the baby's gastrointestinal tract rest and reduce the amount of milk and complementary food; if the baby is hungry, feed the baby milk or complementary food in time; if the baby has eaten food with high starch content, you should reduce the food with high starch content and increase the fat or protein food.

Reasons why babies fart a lot

1. Swallowing excessive 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.

2. Excessive milk syndrome: characterized by crying, frequent farts, and abdominal cramps when sucking milk. 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 1.5-2 hours before feeding on the other side.

3. Stimulating ingredients in the mother’s diet: Breastfeeding mothers should not eat large amounts of fruits, juice, coffee, yeast, certain fish, peanuts, peanut butter, and some gas-producing vegetables such as beans, cabbage, and onions.

4. The baby wants to defecate: 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 the rain, and fart is at the head of the 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.