How to prevent newborn spitting up?

Since the stomach and throat of a newborn baby are not fully developed, it is easy for the baby to spit up milk when feeding. In fact, it is normal for newborns to spit up milk, and parents don’t need to worry too much. If you want to reduce the frequency of your baby’s spitting up, mothers need to pay attention to the feeding posture, and it is best to burp the baby after feeding, which can reduce the frequency of the baby’s spitting up milk.

How to prevent newborn spitting up

It is normal for newborns to spit up milk. If mothers want to prevent newborns from spitting up milk, they can pay attention to the following points: Be careful when feeding, change diapers first and then feed. If you turn your baby over and over after he finishes drinking milk, it will be difficult for him to prevent him from spitting up the milk. Similarly, massage, touch, bathing, etc. should be arranged before feeding to prevent the baby from spitting up milk due to excessive turning after feeding. When the baby is feeding, do not let him eat too fast. You can burp him once during feeding. After feeding, do not put the baby on the bed immediately. Instead, hold the baby upright and let him lie on the mother's shoulder. At the same time, the mother can pat the baby's back with her hands to expel the air swallowed during sucking. In addition, you should also pay attention to the time interval between feedings. It is generally more reasonable to feed once every three hours. If you feed too frequently, the baby will easily spit up the milk before it has digested it.

When the baby is breastfeeding, the mother should make sure to put the entire nipple and most of the areola into the baby's mouth, rather than just the nipple, otherwise the baby will easily inhale air while breastfeeding. The choice of pacifier is also very important. The mouth hole should not be too small or too large, and it should be suitable for the baby. The bottle should be held at a 45-degree angle to the baby's mouth to prevent air from entering the baby's body.

Is it normal for a newborn to spit up milk?

Because the newborn's stomach and throat are not yet fully developed, the newborn's stomach is lying horizontally and is unstable when viewed from the front, and the cardia (the entrance to the stomach) is still relatively loose. Therefore, it is normal for newborns to spit up milk, and mothers don’t need to worry too much. Most babies spit up several times a day during their first few months of life. The most troublesome thing about spitting up milk for mothers is that they have to change clothes, so mothers should be careful not to wear clothes that are too dark when breastfeeding, otherwise it will be obvious if they are stained by spitting up milk.

There are several reasons why newborns spit up milk. Sometimes it is because they eat too much and the body wants to vomit out the excess milk; sometimes it is because they inhale air while feeding but cannot burp it out, and once the stomach contracts, they will spit up milk. When the baby grows older and his cardia becomes stronger, he will no longer spit up milk if he can burp on his own. However, when the baby spit up milk, mothers should pay more attention to the baby's mental state and physical condition after spitting up milk. If the baby becomes listless, wants to sleep, has a fever, etc. after spitting up milk, he may be sick.