What should I do if my baby's stomach catches a cold?

What should I do if my baby’s stomach catches a cold? Many parents will have questions about this issue. It is common for babies to catch a cold in the stomach. They will have symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, crying, etc. When these symptoms appear, you must first pay attention to keeping warm and avoid catching a cold. You can use hot compress as a physical therapy method, and let the baby drink more warm water. If the condition is serious, you must go to the hospital for treatment. Let’s take a closer look at what to do if your baby’s stomach catches a cold.

When sleeping or dressing your baby, you should pay attention to keeping the baby's abdomen warm. If the baby catches a cold, it is easy to cause stomach pain or diarrhea. You can give the baby some warm water to drink and then apply a warm navel patch, which will help.

1. Hot compress on the belly: When a baby catches a cold and vomits, it is mostly because of a cold stomach. You can wrap a cooked hot egg in a towel, or use a warm water bag and put it on the baby's belly through the underwear. Hot compress on the belly can relieve the symptoms of vomiting caused by a cold stomach.

2. Hold the baby upright: You can hold the baby upright and gently massage from the neck down to the stomach with your hands to relieve the baby's spitting up symptoms.

3. Drink more warm water: Warm water can make the baby's gastric juice secretion normal. Drinking more warm water can suppress the feeling of vomiting and alleviate the baby's spitting up problem.

4. Seek medical attention: If the baby's vomiting symptoms are not alleviated after using the above methods, and the vomiting occurs frequently, with yellow-green or coffee-colored liquid, or is accompanied by fever, diarrhea and other symptoms, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

What should I do if my baby has hiccups due to a cold?

There is a thin layer of muscle between the chest and abdominal cavities that protects the chest and abdominal organs. It is called the diaphragm. Since infants mainly breathe abdominally, the diaphragm is part of the infant's respiratory muscles. When the diaphragm suddenly contracts for some reason, it causes rapid inhalation and "hiccups".

1. After feeding, you can hold the baby upright and gently pat his back to help him expel the air in his stomach. You can also gently massage your baby's abdomen to help expel gas.

2. Pick up the baby and gently tickle the baby's mouth or ear with the index finger of one hand until the baby cries, and the hiccups will disappear naturally. Because the nerves around the baby's ears and mouth are more sensitive, tickling can relax the nerves and the hiccups will disappear.

3. When the baby hiccups frequently, first pick the baby up, pat the back gently, feed the baby some warm water, or let the baby drink some milk to stop the hiccups.

4. When your baby hiccups, you can use toys or soft music to distract and attract the baby's attention to reduce the frequency of hiccups.