Most young parents facethe problem of what hurts the newborn belly. The baby has been screaming for already an hour, tightening the legs to the tummy, or, on the contrary, straightens them and strains them. His face is red and his jaws are tight. Parents are experiencing flour with crumbs, trying to help him with all his might. Why does the stomach hurt a newborn? In most cases, the baby is disturbed by intestinal colic, which is caused by gas formation in the still undeveloped gastrointestinal tract of the baby.
How to prevent?
Most often an attack of colic begins in half an hourafter eating, but sometimes during feeding the child behaves restlessly. The main reason - the immaturity of the gastrointestinal system of the baby. Enzymes are formed in insufficient quantities, the intestinal walls are poorly reduced, this leads to stagnation of food and gas formation. However, the disease may be disturbed for other reasons. Among them:
Abrupt cancellation of breastfeeding and the transition to artificial nutrition, or frequent change of the mixture, which puts additional strain on the intestines of the baby.
Another factor that causes a stomach ache in a newborn is the wrong grip on the nipple or the wrong angle to the chest.
If the baby is bottle-fed, check the pacifier. If the hole is too large, the natural feeding process is disrupted, and the baby swallows air.
If the baby is breastfed, momshould review your diet. From the menu you need to exclude cheese and milk, and dairy products, on the contrary, will help the crumbs. Vegetables and fruits are best consumed in stewed, boiled or baked. It is necessary to refuse any grades of cabbage, bean, grapes, mayonnaise, smoked meats, caffeine.
How to help?
If the stomach hurts a newborn, then this problem cannot be solved in an instant, it will have to be experienced. But you can try to alleviate the suffering of the baby. Here are some ways:
Often spread the baby on the tummy on a hard surface. And it is better to put the crumb on his stomach, the warmth of the mother will help the little one to relax.
After feeding the baby must burp. To do this, you need to raise it vertically and slowly stroke the back.
Do not feed the baby if he is swollentummy, you first need to get rid of gazikov. To do this, press the knees of the baby to the tummy, then straighten the legs and repeat again. Such an exercise should help.
Regular massage will also help reduce pain. You should stroke the baby's tummy clockwise, even when it does not hurt.
During an attack, a colic wiggle on the hands will calm the nervous system of the baby.
If the newborn has a bad stomach ache, thenYou can try to give him a tool based on simethicone. Such drugs temporarily reduce pain, reduce gas formation, are not absorbed into the blood and do not cause addiction. Herbal teas will also help reduce pain: fennel, anise, caraway, chamomile. Usually after three to four months, intestinal colic ceases to disturb the baby.
If the newborn has a stomach ache and there is a high temperature, then it is necessary to consult a doctor as soon as possible in order to establish the true cause of the disease.
