How to help the baby if he burps food? Is it normal or an excuse for unrest?
The regurgitation of crumbs in the first months is in the order of things. Usually it is observed immediately after feeding, but sometimes occurs 2-3 hours after a meal. This fairly frequent phenomenon is explained by the peculiarities of the structure of the upper parts of the digestive tract in infancy. The stomach of the baby is still very small and is located vertically (unlike adults). Esophagus in infants is broad and short, it lacks muscle fibers, and the place of its passage into the stomach is very wide. On these anatomical features, physiology is also superimposed - the children suck in a lot of air (aerophagia) when sucking, which then bursts out with noise, dragging the milk behind them.
How to help the baby , if he spits up food? This is the case, for example, if the nipple form of the mother does not allow the baby to properly stick to the breast, or the mother does not correctly hold the bottle with the mixture, and there is air space in the nipple. Aerophagy is also observed in infants who suck quickly and greedily or are choked with milk, because his mother has too much. And sometimes there is a too big hole in the nipple of a bottle: the mixture flows from it with a river - it does not have time to swallow a crumb! As you can see, there are enough reasons for regurgitation, and your task is to find them and eliminate them.
The stomach of the newborn has a little more thimble: only 30-35 ml! But the organ is growing all the time - in a month it already holds 100 ml, and in 4-6 months - up to 200 ml. This is the limit - it is this amount of stomach will remain up to a year. Stretch it, overfeeding crumbs, in any case impossible. With frequent and profuse regurgitation, you need to check how much the baby eats. If more than normal - consult a pediatrician about what to do.
Mummy should know: babies who are breastfed, belch less often and less than artificers. Rotik crumbs arranged in such a way as to capture not only the nipple, but also the areola, so that the breast-taking baby almost does not swallow the air, and this is the best preventive regurgitation. Avoid them helps and this method: after feeding, you need to hold the child for several minutes vertically, so that the swallowed air comes out. And put the crumb after the meal you need only on the barrel: on the back, it can drown if you still bury. Do not swaddle and slow the baby after feeding, if you do not want to provoke regurgitation. By the way, it should be distinguished from vomiting. The first occurs unnoticed, without disturbing the general condition of the child, who remains calm and cheerful. Biting milk may be curled or not, but, unlike vomit, it does not have a yellowish color or unpleasant odor, does not contain mucus. Rare regurgitation is not a cause for concern, but if they occur after each feeding and especially alternate with vomiting, invite a doctor! This is always a sign of the disease. How to help the baby, if he burps food, how to find out the reason? Everything should be solved by the doctor.
What is it, baby heart?
Of the five indicators of the Apgar scale, according to which newborns are evaluated when they are born, the most important is the heart rate: above one hundred - two points, lower - one. What else you need to know about the child's heart?
120-140 beats per minute - such a pulse is considered the norm of the newborn. However, in the early days the heart rate is very variable and can be slowed down to 70-80.
160-200 beats / min - with such a frequency beats the heart of the crumbs when screaming and breastfeeding. This is a lot - so do not make the baby cry for a long time!
120 beats per minute - this is the norm of the child's pulse by the year.
3 blows for each inhale-exhale is required to beat the inner metronome crumbs for 12 months.
8.5-24 grams weigh the heart of a newborn baby. In terms of body weight (0.8%), the weight of this organ is greater than that of an adult (0.5%)!
8 months is required for a child's heart in order to double its weight, and it grows mainly due to thickening of the myocardium muscle layer. To build it, you need proteins, vitamins, and also macro and microelements. In order to provide the child with everything necessary, it is necessary to introduce in a timely manner in his diet, complementary foods, especially meat!
Freedom for the baby
Previously, the baby was recommended to be kept in diapers until he turned a month, or even two. True, stipulated that swaddling should be not tight, but free. But now they try to give him up whenever possible. To stimulate psychomotor development, crumbs need movement, so it is better to grow it from the first weeks in the sliders. The main thing is that they fit in size and have no tightening elements. And so that the legs do not hang, you can put on your toes or crocheted booties on top of the sliders.