How often do you complain to a pediatrician that your child has been very moody and uneasy in the last few weeks? Of course, you are very worried about this: after all, like any mother, you are going through: what if a little son or daughter has some kind of disease that you can not identify, and therefore help? Let us deal with the main causes of anxiety of a child under the age of one.
The first reason: "My stomach hurts!"
In newborn babies, bloating is often observed, especially this problem is considered to be up to three months old. The thing is that the digestive tract is formed and "run" the latest, so it is sometimes difficult for him to adapt instantly and adapt to digest food, even if it's simple maternal milk.
Probably, most of the mothers encountered this problem: colic and gazikami from their baby, because of which he becomes moody and restless. You notice that during the day the child is active and normally walks, sleeps well, but for the evening he becomes more restless. As a result, these whims, at first glance completely unreasonable, pour out into a sleepless, horrible night, when you spend hours and hours carrying your favorite child in your arms, trying to drive him in all conceivable and unimaginable ways, eventually awake your husband or mother with a request to help you. After all, the back has long ceased to feel something, and the muscles on the hands literally connected to the node from overexertion. So, you know that the cause of such a sleepless night in children up to 3 months can be intestinal colic.
However, "up to 3 months" is not a clearly defined time frame. Of course, all babies and their organisms grow and develop in different ways, therefore it is impossible to hang tags on them "up to 3 months", "up to six months". Especially when it comes to health. After all, there are children who do not know the problems with bloating. And there are kids who suffer from colic up to a year and a half.
So, how do you determine if your child has bloating or colic? First, feel your tummy. With gentle pressure, massage it and determine if it is swollen. If the child suffers from the guns, his tummy reminds the drum: it is big and hard, touching it causes another crash in the crumbs.
Than help crumbs? An integrated approach is important here. First, take the rule of the morning to do the baby gymnastics. As you know, this is good not only when a child has a gazik, charging has the most positive effect on the development of the organism crumbs in general.
What exercises will help avoid bloating?
First: put the child on the back, in a circular motion clockwise, stroke the tiny tummy, pressing a little in the area of the large intestine. Such massage will push gaziki into the rectum, they will quickly depart and cease to torment the baby, no matter how restless he was before.
The second: a bicycle. This exercise enjoys great success and in the warm-up for adults, in children it is done the same way, only "pedal" the kid can not, so you have to help him. Take it by the feet just above the knee, and gently simulate bike riding. It is advisable to take the baby's hip to the tummy.
Third: bend the legs of the baby in the knees, take the hips and press against the tummy - the so-called "embryo pose" will result. After that, align the legs and put them evenly on the surface.
Repeat these simple exercises in the morning and in the evening as long as the kid himself wants. Do not force him to endure charging - if he is not in the spirit, do not torture the crumbs, play with it, calm down, and then try again.
In addition to massage, you can give the baby dill vodichku, as a prophylaxis - in the morning and in the evening for a teaspoon for two weeks. It also helps to avoid bloating.
If your baby is restlessly yelling and arches in the back - these are the true signs that he is being tortured by colic. Put the baby on your lap and gently stroke the stomach clockwise for 5-10 minutes. Then attach something warm to the tummy - for example, a small round baby's warmer, or a blanket, preheated on the battery. Perfectly saves in this case a warm mother's hand, attached to the tummy.
Pediatricians are also advised in such cases to put the child in a naked stomach on the mother's bare stomach - the heat of the bodies and rhythmic raising and lowering of the diaphragm mimic the massage movements and also contribute to the removal of the gazik and the elimination of colic.
If you are breastfeeding, and suddenly began to notice that the baby stopped sleeping at night, and he had a bloating, reconsider your diet. Get rid of flour and fatty, from sweet - all this also provokes the appearance of colic and gazik. If the child is on mixed or artificial feeding, think: did you introduce to him something new, or, perhaps, the baby needs to change the mixture urgently? Experiment with food, only very carefully, preferably with a recommendation of a doctor.
If the situation is completely out of control and you can not calm down the crying baby for a broken hour, apply extreme measures - the use of medications. The main thing is not to give them to the child systematically, as preventive measures, as the children's organism quickly gets used to the drugs, and in extreme cases they simply will not be able to help you. A good option for eliminating colic and gazikov is "Espumizan L", "Hipp" tea with fennel and many others: here you can carefully consult a pediatrician and find your remedy.
The second reason: "I want to see my mother!"
Parental attention and care for the child at any age is the basis of his psychological moral health. If he feels the presence and support of his mother - he is in good spirits. This is especially true for very young children, for whom the mother is a whole universe.
Of course, we understand that situations and circumstances are different. Someone lives with a mother or mother-in-law, has an economic husband, and so can only deal with a toddler, leaving all household affairs for native people. But it also happens that the mother should look after the child and have time to prepare her husband, clean the house, wash the children's clothes ... If there is no one to help, sometimes you have to leave the baby alone in a crib, or in an arena in the same room as you are mother. If you hear a crying cry of a baby, you want to throw everything and run. Taking it by hand is a natural maternal reaction. However, what to do with domestic chores?
The exit will be an arena or a motion sickness center. You will simply carry the baby behind you from room to room, calm him with your voice, periodically approach him to hug, stroke. Sing him a song, tell a fairy tale - just do not give him time to loneliness, so that he realizes that his mother has disappeared somewhere. Some moms do an excellent job with a baby, and with household chores with the help of a sling - so the crumb will always be with you, and your hands will remain free for other things.
The third reason: "I'm cold / hot"
Young mothers, who previously had no experience in dealing with the baby, can over-patronize their child. For example, the "Disease" of many mothers-they always think that their children are freezing. When we ourselves go in a skirt and sandals, the child is still wrapped in a warm blanket. And at home we put on it a terry kit, so that the crumb does not freeze, although we ourselves go in a T-shirt. We try to make the room temperature as high as possible, resorting to all sorts of tricks: we include gas burners, air conditioners or heaters. Thus, weighting the air and drying it. While all pediatricians unanimously repeat: the temperature in the room should be +18 degrees, it is better to warm up the baby a little warmer.
So it happens that our kids lie in a crib wrapped and crying - they're hot, they're sweating, the pampers cause discomfort.
It happens the other way round: Mom, after reading about hardening, they undress children to the maximum, although it's not summer in the street. And the children lie down undressed and not sheltered - that's why they cry all night because they have something frozen.
Mom should constantly check the temperature of the child's body to see if he is comfortable with clothes. For this, you do not need to feel the spout, as our mothers and grandmothers used to do. In infants, the thermal "regime" is checked at the back of the cervix. Where the hairline ends. If the neck is sweating - take off half the clothes from the baby, and if the fold is cold and blue, dress it quickly.
The fourth reason: "I want to eat / drink"
The reason is quite trivial, but not every mommy can in time understand that it is hunger or thirst that torments her child. He seems to have just eaten. I never asked to drink before. But, perhaps, the portion that saturates one baby does not completely satisfy the hunger of another. Try to offer the baby more porridge or breast milk, or give him compote or water - depending on the age.
Reason five: "It's raining outside!"
Not only adults are sometimes very sensitive to changing weather and pressure. Children, perhaps, feel even more acute all the meteorological changes: rain, sudden warming or cold snap, a thunderstorm. So they can cry.
If you have diseases such as vegetative-vascular dystonia, it is worth checking whether your baby has inherited this disease. Perhaps he has increased intracranial pressure. A competent specialist will be able to determine this using a series of studies. If the ICD is detected in time, you can immediately prescribe therapy and avoid the occurrence of IRR and other diseases.
Reason six: "Mommy, it hurts me ..."
Perhaps your baby is hurting something: this, of course, is unlikely to cause long monthly moods, but if you do not notice any small health problems - you can start a disease or a problem, and then it really can be a long time to deliver unpleasant painful Feel.
Therefore, a monthly examination with a pediatrician is simply necessary. In six months and a year you have to show your crumbs to narrow specialists: neuropathologist, cardiologist, dentist, surgeon, ophthalmologist. They will help to identify the problem and take time to eliminate it.
It is possible that the child is tormented by a trifle: for example, when you once again cut off his marigolds, did not notice the sharp corner - and now the nail became overgrown and began to prick the skin. Therefore, carefully inspect the marigold of the child every day. In order to avoid the appearance of sharp corners, which the crumb can hurt himself, you can use a small soft nail file, but do not get carried away so as not to spoil the baby's nail plate.
Even carefully remove from your clothes prickly tags and wash things only in a special powder, and even better - with soap, manually. After all, modern powders contain phosphates, which can irritate the baby's delicate skin.
The reason is the seventh: "Mommy, I pokakal!"
The kid has a great need for a diaper or panties - it irritates the skin and causes the most unpleasant sensations. Of course, it's hard not to notice that the baby pokakal - my mother's nose has never failed. However, it also happens that the mother is busy cooking and just does not hear the familiar smells emanating from the baby. Therefore, the first thing to check when a child is crying is the condition and filling of the diaper. In addition, make sure that the diapers of the diaper do not press the boys sex organs.
Reason eight: "I want - I'm screaming!"
Whims for the sake of whims - this problem appears already much closer to a year, when the child understands what can be manipulated by parents. So he dropped the toy, cried - and my mother flies in all pairs to raise a rattle and, prisylsykivayas, give her chadushka. In general, the baby quickly gets used to the fact that they fly to him on demand. In the end, when you understand that it's time to be closely involved in his upbringing and teach the concept of "impossible", you face a problem when a child reacts very painfully to your categorical "no." He rolls a tantrum and continues to demand his. A real battle of the elements!
Here it is necessary to work out a special tactic: the approach to each child is strictly individual, so look for and acquire, as they say. It is not unreasonable to show rigor to all children, but the pedagogical aspect of combating the vices of older children is already a topic for a separate article.
As you can see, there are many reasons why mothers complain to their girlfriends so often, they say, my child is restless! We hope that our article will help you find the problem and take the correct way to correct it!