A baby breast regurgitates with coagulated milk: causes and treatment

Finally, you became parents! Every day yours is filled with new pleasant emotions and impressions. Yes! But sometimes some events cause moms and dads to be very worried. One of the causes of unrest is regurgitation. Do not worry if your baby in the first months of life ejaculates the contents of the stomach - this is quite normal. With some, this happens quite often, and with some less. On what it depends and whether it is possible to help something, you will learn from this article.

Causes

To understand why a child often and much regurgitates, it is necessary to understand all the details of the process, this will help to distinguish the physiological norm from a dangerous situation. It happens involuntarily. The contents of the stomach are thrown into the esophagus, and then into the mouth. Completely get rid of this natural process you will not succeed, but you can reduce the frequency and quantity.

Usually the child spits up after eating. This is due to the fact that during feeding, along with milk, air enters, which provokes, in turn, abdominal pain - colic.

What to do?

In order for the air to come out, it is necessary to press the baby's belly to its own body in an upright position. Simply put - a column. The head must rest on the shoulder of an adult, since it is not yet able to hold it evenly. If the air does not come out, you can try gently tap the back. Usually it helps. Do not panic if milk comes out with the air. Often the question arises: "A month - old baby belches - why is this happening?" Yes, because he likes to suck milk, and he does it not only to satisfy hunger. It brings him pleasure and brings him closer to his mother. If you pay attention, you can see that even in a dream, he makes sucking movements. At the same time she even smiles. The child regurgitates after eating, because it overeats. Carried away by the process, he sucks out more milk than is required. This is not an excuse for experiencing - he has not yet learned to control the process of saturation. A little more will grow up and will eat just as much as it is supposed to.

More than 80 percent of babies up to 7 months each regurgitate. The number of regurgitations and their frequency depends on several factors, for example:

• Full-term child or not;
• Dynamics of weight gain;
• Weight at birth;
• Mother's desire to feed on demand.

Remember: overeating will never be useful!

Dissonance between the pharynx and peristalsis of the intestine is another reason

When a child sucks milk, he does it in batches, 3-5 times. Between them, making small pauses, he swallows what he managed to pump earlier. Breast milk quickly reaches the intestine, as this food is liquid. When food enters the intestine, peristaltic waves appear. At this time, the pressure in the stomach rises. This gives a boost to the food back to the esophagus.

The next reason that a child spits with curdled milk is that the cardiac part of the stomach is imperfect. When he becomes older, a cardiac sphincter will appear between the esophagus and the cardiac part of the stomach, which will not allow food to be thrown into the esophagus due to cutting movements.

All the troubles of nerves

If the child is too active, then you can observe the stretching of the walls of the stomach. But this reason is rare. And only a specialist can determine it correctly. So, dear moms and dads, if you have any suspicions, see a doctor, do not self-medicate.

Regurgitation and weight gain

Relatives in the first place should worry about weight gain, and not how often a child spits with curdled milk. If he is gaining weight well, then do not worry about it. The system of the gastrointestinal tract is just beginning to form, so this process is the norm. Your baby sleeps well, he is cheerful and often smiles, then you have no reason to experience. But if he does not gain weight or, worse, lose, do not postpone the visit to the pediatrician.

The baby regurgitates and at the same time loses kilograms

If a child begins to regurgitate and does not gain weight, it is necessary to sound an alarm, and not to hope that this is a physiological norm. The doctor will only examine him, ask his parents about the details and, perhaps, will prescribe tests. Here are the most common causes of weight loss with regurgitation:

• Infection. Gastrointestinal system immediately reacts to infections in the body. Usually the color of the regurgitated mass is yellow or greenish. This is due to the fact that the food is mixed with bile. We noticed that your baby is regurgitating green milk - seek medical help immediately! If there are any other menacing symptoms, call an ambulance.
• Lactose intolerance. In breast milk, a woman has a protein called lactose. In the stomach, it is cleaved by the enzyme lactase. When this enzyme is absent or produced in a small amount, milk intolerance appears . Naturally, if the body can not digest it, the child often and much regurgitates.
• Improper development of the digestive tract. The digestive system is very complicated. And not all right after birth, the organs of the right size, shape and arranged in the right order. Quite often something happens to be small, and something is jammed or twisted. Only the doctor will be able to correctly identify the "wrong" organ, because of which the child spits curdled milk.

Is it possible to reduce the amount of regurgitation?

Everyone is convinced that regurgitation in babies, who add weight well, is a physiological norm (that is, they will not bring danger). However, not everyone will like that all things will start to smell eructiously.

In the office, pediatricians are often asked: "Is there a solution to the problem of regurgitation?" The doctors respond to this, that everything will pass with time, it is only necessary to wait. Children cease to unintentionally ejaculate the contents of the stomach through the mouth when they begin to sit on their own, that is, about 6-7 months. But what can moms and dads do that they can not wait? Pharmacies do not sell drugs or special devices that will help solve the problem. The only thing you can use - the means of excess gas generation. Some are made on the basis of simethicone (preparations "SAB simplex", "Espumizan", etc.), and others - fennel fruits (means "Plantex"). Still it is possible to take advantage of the known in Soviet times dill vodichkoj or to make a dill composition in house conditions. Just need to know the recipe for cooking. Regardless of what you have chosen, the drug will remove gases from the tummy, which means that pressure on the stomach walls will decrease, and the amount of regurgitation should decrease.

We fight with regurgitation

After completing the feeding, carry the child in an upright position (as described above) approximately 20-30 minutes. If you do not have this time, use the sling. The more the baby releases air, the less it will spew. Do not rush during feeding (both breastfeeding and artificial). It is better to feed more often, but in smaller portions. Artificial pediatricians are advised to help release air after every 90 grams of the mixture, and children on breastfeeding - with a change of breast or during a pause of sucking. And to both of them for another half an hour let them rest, do not play with them and throw them. Believe me, you will still have time to do it.

Is your child an artificist? Then make sure that the hole in the nipple is the right size. It should not be too big. Why does the child spit up a lot? Yes, because in our time it is not accepted to swaddle. But in vain. Doctors advise it to do (only not to pull together the legs). When the baby is wrapped in a diaper, its activity decreases, and along with it - the pressure on the walls of the ventricle.

Do not forget to lead an active lifestyle, this will benefit you as well. Every day you go out with the baby to fresh air, bathe it before going to bed. If you can visit the pool with him, fine, do not miss it. Every time before going to bed, do a tummy massage, gymnastics. This all strengthens the muscles. Putting the baby to sleep, give him a pacifier. This is very useful. Sucking movements stimulate intestinal activity, and food is no longer received. And this means that it will be digested more quickly.

Doctors do not recommend!

Do not be up to a year to use rollers and cushions, and also put the baby to sleep on the belly, face down. Never leave your baby without attention if it lies on the stomach in a dream. This all increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. It is better to put a flat pillow (or a towel folded several times) under the mattress so that the head lies at an angle of about 30 degrees and was turned to the left or to the right. Even if he burps in this position, then certainly not choke.

Do not worry

You may think that it is your baby that belches a lot of milk or a mixture.
You will feel sorry for the milk that Mom's body so diligently worked out, or the mixture, for which it was necessary to pay a considerable sum. Most likely, you exaggerate. Try to shed a large spoonful of milk on the table and see what a huge puddle turned out. Now look at your clothes, is there the same spot? Children usually spit up just a teaspoon.

A child spits a fountain

A month-old man can regurgitate a fountain because of an immature digestive system. But why does the child spit up with curdled milk at the age of 3-6 months? The reason for this may be neurological diseases or abnormal development of the digestive system. Talk to your doctor.

When else should I seek medical help?

• If the baby constantly belches between the feedings.
• During the ejection of food from the gastrointestinal tract there is a cough.
• The released milk or mixture has a specific unpleasant odor, as well as a brown or green hue.

Breasts with such symptoms should be examined first by a pediatrician and then by specialists of a narrower profile - by a gastroenterologist, a neurologist. If any pathologies are revealed, doctors will prescribe a comprehensive treatment that will definitely help. The main thing is to turn in time.

Blood in regurgitated mass

Most often, when you see blood from moms and dads, panic starts right away. First, calm down. If you are still breastfeeding, then most likely this blood belongs to you. It can flow from cracked nipples during feeding. Another option. It happens that during the regurgitation of the baby is greatly strained, thereby provoking the rupture of a small blood vessel at the end of the esophagus. All this will quickly heal, and you will forget about it. However, you should always consult a doctor or even call an ambulance if the bleeding continues.

Summing up

If your child regurgitates, the causes can be varied, and they depend on age. If the kilograms are not lost in parallel with this process, then this is the physiological norm, which does not bring discomfort and harm. In time this will all pass by itself. But it happens that children simply "melt" in front of their eyes, in which case one must always turn to the pediatrician. Pharmacists have not yet come up with a safe cure for regurgitation. The only thing you can do is to reduce the frequency and quantity. As much as possible spend time on the street, do massage and gymnastics, bathe the baby. Use the means to reduce gas formation. There are a lot of them in pharmacies. Consult with a pharmacist, he will help determine the choice. Well, you also found out why a child belches a lot. You can only wait until he grows up and gets stronger. Time will fly by quickly, and in memory there will be only pleasant moments.