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Constipation in infants: how to help?

Breast kid can not go for the big one. How much trouble it causes in young mothers! This is because the intestinal microflora of the newborn is not perfect, it is also not formed musculature.

How to help?

You must not forget that any action should be coordinated with your doctor to rule out a more serious disease.

It should be borne in mind that the child may defecate like ten times a day and a time. Both in the redistribution rules.

It is necessary to pay attention to both the crumb usually cocoa, some with color and smell of feces. If she eats the mother's milk, it has a mushy stool form, and if it is thick, it indicates the formation of constipation, and it is necessary to take action. But of constipation can speak only in the event that after the last bowel movement was more than a day and the baby is crying or even screaming.

To help your child breastfed in the first place it is necessary to reconsider the diet of mom. Mom can drink half a cup of yogurt in the morning, to breastfeed during the day, and in the morning in the diaper will be given to the expected result. The same effect can be produced and adding a menu beets and carrots.

As soon as the baby starts to hold their own head, be sure to lay out before feeding on the tummy. Most often, in the absence of pathology, such constipation finally stop worrying child from the moment a child begins to sit up unaided. In the meantime, we must be ready all the time to help your child.

As a rule, constipation in children under three months are accompanied by flatulence, which can not move independently. For more information how to get rid of flatulence little children provides information here: http://razvitie-baby.ru/zdorove/gazootvodnaya-trubochka-dlya-novorozhdennyx/ - site "I am your baby." Where in addition to practical tips, you can find reviews mothers with experience, how to behave in a given situation.

Besides pharmaceuticals, we can help those that put the baby on his tummy warm diaper. This will relax the bowel muscles and pain disappear. It helps another way. Take the baby in his arms so that his tummy contact with mom's belly. This method gives the same effect. What a warm and diaper.

It is useful to do the following exercises. Put the baby on the changing table and, bending the legs at the knees, squeezing them slightly to the tummy. Then alternately connect the left elbow to the right knee, then your right elbow and left knee. After this possible. The baby lay for several minutes on the stomach. Perform these exercises are necessary before feeding.

Keep in mind that you can do an enema only after consulting your doctor. You can make an external stimulation chair. For this purpose it is necessary to lubricate the tip of the blower Vaseline and gently start to irritate the edge of the anus. A minute later, the parents will get the desired result. But often use this method, it is not necessary.

Baby massage for constipation - Shantala