How to recognize constipation in babies early

Constipation is one of the frequent manifestations in babies and young children, causing discomfort for children in eating, sleeping as well as having fun. Therefore, parents need to recognize constipation in children early to have timely treatment methods, help their children be healthy.

1. Causes of constipation in newborns

Constipation in babies is a condition of delayed diarrhea. For infants who drink formula, it usually takes place once a day. For breastfeeding babies, tresing can take place 2-3 times a day. However, there are children every 3 days but soft and porous stools, children who go easily are not called constipation. Young children every 1 to 2 days but glue fertilizer is sticky, hard, children have to push hard, constipation.

There are many causes of constipation in babies, however there are a few main causes of the baby experiencing this condition as follows:

  • Insufficient feeding causes the baby's body to be dehydration:For babies from 1 to 6 months of age, breast milk is both a source of food and a source of water for the body. Insufficient breastfeeding will cause the body to become dehydration, causing constipation.
  • Infants who drink formula are prone to constipation: Breastfeeding babies are very rarely constipated because they are able to digest almost completely food. Because breast milk has a perfect balance between protein and fat, even if the baby does not go out for a few days, the baby still goes out soft stools. However, for babies from 1 month to 6 months of constipation due to using formula, the cause may be a certain component in milk that causes the baby to become constipated.
  • Due to the mother's diet: Mostly, babies are few months old, so breast milk is the most essential food source for babies. Therefore, the mother's diet greatly affects nutrition as well as will cause constipation of babies. The fact that mothers eat a lot of hot spicy foods, indgestion, low fiber, lack of nutrition, an inappropriate sleep diet that causes nutrients to load into the baby's body is the cause of newborn constipation.
  • Pathology-in-newborn constipation: The fact that the baby is constipated may be due to pathology that comes from the baby's own body. Due to physical damage to the gastrointestinal tract or congenital malformations such as: Enlarged colon (Hipschsprung's disease), myxoedeme causes premature constipation.

Note when making baby formula

Infants who drink formula are more susceptible to constipation than breastfeeding babies

2. How to recognize constipation in babies early

Babies do not know how to speak, so they cannot notify their parents when they are congested. Therefore, parents need to pay attention to the abnormal signs of the child for timely detection and early remedies.

  • Less frequently byeing than usual: Infants under 6 months of age usually go out 2-3 times a day. Breastfeeding babies are less likely to experience constipation than those who drink formula. If the child shows less than usual, about 1-2 days to have a one-time ate, especially a newborn less than 1 month, the mother may think about the case of constipation.
  • Hard, lumpy stools: Babies with constipated constipation often have small, rounded features of black or gray color, dry stools, no moisture. Especially if the mother sees blood in the baby's stool, it proves that the baby's anus is damaged by constipation.
  • Children cry, lazy to eat or quit eating: Children suddenly cry for no reason, anorexia and wrinkles and discomfort are one of the signs to recognize newborn constipation. Because the food loaded into the baby's body is not absorbed, eliminated, it makes the baby feel full of belly, discomfort, fatigue. Therefore, children often cry for no reason, sleep not deeply. From the fact that food in the body is not digested, it leads to anorexia or anorexia.
  • Babies with abdominal bloating, indys <1>: Babies with abdominal constipation are always in a state of bulge and palpation. This proves that your baby is in dys digested, full of belly.

Constipation in babies - What you need to know

Constipation in babies makes babies cry

3. Constipation in babies and how to fix it

Constipation in babies and how to fix it is a concern of many mothers, because when the child has prolonged constipation, the stool is not eliminated, some toxins in the stool can penetrate again and harm the health of the child. Without thorough treatment of constipation, constipation can cause intestinal obstruction, colon bulge, hemorrhoids ,… Therefore, it is important to detect constipation in the child, and find a way to remedy it.

Here is one of the remedies that mothers can apply to their baby:.

  • When there is dehydration or dehydration, the body absorbs fluid from anywhere, so the structure of the baby's stool becomes drier and more solid, making it difficult for the baby to have diarrhea, due to breastfeeding of babies enough to prevent water shortages.
  • Breastfeeding babies with constipation, mothers should adjust their diet to improve the quality of breast milk: strengthen fiber from vegetables and fruits, drink plenty of water, avoid hot spicy foods, alcoholic substances,..
  • For babies with formula-instipated constipation, the mother may switch to another formula that is more suitable for the child. Talk to your doctor about this to find the most suitable milk for your baby.
  • Abdominal massage for the baby: Mother uses 3 middle fingers to pinch, put on the abdomen around the navel and then rub gently with sufficient pressure. This will cause indysmens in the abdomen to soften and move down the anus. Do this every 3 minutes to stimulate your child to go outside.
  • Soak your anus with warm water: Warm water stimulates the sysic muscles to make it easier for babies to go outside. Mother soak the anus in warm water about 1-2 times a day, about 5 minutes at a time for the child.

In case the symptoms of constipation in babies last more than 2 weeks or constipation is accompanied by fever, vomiting, bloody stools, a big belly, weight loss, cracking, it is recommended to take the child to the doctor immediately.

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