Generally speaking, the stool of a breast-fed baby is "golden stool", that is to say, the stool of a breast-fed baby is yellow or golden, uniform in consistency, ointment-like, with small particles, occasionally a little thin, and a little green. And milk-fed baby, the stool is usually light yellow, the texture can be dry, there can be obvious odor, this is because milk contains high protein, it is smelly when decomposed. If the baby's stool is dry, and he doesn't poop for a few days, and he has a "painful" expression, it may be constipation.

1, infants with less dietary fiber are prone to constipation. Many mothers always give their babies fine rice flour and high-protein food, but they don't pay attention to giving their babies vegetables, or they don't pay attention to their bad habits of not eating vegetables. The content of dietary fiber in food is too small, which is not easy to stimulate the defecation reflex of the nervous system. As a result, the feces stay in the intestine for too long, the water in it is excessively absorbed by the intestine, and the drinking water is not enough, which eventually leads to the dryness and hardness of the feces, which makes it difficult to discharge.

2, the amount of food is insufficient. For the baby, if the stool is left near the outlet of the large intestine, the defecation reflex will occur and the stool will be discharged. If you eat too little, the amount of stool will be very small, and naturally it will not be discharged.

3. Did not develop the habit of defecation. Because of irregular defecation time and lack of relevant training, defecation reflex is not formed. Sometimes, although there is a feeling of defecation, because of playfulness or other interference, the baby may consciously suppress defecation. Over time, the sensitivity of intestinal defecation reflex is reduced, stool accumulates in the intestine, water is absorbed, and stool becomes dry, so it is not easy to be discharged, thus forming the so-called habitual constipation.

4. Insufficient abdominal pressure. For infants whose muscle strength has not developed well, defecation is a big project. When they have defecation reflex, they can't concentrate their strength on the abdomen purposefully and adjust this strength like adults.

5. Changes in diet composition. When the complementary food is added, the nutritional content of the baby's intake changes dramatically, and the bacteria in the intestine will also change accordingly. Therefore, the hardness and state of stool will change greatly, and it may be difficult to defecate.

Constipation in newborns is rare. If a baby doesn't defecate for several days, it may not be constipation. Because breast milk is completely absorbed and the amount of stool is less, some babies will defecate once every few days, not necessarily with the food. Therefore, it is not necessarily constipation for a newborn not to defecate for a few days. The way to judge whether a newborn is constipated is to observe the characteristics of stool. If the characteristics are normal, it is normal to not defecate for a few days.

solution

Initial symptoms: milk powder+rice soup

It is not difficult to solve this kind of constipation. When a nursing baby is constipated, it can be added with sausage food, as long as it is fed with rice soup every day (of course, the rice grains in the rice soup must be drained), or it can be fed with a little boiled water of Coix seed. Orange juice, jujube juice and chinese cabbage juice are also good choices.

In weaning period, constipation of infants can increase complementary food, besides eggs, lean meat, liver and fish with high nutrition, vegetables, fruits and porridge with more cellulose, such as spinach, rape, Chinese cabbage, celery, bananas and pears. Nutrition does not favor meat and eggs with medium and high nutrition, but ignores vegetables.

Severe symptoms: drug laxative

If the baby does not defecate for a few days and the stool is dry and hard, don't take laxatives for a long time, so as not to affect the nutrient absorption. At this time, you should first use glycerin suppository or pediatric kaisailu to relieve constipation. Cui Qiliang said that it is generally only necessary to use half of the liquid medicine when using Kaiser Dew. After squeezing in, let the liquid medicine stay in the intestine for at least 3 ~15 minutes, so that the liquid medicine can soften the feces before defecation. If you squeeze in and pull it out immediately, it will be in vain.

Some parents like to dig dung with their fingers, so they should be very careful. Don't use your index finger, only your little finger, and dip some vaseline lubricant in order to avoid accidentally supporting the anal sphincter, causing incontinence and endless harm in the future.

Seven star tea aggravated constipation.

There are many folk tricks to deal with baby constipation. Cui Qiliang said that many parents in Guangzhou always treat constipation as "hot air" and give their children "herbal tea" or "seven star tea". In fact, herbal tea or seven star tea, if fed too much, will disturb the gastrointestinal digestive function, that is, it will damage the spleen and stomach function, affect the baby's appetite and weaken the baby's physique.

Some parents think that the lack of qi in children causes constipation, and the indiscriminate use of traditional Chinese medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula and Beiqi makes the baby excited and restless, making it more difficult to defecate.

Tips

Essential balm for defecation

Prepare a bottle of cool oil (preferably the white one), apply a thin layer around the navel of constipation baby with cool oil (not too much, the baby's delicate skin can't stand it), and then apply a layer on the back corresponding to the navel, with a little massage. 1, 2 hours later, the baby will start to fart and slowly poop. If it doesn't work once, it can be done 2 ~ 3 times.