Recently, a treasure mother consulted in the background: What should I do if my baby smells bad and tastes sour when I open my mouth?

Today, let's talk to you about the causes of your baby's bad breath and the corresponding solutions. If your child has this problem, let's learn about it together!

What is gastroesophageal reflux?

Simply put, it is the food that the baby eats in the stomach and returns to the mouth through the esophagus.

This phenomenon is generally common in small-month-old babies, and milk spillage is a kind of gastroesophageal reflux.

Cause:

Eat too much

The baby's stomach capacity is small, and it is easy to have gastroesophageal reflux if he eats too much at one time and can't digest it.

② Lie flat immediately after eating.

The food you eat has been mixed with gastric acid and some secretions, so it will taste after reflux and cause bad breath.

Solution:

(1) Try to feed a small number of times to prevent milk overflow caused by excessive and full feeding at one time;

2 When breastfeeding, let the baby put the nipple and areola in his mouth. When feeding with a bottle, the nipple should be filled with milk, which can reduce the baby's swallowing too much air and reduce the chance of spitting.

(3) when feeding the baby, take a semi-sitting position or an oblique position to feed, and don't let the baby lie flat to feed.

④ After feeding for 3 5 minutes each time, pause, pat the baby's back and burp, and then continue feeding;

⑤ After feeding, hold the baby upright for 20 to 30 minutes, so that the baby can lie on the shoulders of adults. Adults can pat his back with their hands and burp to help the baby expel gas from the stomach.

Oral ulcers, tonsillitis, sinus infections, rhinitis and other diseases may all cause bad breath.

In addition, long-term digestive malabsorption, constipation, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal diseases may also lead to baby's bad breath.

Parents can preliminarily judge the halitosis caused by diseases through the bad breath.

Such as:

Tips: What disease causes bad breath? It should be judged according to the actual situation of the child.

Solution:

Bad breath caused by disease generally does not exist alone, but will be accompanied by other discomfort symptoms.

This situation requires parents to see a doctor in stomatology, otorhinolaryngology or gastroenterology as soon as possible after discovering the abnormality, and follow the doctor's advice to take medicine.

Most babies with bad breath problems are because they don't do a good job of oral cleaning.

If the parents don't clean the baby's mouth in time after drinking milk or eating complementary food, then the milk and food residue will stay in the teeth and periodontal areas, and mix with bacteria and saliva in the mouth, which will produce bad smell for a long time.

Solution:

(1) For babies under 3 months old, after feeding, parents can moisten a piece of sterile gauze with warm boiled water and wrap it around the index finger to gently wipe the milk residue on the baby's tongue and gums.

2 Babies over 6 months old can be gargled with a little warm water.

3 For babies who have long teeth, parents can use fluoride-containing swallowable toothpaste to clean their teeth.

After the baby 1 year-old, parents can start to help their children brush their teeth, once in the morning and once for 3 minutes, so that the baby can develop good brushing habits, which can greatly reduce the chance of bad breath.

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