Is it okay for newborns to choke on milk and have it squirt out of their nose?

A newborn choking on milk and spewing it out of the nose is usually fine, but you should be on the lookout for serious conditions such as secondary pneumonia, otitis media, and asphyxia. At this point, it is usually due to the newborn in the process of breastfeeding parents feeding position is not appropriate, crying suddenly contact with the milk or almost finished eating when it is too late to swallow, often choking will occur. In order to avoid the milk through the respiratory tract into the lungs caused by pneumonia, so the first observation of the newborn’s color changes and breathing rate, whether there is cyanosis and other conditions. After that, you should clear the nasal cavity of the newborn as soon as possible, adjust the breastfeeding position by turning the newborn into a prone position, and pat the newborn’s back to expel the milk from the airway to avoid further infection and otitis media. If inhalation bronchitis, aspiration pneumonia, asphyxia and other serious conditions occur after the newborn chokes on milk, timely consultation should be made to guard against asphyxia.