What should I do if my baby is constipated?

  1, emergency treatment: (1) open plug laxative method: let the baby take the left side of the lying position. Open the unguent, first squeeze out a small amount of liquid to lubricate the top of the unguent and the anal edge, then gently insert the baby’s anus, squeeze the back end of the plastic shell, so that all the liquid is injected into the anus, and then withdraw the empty shell and throw it away. Immediately block the anus, and subsequently try to retain the liquid, that is, to achieve the purpose of laxative.  (2) Soap bar laxative method: ordinary soap sharpened into a cone (bottom are about l cm in diameter, about 3 cm long), dipped in a little warm boiled water, gently inserted into the anus, due to the chemical and mechanical stimulation of the soap, so that intestinal peristalsis increased, and lubrication of the intestinal wall and cause automatic defecation. However, this method is not suitable for those who have anal mucosal ulcers and anal fissures. You can also use salted carrot sticks instead of soap.  (3) saline or soap enema method: You can also use saline or soap water to retain the enema.  (4) hand picking fecal blocks: some parents can not help but to use their hands to pick the baby’s fecal blocks, please be careful, only use small fingers, and then apply some petroleum jelly or paraffin oil lubricant before picking the fecal blocks, so as not to damage the child’s anal skin and anal sphincter muscle.  2, adjust the diet is the key: (1) breast-feeders: mother more intake of vegetables, fruits and crude fiber-rich food, such as pumpkin, sweet potatoes, etc.; at the same time take some lactobacilli health food or yogurt, regulate intestinal flora, you can also feed the baby probiotics such as: Pfeiffer, Mamma Love, Hibernate, etc.  (2) artificial feeders: you can add sugar to the formula or feed fruit juice (such as tomato juice, orange juice, etc.) to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, or you can switch to formula containing dietary fiber. For older infants, supplemental foods such as mashed vegetables, minced vegetables, fruits and porridge can be added. For older children, coarser cereals can be added, such as porridge made of corn flour, millet, cereal, etc.  (3) Two or three year old babies can also resort to laxative foods, such as white radish boiled in water, vegetable porridge, steamed sweet potatoes, sesame paste, etc. Eat less apples and drink more water.  3, pay attention to bowel training, the formation of regular toilet habits: many babies constipation from the failure to develop regular bowel habits, resulting in the conditioned reflex of defecation is not well formed. Therefore, one of the effective ways to prevent and control baby constipation is from 3 months after birth, the implementation of standardized defecation habits training, to promote the early formation of the conditioned reflex of defecation.  In the morning after feeding, by the adult two hands to hold the baby defecation, or let the baby sit potty, defecation small chair, etc., continuous training on time for half a month to a month, you can gradually see results, after the habit of defecation training, do not change the time at will.  For the larger children constipation, in addition to encourage more exercise, more into the fiber-rich food, should also remind them to toilet on time, to develop good habits.  4, massage therapy is more likely to receive miraculous results: massage to prevent constipation does have a good effect, but only for functional constipation of the baby.  (1) 3 pairs of massage points: first let the baby together by the second to the fifth of the four fingers, get from the index finger to the width of the little finger, that is, a measurement unit (hereinafter referred to as the unit); then determine the massage points, massage points have 3 pairs: the first pair is located in the navel left and right a unit, each side plus 0.5 cm; the second pair on the outside of the left and right hand, from the middle of the wrist joint bend in the direction of the elbow, up a unit;. The third pair in the feet, first in the left and right feet inside to find the protruding ankle bone, up a unit that is. Massage at least once a day; or 30 minutes before meals, or l hours after meals, with the index finger or middle finger clockwise massage, each pair of massage points for 20 seconds, generally 2 to 3 weeks will be effective.  (2) push the seven bones: seven bones from the second lumbar vertebrae to the end of the tailbone into a straight line, parents use the thumb or index and middle finger belly down straight push, push about 50 times.  (3) Massage around the umbilicus: Parents put four fingers together in the right hand and gently push and massage around the umbilicus of the baby in a clockwise direction for about 5 minutes each time. This not only helps defecation, but also has the effect of helping digestion.  5, general prescription: hot water bath method: a pot of hot water (water temperature is moderate), hold the baby’s legs, let the rear part of its buttocks immersed in water, for 2 minutes after holding out, rest 2 and a half minutes, again immersed in water, so repeat several times.  6, empirical formula: (1) Chinese medicine treatment: this method is applicable to larger infants and children.  ① fried lycopodium 10 grams, finely ground. The same night with sugar water, the next day the child stool can be solved, as the law 3 to 5 times, the child stool gradually normal.  Take 10 grams of rhubarb, grind it into a very fine powder, mix it with 2 grams of ice chips, and grind it into a powder. Take the appropriate amount of vinegar to mix the powder into a paste, put it on the wound and wet pain relief cream and put it on the umbilicus, change the medicine once in 12 hours. In order to consolidate the efficacy, it can be put on 1~3 times continuously.  ③ fat sea 2, boiling water about 150 ml, brewed for 15 minutes, wait for its hair large, a small amount of divided into frequent drinks.  7, drugs: (1) intestinal probiotics: such as Bacillus subtilis dibacterium granules (Mamia), Bifidobacterium trituberculosis (Pepcid), Hersenium, etc.  (2) Proprietary Chinese medicine: Wang’s Bao Chi Wan.