Probiotics can form a biological barrier in the intestine, repel and inhibit harmful bacteria, produce substances beneficial to the body, promote digestion and absorption and intestinal peristalsis, and enhance the immunity of the body. However, there are some misconceptions that mothers and fathers have in the process of giving probiotics to their babies. Myth 1: You don’t need to take probiotics when your baby’s diarrhea is well. When your baby is recovering from diarrhea, the stool may not return to normal immediately, so you should continue to take probiotics. By regulating the intestinal flora, probiotics can not only protect the intestinal mucosa and inhibit harmful bacteria in the intestinal tract, but also help in the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Therefore, it is recommended that babies continue to take probiotics for 1-2 weeks after their diarrhea stops. Myth 2: Yogurt can replace probiotics The clinic had seen that a breastfed 6.5 month old baby had difficulty in defecation and dry stools, and the mother fed the baby yogurt with the purpose of supplementing probiotics. She considered yogurt as food, at least safer than medication. As a result, after two feedings, the baby started crying, had diarrhea, blood in the stool, and worsened eczema – typical of milk protein allergy. Babies should not receive fresh milk and its products until they are 1 year old. Yogurt is also a fresh milk product. Myth 3: Probiotics contain good bacteria, so they can be taken for a long time It is best not to take them for a long time. Although probiotics play a two-way role in regulating diarrhea and constipation for babies’ intestines, the probiotics often taken are limited to one to three strains with good clinical therapeutic effects, while the beneficial strains in the intestines are much more than these few, and need to be self-adjusted through normal diet. Therefore, if your baby does not have digestive problems, you do not need to take probiotics for a long time, but only during your baby’s illness, poor digestion, and gastrointestinal problems. At the same time, pay attention to a balanced diet, which is more conducive to the cultivation of the normal flora of the intestine itself. It should be noted that if the baby’s gastrointestinal system is consistently weak, then, after taking probiotics regularly for a period of time, you can gradually reduce the amount until you stop taking it, in order to give the intestinal tract an adaptation period. Myth 4: Regardless of the strain The efficacy of probiotics is based on the “strain”, not all strains of probiotics have the same efficacy. At present, the recognized strains are mainly lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria “in line with the active probiotics”. Probiotics are bacteria that are beneficial to the intestinal tract. Probiotics that are expired or improperly stored will not only lose their activity, but may also breed harmful bacteria. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the shelf life of the product before giving probiotics to their children. How to eat probiotics? 1, warm water brewing water temperature of 35-40 ℃, do not use boiling water brewing, that will “scald” probiotics! When brewing, first adjust the water temperature, then the probiotic powder into the warm water to ensure the activity of the flora. After brewing is also not suitable for reheating, the same principle, high temperature environment probiotics, the activity drops to zero, only a bunch of bacteria “corpse”, drink down also has no benefit to the body, rather than not drink. 2, 20 minutes after eating probiotics are best taken after 20 minutes after meals, because the concentration of stomach acid is reduced after meals, more conducive to let the live bacteria smoothly to the intestinal tract to play a role. Food into the stomach can consume most of the stomach acid, more conducive to let most of the probiotics alive into the small intestine, otherwise even the selected probiotic strains have been determined to reach the small intestine will inevitably suffer loss, so that its effectiveness discount. 3, take within half an hour after brewing Probiotics is a proud bacteria, can not afford to wait, either timely drink, or “he” will die quietly. Therefore, probiotics brewed in time to take, time to put a long time, probiotics will die, so the effect of taking will be greatly reduced. Choose probiotics for baby, these three aspects to pay attention to 1, the number of live bacteria Billions of bacteria in the intestinal tract, the amount of less can not play a role, and under normal circumstances, beneficial bacteria account for more than 99% of the total. 2, technology As probiotics are taken orally and then act on the intestine, it must be able to pass the test of stomach acid and pancreatic juice, in order to smoothly act on the intestine, only live bacteria that can reach the intestine, can work. 3, strains To baby probiotics need to recognize the strains, against the 2016 National Health Planning Commission announced edible strains for infants and children, to see if it is in this range.