For a newborn baby, there are a few things that are important in life every day: feeding, sleeping, and defecating. Because of this, parents are always anxious when their babies become constipated. The impact of constipation on baby’s health should not be underestimated, if the child defecation interval of more than 48 hours, can be considered constipation. Constipation for a long time can lead to loss of appetite, bloating and even abdominal pain, dizziness, sleep disturbance, etc., and in serious cases, prolapse or anal fissure bleeding. Therefore, parents should actively prevent and control pediatric constipation, but also pay attention to the use of the correct method, otherwise not only can not solve the problem, will also leave the consequences.
1.Laxative food
When constipation in infants who eat milk, you can add slippery intestinal food, such as orange juice, red date juice, cabbage juice, etc.
2, supplementary food
In addition to highly nutritious eggs, lean meat, liver and fish, vegetables, fruits and porridge with more fiber, such as spinach, rape, cabbage, celery, bananas, pears, etc. can be added.
3.Corkage
If a young infant has not relieved the stool for several days, the stool is dry and knotted, then you should first use glycerin suppositories or pediatric unguent to laxative. Generally, you only need to use half of the solution to squeeze in and let the solution stay in the intestines for at least 3-15 minutes to soften the stool before defecating. If you pull out immediately after squeezing in, it will be in vain. (Note: long-term constipation can not simply use the open plug) In addition, some parents like to use their fingers to pick the fecal mass, that should be very careful, do not use the index finger, only the little finger, but also dip some Vaseline lubricant, so as not to inadvertently propped up the anal sphincter, resulting in future incontinence, endless harm.
4, honey
The folk also have the use of honey laxative. In fact, honey must be mixed with cool water to be effective, warm water is not valid, so that newborns, young babies drink cold water, stimulating intestinal peristalsis, although it can lead to diarrhea, but will cause intestinal colic, and why suffer?
5.Bifidobacterium
In recent years, it is useful to improve the intestinal microecology of infants to soften the stool, such as oral bifidobacterium preparations, and some milk powder companies will be directly added to such bacteria in the milk powder, this method can indeed make the baby easy to defecate and prevent constipation.
6, grains and cereals
When older children are constipated, you can add some grains and cereals, such as standard flour, potatoes, corn, barley, etc., fatty foods, cool boiled water can also help prevent constipation treatment. For infants over 4 to 5 months old, supplemental foods can be added appropriately. It is best to chop spinach, cabbage, bok choy, capers, etc. and put them into the rice porridge and cook them together to make various delicious vegetable porridge for babies. In addition, complementary foods contain a large number of B vitamins, can promote the recovery of intestinal muscle tone, very helpful for laxative.
7.Cooling oil
Prepare a bottle of cool oil, preferably the white kind, with cool oil in a thin layer around the baby’s belly button (must not more Oh, otherwise the baby’s delicate skin is not able to stand), and then in the belly button corresponding to the back also wipe a layer, a little massage, so after 1 to 2 hours, the baby will begin to fart, slowly poop. If it does not work once, you can get 2 to 3 times.
8.Timing
At the same time to change the bad eating habits. Secondly, to change the child’s bowel habits, to develop a regular bowel movement every day.
9, attention
Do not tease your child when he/she is having a bowel movement to avoid distraction. If the above methods can not be relieved, you can seek medical treatment, under the guidance of a doctor to use some auxiliary bowel measures, such as open plug, slow laxative, etc.. However, the child should not take laxatives for a long time, so as not to affect the absorption of nutrients.
10.Encouragement
When a 2 to 3 year old baby holds his stool and does not want to go to the bathroom, you should encourage him (her) to go to the bathroom in time. You can put a small washer on the toilet, a small bench under his (her) feet, so that he (she) feel more comfortable sitting up. And say: It’s okay, when you want to poop, when you go to the bathroom well. This way the child’s resistance period will not be extended indefinitely.