Babies fall asleep immediately after spitting up may be caused by improper feeding, or acute pediatric gastroenteritis, gastroesophageal reflux and other diseases.
1. Improper feeding: general consideration may be due to the baby at bedtime when a one-time milk overfeeding, but due to their own gastrointestinal tract digestion and absorption development is not perfect, and the stomach capacity is small, so when you go to sleep there will be spit up, to be spit up after the end of the discomfort can be relieved, so it will continue to sleep.
2. Acute pediatric gastroenteritis: this disease may be caused by rotavirus, E. coli and other pathogenic microorganisms, or food allergies, overheating and other non-infectious factors, early loss of appetite, vomiting, breast milk overflow and other symptoms, with the continued development of the disease, the child will be mentally irritable, lethargy and other symptoms, a small number of cases can be manifested as spit up after falling asleep.
3. Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD): The basic cause of this disease is reduced resistance of the esophageal mucosa, impaired anti-reflux structure and function, and reduced esophageal clearance. Typical symptoms are reflux and heartburn, which can sometimes occur at night during sleep, so some children will continue to sleep after spitting up.
There may be other reasons why babies fall asleep immediately after spitting up, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, complete the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of the doctor.