Stone Mom from Guangzhou asks: Every time my five-week-old baby has flatulence, he cries and cries, no matter how to hold or coax him. We were at our wits’ end and had to take our baby to the hospital. How can I reduce the chance of my baby’s flatulence? The structural and functional characteristics of infants and children determine that they are inherently prone to flatulence. In addition, not having the right angle of the bottle during feeding, eating too much flatulent and hot food (potatoes, sweet potatoes, fried food) and relying too much on the pacifier (some pacifiers are empty and babies tend to suck in air while holding them) can all be the culprits of flatulence. In order for your baby to stop suffering from flatulence, it is recommended that mothers pay attention to scientific feeding and diet at the same time, it is advisable to do “gymnastics” for your baby’s intestines to help your baby expel the waste gas from your body. The following two health exercises need to be carried out after an hour or so of eating milk, and the baby’s stomach is basically empty. 1, abdominal massage: the baby’s navel as the center, along the navel with the palm of your hand for clockwise massage, each time gently massage about 30-50 times. Benefits: abdominal massage can not only help the baby discharge the exhaust gas in the stomach, through touch can also make the baby get a sense of psychological comfort. 2, lying “pedal bicycle”: lay the baby flat on the bed, lift the baby’s legs, in the air to imitate the “pedal bicycle” action. This action is actually conducive to the baby’s abdominal cavity and intestinal extrusion, the baby’s thighs a curl a stretch, and so in the intestines to do “gymnastics”. Lying “pedal bike” has another advantage: because the air is going up, when the baby’s buttocks raised, the gas will naturally go up, from the anal discharge; if you go down, the intestinal gas will not reverse up, it is easy to cause vomiting.