Parents can adjust the shape and amount of complementary foods and strengthen the chewing and swallowing function training of babies when they start to eat coarse-grained complementary foods.
When babies have dry retching after eating coarse-grained food, it is considered to be caused by improper feeding or too fast swallowing. When babies are unable to swallow coarse-grained food, it will trigger the gag reflex to appear dry retching. Parents can first demonstrate the essentials of chewing and swallowing food movements to the baby, so that the baby can imitate swallowing and chewing food. Also adjust the shape and amount of complementary foods so that babies can eat smoothly.
The baby’s gastrointestinal function is not yet well developed, you can select some easy to digest and absorb complementary food to the baby to eat, a small amount of multiple meals, still appear dry vomiting situation, you can switch to pureed complementary food to continue to train the child’s oral chewing function.
If your baby still has repeated dry heaving after the above interventions, please bring your baby to a regular hospital for specialist consultation.