What should I do if my baby has flatulence?

  Flatulence is a phenomenon encountered by many babies growing up, mainly due to the inhalation of air during feeding, excessive crying, and fermentation of food entering the body in the digestive tract through the action of intestinal bacteria and other digestive enzymes.  If the baby’s gastrointestinal motility and digestion and absorption function is poor, it will produce a lot of flatulence and even affect the baby’s appetite. People in life have also summarized some quick and effective ways to help babies eliminate flatulence, such as promoting burping by gently patting the baby’s back and massaging the baby’s small belly after feeding the baby, and some babies who are very good at exhausting gas will expel it through their farts, in addition to relying on the absorption of the gastrointestinal wall, which can also relieve their flatulence.  In addition, babies are easily flatulent when they cry. At this time, parents should give more comfort and avoid the aggravation of flatulence by adjusting his emotions; don’t feed your baby after he is hungry for too long, which will cause him to swallow a lot of air by sucking too quickly; when feeding, care should be taken to let the milk fill the front of the bottle nozzle without a slant so as not to let your baby inhale air; temporarily stop eating foods that are easily Temporarily stop eating foods that tend to ferment and produce gas in the digestive tract, such as sweet potatoes and melons. Paying attention to these matters is also very helpful in preventing flatulence in babies.  Most of the gas in babies is functional and does not require special treatment, but if your baby has shortness of breath, vomiting, loss of appetite, fever, bloody stools, pressure and tightness in the stomach, you should pay special attention to it and send it to the hospital for further examination.