With the advent of summer, a new wave of diarrhea is stalking babies again. 1, because the pediatric gastrointestinal tract is not mature, less gastric acid, poor bactericidal ability, resulting in germs can easily break through the gastric acid barrier, into the intestinal tract and cause diarrhea; 2, the pediatric gastrointestinal tract in a variety of digestive enzymes less, not conducive to food digestion, easy to cause indigestion, resulting in diarrhea; 3, infants and young children grow rapidly, need adequate nutrition, the burden of the pediatric gastrointestinal tract is relatively heavy, prone to digestive disorders. At the same time, the high temperature in summer makes it easy for bacteria to multiply, which is also one of the reasons for increased infection. How to reduce baby diarrhea in summer? 1, adhere to breastfeeding The baby is best breastfed after birth. Breast milk is most suitable for the nutritional needs and digestive ability of infants. Human milk contains IgA, which can neutralize E. coli enterotoxin and has the effect of preventing infection with Escherichia coli and preventing pediatric diarrhea. 2, eat easily digestible food The baby’s gastrointestinal system is immature, so in the summer feeding baby to pay attention to add easily digestible food, do not add to the baby’s gastrointestinal burden, for breastfeeding baby, or advocate breastfeeding, because breast milk is clean and hygienic, the temperature is appropriate, and resistance factors. Newborn baby’s gastrointestinal digestive function is weaker, if you add milk powder in the summer, the baby is easy to accept, causing diarrhea, for older babies ready to add complementary foods, but also pay attention to one kind of addition, and so the baby adapted to a complementary food before adding another, and do not add two kinds of complementary foods mixed, once the problem is difficult for parents to distinguish which food is caused. 3, do not drink cold water, do not eat leftovers Whether it is a small month-old baby or a large month-old baby, do not directly consume the food just taken out of the refrigerator, water should also drink room temperature water or even drink warm water, in fact, warm water is the most thirst quenching, and not like our adults understand the ice water to quench thirst, adults drink ice water is addictive, in fact, with warm water can achieve the same effect. At the same time, summer babies should not eat overnight meals, it is best not to eat every other meal, it is best to make new meals for babies, babies eat very little, so parents should be more diligent, every meal should be fresh for the baby, so that the meal does not deteriorate and cause diarrhea in babies. Points that must be noted in diarrhea care Once the baby has diarrhea, the following points also need to be noted in the treatment and care process. Some mothers do not pay good attention to, but also may let the baby repeated diarrhea. 1, do not use antibiotics at will Pediatric diarrhea disease is a group of multi-causes, multi-factor diseases, infection is the main cause, its pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc., the need for anti-infective treatment, but the long-term application of antibacterial drugs, especially broad-spectrum antibiotics will lead to intestinal flora disorders, making diarrhea aggravated or prolonged. Therefore, it is necessary to use antibiotics in a reasonable, adequate and standardized manner under the guidance of a doctor under a clear diagnosis. 2, do not easily use antidiarrheal drugs pediatric diarrhea, appropriate use of antidiarrheal drugs, to prevent excessive loss of body fluids is beneficial, but because diarrhea is a common symptom of a variety of diseases, therefore, in the treatment of drugs should be used for the cause, do not immediately use antidiarrheal drugs as soon as you see diarrhea, abuse of antidiarrheal drugs, not only can not cure some diarrhea, on the contrary, there are certain side effects on children, especially small infants. 3, timely hydration Most pediatric diarrhea starts very quickly, and frequent diarrhea can cause rapid loss of water and nutrients in the body, resulting in acute dehydration. Water is an important substance for life, and the younger the child, the greater the proportion of water to body weight. If a child loses 5% of his body weight in water, symptoms of dehydration (mental depression, thirst, irritability, weakness, reduced urine output, poor skin elasticity, etc.) can occur; if it exceeds 15%, convulsions and coma can occur, endangering life. Thus, parents should pay special attention to fluid intake at this time. Only early prevention and timely correction of dehydration can enable the child to recover as soon as possible.