How to deal with problems with digesting food in young children

Babies can have many problems digesting food, so they often experience symptoms such as vomiting, belching or hiccups. If parents find out the cause and take measures to deal with it in time, your baby will no longer encounter these phenomena.

Proper feeding is essential to minimize many problems that arise while eating. Burping, hiccups or vomiting are the 3 most common phenomena in children that make parents unable to worry about their children. The following article would like to share with parents the characteristics as well as measures to effectively handle the above phenomena.

What to do to limit belching when feeding baby?

Most young children are very active and playful even when parents feed them. This can cause problems with the digestion of food. Specifically, the baby will swallow air while eating. For babies who are breastfed or in the weaning phase , belching is common. If your baby plays with while eating, it's best to stop feeding at this time. If you keep forcing your baby to eat, it will only increase the discomfort and make the baby vomit more.

One of the most effective ways is to burp your baby often, even if he doesn't feel comfortable. Stop or change positions, which will slow down your swallowing and reduce the amount of air your baby swallows. If your baby is on a bottle, you should burp him about 60−90 ml after drinking. If your baby is breastfeeding, he won't swallow too much air, so you don't need to burp as often.

What do parents do when their baby hiccups often?

Some kids may have frequent hiccups and this often worries parents. If your baby has frequent hiccups while breastfeeding, try changing positions, try to burp and help him feel most comfortable. Wait for the hiccup to pass, you can feed or continue to feed your baby.

However, if the hiccup symptoms don't go away on their own after 5−10 minutes, parents can continue to feed their baby for a few minutes. This can help prevent hiccups. When you feed your baby, you need to keep your baby in a quiet state, do not wiggle, disturb, and should feed him before the hunger appears. This can reduce the risk of food digestion problems when feeding your baby.

Tips to help reduce vomiting

Vomiting is one of the most common problems with food digestion in young children. In fact, parents cannot completely end vomiting in a baby. However, the following tips will help your child reduce vomiting times:

Feed your baby in a calm, quiet, and comfortable state;

Avoid interrupting, making noise, turning on lights too bright or distracting activities while eating;

Burp babies every 3−5 minutes. In addition, it is important to avoid feeding the baby while sleeping. After feeding your baby, you can keep your baby standing for about 20−30 minutes;

Don't wait until your baby is hungry before feeding.

In order to help your baby grow up healthy, parents need to spend more time caring for and paying attention to even the smallest symptoms in their children. Hopefully with some of the above suggestions, parents can help your baby reduce the phenomenon of belching, hiccups or vomiting.