1, what should I do if my baby is constipated?
1. Diet is very important.
The baby's stomach needs our careful care. Many functional constipation are caused by improper diet, and diet conditioning is very important.
Baby whose staple food is dairy products, whose gastrointestinal function is underdeveloped, peristalsis is slow, and dairy products have little residue after digestion, so they naturally lack stools. Some milk is too low in sugar or too high in protein, which easily leads to dry stool. You can give your baby a little honey water on an empty stomach, or you can add sugar to the milk and add complementary food when appropriate.
For older babies, they have begun to eat complementary foods containing starch, protein or fiber, which can make them eat more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains. Vegetables and fruits with more crude fiber, such as bananas, oranges, lotus roots, Chinese cabbage and leeks, can play a good role in moistening intestines.
2. Exercise is good for health
Appropriately increase the baby's activity, which is characterized by large amount of exercise, high physical consumption, increased gastrointestinal peristalsis and easy to feel hungry. Eating must be good and natural excretion is strong.
Do more touching and passive exercise for babies under half a year old. Older babies can do more aerobic exercises such as walking, running and jumping under the guidance of adults.
3. Regularly defecate according to the law of life
It is also an important way to prevent constipation to cultivate the baby's good living habits, regular work and rest, and develop the habit of regular defecation.
Babies who lack regular sleep, especially those who don't sleep at night and sleep more during the day, are most prone to constipation. When the baby is about 3 months old, adults can guide the baby to gradually form the habit of regular defecation. A comfortable and lovely bedpan can play a great role. Sometimes babies forget to solve the problem of excretion because they are playful, so adults had better remind them in time.
2. Dietotherapy for children with constipation
(1) Runchang Food
When the baby is constipated during lactation, sausage foods such as orange juice, jujube juice and chinese cabbage juice can be added.
(2) complementary food
When the baby is constipated in the weaning period, complementary food can be added, besides nutritious eggs, lean meat, liver and fish, vegetables, fruits and porridge with more cellulose, such as spinach, rape, Chinese cabbage, celery, bananas and pears.
(3) honey
People also use honey to relieve constipation. In fact, honey must be washed with cold water to be effective, while warm water is ineffective. But experts point out that it is not advisable to give honey to babies too early. This is because when children are young, parents are often not sure whether their children are allergic or not, and whether they are allergic to certain substances (such as seafood and pollen). Honey contains pollen. If the child is allergic, drinking honey to the child is easy to cause allergies, and even causes allergic dermatitis, allergic asthma and other diseases. Therefore, it is best to wait for the child to be older and make sure that the child will not be allergic to pollen before giving the child honey.
(4) Whole grains
When older children are constipated, they can add some whole grains, such as standard flour, potatoes, corn and barley. Oily food and cold boiled water also help to prevent and treat constipation. For babies over 4 ~ 5 months old, complementary food can be appropriately increased. It's best to chop up spinach, cabbage, vegetables and shepherd's purse, put them in rice porridge and cook them together to make all kinds of delicious vegetable porridge for the baby. In addition, complementary food contains a lot of B vitamins, which can promote the recovery of intestinal muscle tension and is very helpful for relaxing bowels.
3. How to prevent constipation
1. Avoid eating too little or food is too fine, lack of residue, and reduce the stimulation to colon movement. Eat more laxative foods, such as bananas, cabbage, bean sprouts, apples, hawthorn and so on.
2. Avoid disturbing defecation habits: constipation is prone to occur due to mental factors, changes in life patterns, and excessive fatigue during long-distance travel.
3. Avoid abuse of laxatives: abuse of laxatives will weaken the sensitivity of the intestine, form dependence on some laxatives, and cause constipation.
4. Arrange life and work reasonably, so as to combine work and rest. Appropriate cultural and sports activities, especially abdominal muscle exercise, are conducive to the improvement of gastrointestinal function, which is more important for sedentary and highly focused mental workers.
5. Develop good defecation habits, defecate regularly every day, form conditioned reflex, and establish good defecation rules. Don't ignore when defecating, defecate in time. The environment and posture of defecation should be as convenient as possible, so as not to inhibit defecation and destroy defecation habits.
6. It is suggested that patients drink at least 6 cups of 250 ml water every day, exercise moderately, and develop the habit of defecation regularly (twice a day, each time 15 minutes). After waking up and eating, the action potential activity of the colon is enhanced, pushing feces to the distal end of the colon, so morning and after eating are the easiest time to defecate.
7. Timely treatment of anal fissure, perianal infection, adnexitis and other diseases, laxatives should be used with caution, and strong stimulation methods such as intestinal lavage should not be used.
8. Help to absorb nutrition: If you ingest probiotics every day, you can not only inhibit the production of harmful intestinal flora, but also provide a good growth environment for beneficial intestinal bacteria and create a healthy intestine. There is also Bacillus subtilis contained in "Mommy Love", which has a good effect on lactose decomposition and can help children digest and absorb milk or milk powder. And the beneficial bacteria in Mommy Love can promote the absorption of nutrients such as protein contained in milk powder and milk. It contains nutrients necessary for metabolism and vitamins B 1, B2 and B6 necessary for growth and development, which can help children grow and develop well.
9. It is recommended to take probiotics to improve the balance of intestinal flora. Mommy loves probiotics best. Probiotics can improve intestinal health, reduce constipation, maintain intestinal barrier function and enhance autoimmune function.