Does your baby often cry, while pulling his legs up to his tummy? He may have colic, a fairly common problem in young children. What are the most effective and safe treatments for the child?
Instructions
Step 1
Take the child in your arms at the first sign of his anxiety, walk around the room with him, talk to him affectionately, hum songs. Hearing your tender sympathetic voice, the baby will feel your tenderness and love and calm down a little.
Step 2
Placing your baby's tummy against your body will help create extra warmth for the baby, which helps relieve muscle spasms.
Step 3
Take a clean, dry diaper, iron it well. When it gets warm, place the diaper over your baby's tummy.
Step 4
Use fennel tea or dill water. Take one teaspoon of dill seeds and pour a glass of boiling water over them. Leave for 1 hour, then strain the infusion, removing the seeds. Give the baby one teaspoonful infusion three to four times a day.
Step 5
After consulting a pediatrician, try to use the modern medical product Plantex to treat colic in an infant. It contains essential oils and fennel extract, as well as glucose and lactose. Fennel extract helps to relieve pain and colic, normalizes gas and improves intestinal motility. The drug "Plantex" is created on a plant basis, therefore its use is allowed for children from two weeks of age.
Step 6
Rule out dysbiosis as a possible diagnosis for your child. If he is the cause of colic and improper digestion, you need to use more serious drugs to restore the intestinal microflora of the baby (after consulting a doctor).
Step 7
Choose the right posture when feeding your baby. In some cases, it may be sufficient to move the baby slightly in relation to your breast or to change the angle of the bottle. Make sure that it correctly grabs the areola of the nipple. If your baby eats from a bottle, make sure that the nipple is filled with food, not air, and has a not too large opening for feeding.
Step 8
Use medications only after consulting a pediatrician. He will prescribe certain drugs based on the individual characteristics of your child's body.
Step 9
Use a special flue gas pipe. Such devices are sold in pharmacies, but you need to use them with extreme caution, since inept handling can injure the baby's esophagus. Ask your pediatrician for help installing a gas tube for your baby.
