Young parents are very worried about their first child and panic in any incomprehensible situations. But before running to a pediatrician, it is important to understand what is happening and why. There are reasons that parents can eliminate, while others will require medical intervention. It is enough to carefully observe the signals from the baby.
When to see a doctor when burping
Sometimes a baby who has not burp before can begin to return some of the milk, and at the same time push. Sometimes it happens the other way around, belching has stopped, and this causes panic reactions in parents who begin to take the child to the doctors. The danger is belching, observed from 5 times a day, if a lot of eaten food comes out at one time. When such a phenomenon is noted after each feeding and the baby begins to be capricious, the help of a doctor is needed.
Small burps and hiccups after eating are normal, especially if your toddler is eating in a hurry. But if the newborn returns some of the milk eaten after each feeding, then this symptom should alert parents. This is often noted if the baby is premature. A two-month-old baby may groan at the same time. For him, perhaps, this is due to a violation of feeding, but the reasons may be more serious. If he begins to sneeze frequently, sweat is visible on his temples, and this is noted with every feeding, then you should immediately consult a doctor. Therefore, it is required to carefully monitor the well-being of the newborn, and to know what reasons may induce him to regurgitate food, cry and hiccup. Sometimes at the same time he raises his legs, begins to shake them - this speaks of intestinal colic. It is necessary to change the position of the body so that the baby stops jerking his legs.
Gastrointestinal and feeding problems
Hiccups are caused by the convulsive contraction of the diaphragm when a small volume of air is pushed out of the lungs. The characteristic sound appears due to the fact that at this time the epiglottis abruptly blocks the air outlet, while the child may turn red or blue. Constant hiccups, accompanied by crying and excessive belching of food, are most often the result of nutritional problems, perhaps the food is poorly digested.
What causes these symptoms:
- Overeating, when the amount of food intake is excessive, the stomach is full and belching occurs. This condition causes discomfort and painful sensations, so the child can cry, jerk his legs. Also, when the diaphragm expands, it begins to press on the stomach, which leads to its sharp contraction due to pain. If a schoolchild can refuse food, then the baby still does not know how to determine his own norm.
- Malnutrition. If the mother has little milk, then the baby may scream and hiccup due to lack of nutrients necessary for development. Therefore, you need to ensure that the child's weight fits into the age standard. If the baby does not eat enough, then he will constantly want to sleep.
- Air intake with food. In newborns, the trachea is positioned so that they can breathe and eat at the same time. Only a one-year-old child gets rid of this feature. Hiccups and regurgitation are signs of improper posture during feeding. Perhaps a leg or hand is pressing hard on the stomach.
- Abdominal pain due to flatulence. Due to the fact that the child has been feeding through the umbilical cord for several months before, his gastrointestinal tract is undeveloped, and disruptions in peristalsis may occur.
- Constipation can also cause crying and regurgitation due to pain and not enough space to digest milk. Therefore, it is important to monitor the regularity and abundance of the baby's bowel movements, and if the discharge decreases, consult a doctor for medications that stimulate the digestive tract.
- Thirst. Due to the fact that the infant feeds on mother's milk, he does not need additional fluid. This situation can only be caused by the middle of a hot summer, or a walk on a summer day in a closed wheelchair. Another thing is if a newborn is fed with formula, then he may become dehydrated. In order to remove the symptoms and the cause, it is worth trying to give a little water, if this does not help, then the source lies in something completely different.
Incorrect environmental conditions
The occurrence of hiccups, screaming and belching can be caused not only by internal reasons, but also by external ones. In the mother's stomach there was a constant environment to which the baby was accustomed, he still lacks many mechanisms of self-regulation. Therefore, if the ambient temperature is too high or too low, then malfunctions occur in the body due to the fact that the body is overheating or hypothermic. The normal temperature indicator recommended by WHO in the room should not go beyond 20-23 degrees.
These symptoms can occur with the wrong bed, or swaddling errors. Now a gentle way of swaddling a newborn is used to make the sleep more sound. Thus, you can avoid the reflex throwing of the limbs during sleep. Many mothers and grandmothers may still use the old methods that advised tight swaddling to give the baby a sense of security. This method squeezes the limbs, which can cause abnormal muscle development, and also with tight swaddling, the abdomen is constantly squeezed, which leads to errors in breathing and hiccups. May cause profuse belching by literally squeezing some of the food out of the baby. All this causes constant discomfort, which leads to incessant screaming.
Scary sounds
Parents often wonder why a strong whine of a car engine or other similar loud sounds of a child is soothing, while quiet ones, like a dropped pen or laughter, can scare. It is important to understand here that some strange situations sound like a newborn what he heard during intrauterine development. The smooth operation of the engine occurs at about the same volume as the digestion of the mother, so it calms him down. During his short life, the baby has not yet had time to adapt to new conditions. When unfamiliar and unusual sounds occur, the baby may start crying due to misunderstanding, and, calling for help from his parents, because he does not know what to do in this situation.
It has long been proven that some things are avoided by children instinctively, they start yelling. So, for example, something shaped like a snake or a spider will make you look at it and call for help, and green food will make you want to spit it out. Therefore, you need to know what sounds can be scary in order to avoid the occurrence of constant stress, which will provoke hiccups or excessive belching due to fear.
What sounds near the baby should be excluded:
- Loud voices, exclamations, especially people with whom the child does not come into contact every day. If someone screams like a cut, the baby also starts crying.
- Loud music and movies. To listen to them, you will most likely need headphones due to special effects or high-pitched notes. This does not apply to quiet classical music, as well as compositions with a clear continuous rhythm.
- Car horn or alarm.
- Irregular knocking, frequent frightening hum.
- Squealing sounds, in ancient ancestors, they meant that a predator was approaching.
Developmental pathologies
Constant crying, improper functioning of the digestive and respiratory systems can occur due to improper development of internal organs or the nervous system, which is especially dangerous when the child is not yet 1 year old. Therefore, it is important to conduct a constant anthropometric examination of the baby, correlating each parameter with the one recommended by medicine. Of course, the physical standard is average, but thanks to it, you can see that the child continues to grow at the right pace.
Pathologies can be invisible, for example, diseases of the nervous system or gastrointestinal tract can only be determined with the help of a medical examination. Therefore, you need to know what can cause them. All of these ailments can provoke frequent hiccups and regurgitation.
Causes of pathologies of the nervous system:
- Hereditary diseases.
- Abnormalities in intrauterine development.
- Infectious diseases carried by the mother during pregnancy.
- The baby was born prematurely.
- Difficult prolonged labor, possible damage due to the passage of the birth canal or lack of oxygen.
When the cause was extraneous sounds, temperature, swaddling or improper feeding, the baby should calm down for 2-3 hours, depending on the severity of the exposure. Perhaps his nose is clogged. If all the reasons that may cause concern for the child are excluded, but he continues to cry and hiccup, an urgent need to consult a doctor.
