Novice parents, how to distinguish between baby constipation and belly saving?

1.Most babies only have a tummy at around two to six months of age, and constipation can occur at any stage of a baby's growth and development.

2.To distinguish whether a baby is constipated or a belly, it is necessary to observe the shape of the stool. If the baby does not defecate for a long time, but the stool after defecation is no different from before, it is still loose and mushy, and it is not difficult to defecate, this situation is a tummy.

If the stool is dry and hard, especially if the baby often has a red face during defecation, and it is very difficult to defecate, this is constipation.

3.Your baby's mental state will be different when they have a tummy and when they are constipated. The baby who has a belly is in a better state of mind, and his sleep and food intake are also normal. However, babies with constipation often have poor appetite, restless sleep, crying, and irritability.

The baby's intestines are still developing, and it is common to pull it several times a day, or pull it for several days. Each baby's bowel habits are different, even if they are the same age and feeding style.

What about belly saving?

Belly saving is a folk saying, in fact, it refers to the change of the baby's stool regularity.

With the increase in the breastfeeding rate, the baby 2 3 days or 4 5 days, some even 15 days without stool is also bitter, until the bowel movement is still yellow soft stool, no induration, and the amount is not particularly much, this phenomenon is called belly saving.

This also shows that the quality of the mother's breast milk is quite good, the nutrition is balanced, and the baby's digestion ability is very good, resulting in the phenomenon of "saving the belly".

It is not difficult to distinguish between constipation and tummy in small babies, first of all, most of the baby's tummy in babies will only occur around the age of two to six months, and constipation can occur at any stage of the baby's growth and development. Secondly, to distinguish whether the baby is constipated or has a stomach, it is necessary to observe the shape of the stool. If the stool is loose and mushy and it is not difficult to have a bowel movement, this condition is a kind of stomach accumulation.

If the stool is dry and hard, and the baby has a hard time passing stool, it is constipation. Third, the mental state is different. The baby who has a belly is in a better state of mind, and his sleep and food intake are also normal.

However, babies with constipation often have poor appetite, restless sleep, crying, and irritability.

It can be judged from the clinical manifestations and the nature of the stool.

Clinical manifestations: Abdominal accumulation is a normal phenomenon in the process of children's growth and development, mainly due to the increase in children's digestive ability, the digestion, decomposition and absorption of food in the intestine are relatively complete, and the remaining food residues are less, so it leads to a long time without defecation. Generally, children have a normal diet and a good mental state, without abdominal distention, abdominal pain, anorexia and other related clinical symptoms.

Constipation is a manifestation of gastrointestinal disorders, and children may have clinical manifestations such as abdominal pain, bloating, and irritability, and the abdomen may be swollen and hard to the touch.

Nature of stool: The stool of children with belly accumulation generally does not change, and the stool is soft, yellow, and there is no induration. Children with constipation have dry, induration stools that vary in shape and are darker in color.

First of all, look at the child has not defecated for a few days, the baby will have the possibility of saving the belly, whether to eat any new complementary food, or whether the milk powder is dried, or whether the breastfeeding mother eats has an impact on the child, and then massage the child's stomach clockwise, to see if the belly is hard, to promote bowel movements, or to give some water according to the age of the month, or you can give an appropriate amount of probiotics to listen to the doctor's advice, the way to distinguish is to see whether the stool he discharges is dry, what form, constipation will be hard strips, and the belly is the same as the previous stool form. I hope you are satisfied with my answer.

Distinguish from the time of occurrence and the baby's mental state.

Usually, tummy accumulation mainly occurs within the baby's full month to about two months. However, no matter how old your baby is, constipation may occur.

When the baby has a belly accumulation, there will be no emotional irritability, crying for no reason and a series of problems. Therefore, if the baby is older than six months, then it can be considered constipation. If constipation is a problem, the baby may have a series of conditions such as emotional upset and decreased appetite.

Baby's belly storage refers to the change of the baby's stool regularity, which generally occurs 2 to 3 months after the baby is born. The baby's bowel movement will change from a few times a day to 1 2 times a day, or even once every 2 or 3 days or once a few days. During this period, the baby eats normally, has a normal appetite, sleeps normally, has a good mental state, has no obvious crying, weight gain is normal, and the shape of the stool is also normal and pasty.

Constipation mainly refers to the fact that the stool is dry and hard, and the baby can't pull it out by itself, so it has to be able to expel the stool with the help of some drugs. Moreover, constipated babies are often accompanied by irritability, crying when constipated, and sleeping unsteadily, so there is a difference between the baby's belly and constipation.

Constipation is the condition that the patient does not have bowel movements for several days, but the patient does not have abdominal distention, abdominal pain and any other uncomfortable symptoms, and constipation is the index day without bowel movement, accompanied by symptoms such as dry stool and difficulty in defecation.

1. Stomach stooling is common in infants and young children, constipation refers to less than 2 or 3 bowel movements within 7 days, accompanied by dry stools, difficulty in defecation and other symptoms; 2. Some patients may have no symptoms, which may be related to slow intestinal peristalsis caused by drinking less water and eating less vegetables; 3. Although some people have no discomfort symptoms in the abdomen, they will show that the facial color is dark, and even spots and dullness, and pigmentation may appear around the mouth, which can be improved through traditional Chinese medicine.

Generally speaking, "belly saving" mostly occurs around two months after the baby is born, at this time, because the baby's stomach is developing, there will be a few days without pulling a stinky situation. The doctor said that whether it is three or five days or a week, as long as the baby's expression is not very painful when pulling the stinky, the quality of the poop is normal, and their mental state is usually very good, and the diet is also eating and drinking as usual. At this time, there is no need to worry too much about Bao's mother, this is a normal phenomenon.

Length is a physiological phenomenon, but constipation is not, if it is length, the interval between the child's main bowel movements will be extended, but each bowel movement is still very smooth, and the stool is not dry, and the child will not cry. Parents do not need special treatment. However, if you are constipated, although the time interval will be very long, the child will have some difficulty and discomfort when defecation, crying and restlessness, etc., and the stool will also be dry.

In this case, it is a phenomenon of constipation.

If constipation, the baby will definitely be uncomfortable, the baby will make some unhappy actions to attract the attention of adults, will cry and make trouble and even do not eat well, in short, baby constipation will be conveyed to us in various ways. It's not the same to save the belly, the baby will not feel uncomfortable, it is good to eat, sleep and mental head are very good, to a certain extent, it will naturally stink. It is very hard and tiring to take care of the child, because the baby is too young to communicate, so we need to observe the baby's state more carefully.

The baby will not show discomfort when he has a belly, his spirit will be better, and he will not cry often; If it is constipation, the child will be very irritable because he wants to defecate, so he will cry often, and his lower stomach will also be swollen, and he will be on fire.

The time of appearance is different, the belly is generally a newborn baby, the baby has a lot of stools, and the stool is not formed; Constipation is to eat more, but pull less, and then the child will have gastrointestinal discomfort.

It can be distinguished according to the baby's tummy symptoms, according to the baby's bowel movements, according to the color of the bowel movements, and according to the baby's state, so that the baby's symptoms can be distinguished.

According to the baby's performance, there is also crying emotions to distinguish, understand the situation between the two, and have basic common sense of life.

You can choose to look at the child's symptoms, generally if the child is constipated, it will be more difficult to go to the toilet, but if it is a stomach, the toilet is smoother, and the stomach is more distended.

If the child has a stomach, he will feel that the child's stomach is very swollen, but if the child is constipated, he will feel very bloated and have difficulty in defecation.

You can touch the child's belly to see whether the child is constipated or not, and you can also go to the child's excrement, so you can have a clear judgment.

Constipation and belly storage are common problems in the baby's daily life, and the symptoms are also very similar, which makes many parents a little confused, in fact, there is a clear difference between the two, this article combines the analysis of the characteristics of the two to explore the precautions for baby feeding.

Characteristics of constipation and belly accumulation 1. Constipation.

Constipation is familiar to everyone, that is, poor bowel movement, mostly accompanied by the characteristics of dry knots, the process of defecation is very painful, and the stool discharged is also very dry, generally speaking, if the baby does not have stool for a day, it is very likely that there is constipation, generally speaking, when constipation, the baby will cry because of discomfort, and most of the appetite will be greatly affected.

2. Save your belly. It is estimated that many people have not heard of it, but it is also easy to have problems in the process of baby growth, although there is very little bowel movement, but most of the stools are not dry, on the contrary, it is very soft, the baby has no discomfort, and will not be distressed by the normal diet, the only thing that is the same is that the number of bowel movements is less.

Babies need to pay attention to their diet.

1. Once the baby has belly accumulation and constipation, I think they should eat a little more liquid food in the diet, so as to replenish water for the body and help the baby return to normal.

2. Eat more fruits, common bananas and dragon fruit have a laxative effect, and they are also very digestible.

3. It is also very important to eat less meat, the baby's spleen and stomach are very delicate, and they can't digest meat food, but many parents will inadvertently let the baby eat meat, because the taste of meat is good, the baby will never want to eat vegetables after eating, which is extremely detrimental to the baby's health, so parents must pay attention to this.

In terms of feeding, parents need to pay attention to many problems, to combine the characteristics of belly and constipation to accurately judge the baby's problems, and actively make dietary adjustments to promote the baby's health.

Belly saving: Some breastfed children do not have bowel movements for 2-3 months or even 5-7 days. However, the excreted stool is yellow and soft, which is not difficult to defecate and does not affect the growth and development of the baby, which is called belly storage.

Parents don't worry, it's normal. Parents don't worry, it's normal.

Constipation: refers to the dry, hard stool, constipation knots, stool once in more than 2 days, or the inability to pass stool despite the desire to defecate.

Possible causes of constipation in formula-fed babies:

1. Compared with breast milk, formula powder is not easy to be digested by babies and increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract;

2. When preparing formula powder, there are relatively many powders;

3. Eat formula powder, and add calcium and vitamin D at the same time.

Possible causes of constipation in babies who start eating complementary foods:

1. Insufficient diet Babies eat too little, the liquid is absorbed after digestion, and the residue is less, resulting in less stool and thickening;

2. Improper food composition.

Food contains a lot of protein but not enough carbohydrates, the intestinal flora has a reduced effect on the fermentation of intestinal contents, and the stool is easy to be alkaline and dry. Children are picky eaters, eat meat, eat less or no vegetables, have less fiber in food, and are also prone to constipation;

3. Intestinal dysfunction, irregular life, not defecating on time or environmental changes and mental stress, etc.

What to do if your baby is constipated?

In the case of ruling out the milk powder being too thick and drinking insufficient water, the intake of fiber and probiotics can be increased.

It is recommended to give your child probiotics and lactulose (a soluble cellulose) in addition to eating more vegetables to relieve the situation.

What should I do if my baby has a belly?

Massage your baby's abdomen clockwise to help them defecate. When the baby has defecated regularly, he can have a bowel movement every few days, so he doesn't need to be nervous.

The baby with a belly is passing a normal yellow soft stool. Other differences between the two can be manifested in the bitterness of defecation, the amount of stool discharged is not large, and there is no induration. Constipation not only refers to a decrease in the frequency of stools, but more importantly, it refers to hard, dry, and difficult stools.

Babies should add complementary foods when feeding: don't ask for too much, don't be too late; Let your child feed on his own and don't give him too many options.

Baby constipation refers to difficulty in defecation, and belly storage refers to a long time without convenience, but bowel movement is relatively smooth. In these two cases, you can choose some foods that are easy to digest when feeding your baby, and you should also pay more attention to hydration.