Out of a hundred babies, ninety are confronted with the problem of colic in the tummy at the age of three weeks or even earlier. Painful swelling lasts up to three or even six months. This period is very difficult for parents, because they see how excruciatingly the legs of their own little one bend their legs and want to help the crumb by all means.
The nature of colic
The pain of the baby occurs when the intestine overstrains from the gases formed there because the child ate, swallowed air during feeding, which the parents did not have time to remove from the stomach, putting the child in a column.
A sedentary lifestyle, oddly enough, it will sound, concerning a very small man, also affects. When the mother believes that the child can not be accustomed to the hands and tries as little as possible to take it on handles, only if necessary for changing clothes and feeding, the gases do not have the opportunity to go out naturally and accumulate in the intestines, causing painful spasms.
How to treat colic in a newborn?
For the appointment of medications for colic and bloating, parents should contact the district pediatrician. Usually, the doctor advises giving the baby drops Espumizan , the main active ingredient of which is simethicone. 25 drops is added to the bottle with the mixture at each feeding in severe cases or three times a day.
Babies on breastfeeding receive the drug with a spoon diluted with mother's milk. The drug is well tolerated and is excreted from the body in the same form, only in very rare cases, allergic rashes are possible.
Often, pharmacy workers can advise than treating colic in children. They can offer a Plantex preparation and teas based on fennel fruits . This culture, as well as all known dill water, relieves spasms and reduces the formation of gases, if you take these drugs on an ongoing basis. Children like the taste of such teas, and they drink it with pleasure.
Our mothers knew how to treat colic in the intestines of the baby and bought in the pharmacy for this ready-made dill water . Now it is not produced, but at home this miracle drug can be cooked. On a glass of boiling water you need to take one teaspoon of fennel seeds and boil for five minutes, then insist, strain and a few drops start to give the baby.
If the child reacts to such a medicine normally, it does not increase bloating, there is no allergy, then the drink can be given on a teaspoon before each feeding. Well, if the nursing mother also uses dill water.
How to treat colic in a baby without medication?
To help the kid it is possible not only chemical preparations . A good effect can be achieved by contacting the skin with the skin. Mom during painful attacks and not only puts the naked baby on his stomach and makes stroking movements, soothing him. If the house is cold, you can take shelter with a warm blanket and sleep like this together in an embrace. This situation, first, massages the tummy and allows the gases to go off on their own, and secondly, warming also helps a lot from colic.
Massage the tummy in a circular motion, clockwise, several times a day before feeding, along with regular lapping on the tummy will help cope with the problem,
Everyone knows that after each feeding of the baby, it takes some time to hold a column so that extra air leaves the stomach. This is the prevention of colic in infants on breastfeeding, provided that they correctly grasp the nipple - so they suffer less from the tights in the tummy than the artificial ones. If a child eats a mixture, then parents should purchase a special bottle of antikolikovu for feeding.