In infants with swallowing of air during feeding, gases accumulate in the tummy, which provoke painful colic. Even an inexperienced mother can alleviate the suffering of the baby, having learned to do a stomach massage to a newborn in colic.
Preparing for a massage against colic
- Before you do massage a newborn with colic, it is advisable to warm his tummy. It is enough to attach a folded diaper to the tummy of the baby, warmed by a battery or using a hot iron. Wrap the baby's body with a diaper, place your hands on your stomach and hold, not pressing, for several minutes. Then remove the diaper.
- Oil or cream applied before the massage is not necessary - excessive adhesion of the skin of the hands to the skin of the tummy enhances the pressure during the procedure. And it can be painful for a baby. But you can sprinkle palm with talc before you do a tummy tummy massage for a newborn baby with colic to remove excess moisture and ensure a better glide.
When can not I do tummy massage?
The procedure is not carried out when the colic has already started to pester the child: it will not give any effect, on the contrary, it will only intensify the pain. It is also forbidden to do massage with colic in a newborn immediately after feeding. Wait until the baby bites, and only after 10-15 minutes after that, proceed.
Methods of massage for colic in infants
- Massage begins with stroking.
- Then the "house" is pressed. The palms fold up the hill, so that the top corner is in the area of the baby's navel. Press the ribs of the palms against the edges of the tummy, especially neatly on the right side, where the liver is located. Again stroking the tummy. We make the edge of the palm of several pressing movements from right to left, in the course of the direct intestine of the newborn.
Finish stroking. - "Mill". We rub our belly with the belly of the child from the hypochondrium to the groin. Then, putting one hand on the middle of the baby's belly, another perform several stroking movements along the oblique abdominal muscle - alternately on each side.
- "Oncoming traffic". One palm goes along the tummy from the top down, the other - from the bottom up, stroking performed alternately. After stroking, press the bent legs against the baby's tummy and hold for half a minute. In the end - circular strokes with one or both hands.