What is colic gas pain on babies?
What is colic gas pain on babies?
First of all you need to be sure why the
baby is crying. Because it can be either after sucking breastmilk or for
another random reason.If your baby stops crying after feeding the problem might
be hunger. If your baby does not stop crying even after the feed this might be
gas so dont feed the baby again before being sure because overfeeding might
increase the gas so the situation can get worse.
Factors that can increase gas pain on
babies
Lets answer why babies get gas pain.
Factors can be these below.
-Over and unregular feeding
-Early start of supplementery food
-feeding your baby with sugared water
-dipping pacifier to sweet stuff
-feeding your baby a lot of fruits
-giving your baby too much or to less water
-feeding your baby with non sterile
pacifiers
-letting baby stay wet for a long time
-ambient being too hot or too cold for the
baby
-baby lying down at the same position for a
long time
-limiting baby’s movement
Symptons of gas pain on babies
Spotting gas pain on babies is relatively
easy. Baby will get uncomfortable and will want to suck breasts. But even after
the feeding cry will start shortly after. And will pull his/her legs to belly area.
To prevent gas pain on the baby you need to
look at these
-Always feed your baby with breastmilk
because that is the food baby can easily digest
-You should give your baby breastmilk after
2 hours minimum, otherwise non digested milk can mixup with the new milk and
produce gas
-Always think about this so you will know
your baby might be crying about gas. If you dont panic you can treat your baby
better.
-Don’t put your baby to a room that is too
hot or too cold.
- Don’t put tight and too much clothing on
your baby
-Put your baby sideways or facedown
position under your care
-Put warm towels under babies belly and
feet
-After every feed put the gas out from your
baby
-Rub baby’s belly
Colic means long periods of crying and
screaming on babies. It is not a disease or a diagnose but it named this problem
for the babies. The cause is unknown but it commonly thought as an outcome of
non developed digestive system having problem to digest so the gas inside is
causing baby to get hurt.
Colic starts after a baby is 2-3 weeks old
and gets frequent on 4th and
6th weeks. At most cases it finishes after first 3 months.
To treat the colic you can try
-You can take baby out with a stroller
-you can cradle the baby
-Put warm towel to baby’s belly
-massage baby with warm oils