Suddenly the baby has a bad appetite. Is it indigestion?

Many mothers suddenly find that their baby\’s appetite is not as good as before, and neither milk nor complementary foods have changed. Why doesn\’t the baby like to eat it anymore? At this time, the mother should be careful about whether the baby has indigestion. The baby\’s poop is one of the criteria for judging whether the baby is healthy. Mothers can judge whether the baby has indigestion by observing the baby\’s poop. Under normal circumstances, babies who are exclusively breastfed within 6 months will have yellow or golden stools with a uniform consistency like paste or paste, occasionally thin and slightly green, with a sour smell but not smelly, and will defecate 2-4 times a day. Formula-fed babies\’ stools are light yellow in color, dry and hard, strip-shaped, occasionally have milk flaps, and have a distinct odor. The stools occur 1-2 times a day. Babies who have started to eat complementary foods will have more and more adult poop. When babies have indigestion, their bowel movements will be irregular and abnormal. Most children will have symptoms such as diarrhea or constipation due to gastrointestinal digestion problems. If your baby has heavy stools, foamy stools, rough stools, food residues or undigested food, it is mostly due to eating too much or too much sugar in the food. If a baby\’s stool is yellowish brown and watery or contains undigested milk flaps and is accompanied by a pungent smell of rotten eggs, it means that there is an obstacle to the digestion and absorption of protein foods. For such children, the amount of protein in the food should be reduced. content. If your baby has a large amount of stool that is mushy, oily in appearance, contains more milk flaps and fat droplets, and has a strong odor, it indicates indigestion of fat. Foods containing more fat should be reduced in time. Gastrointestinal discomfort can cause babies to have restless sleep, turning their bodies around during sleep, and sometimes grinding their teeth. Loss of appetite, accumulation and fermentation of undigested food will reduce the child\’s appetite, and the child will not eat or eat very little. Due to disorders in the digestive system, some food remains inside the digestive tract. These residues will be fermented by microorganisms to produce gas. These gases will cause symptoms such as bloating, burping, abdominal noises, and excessive farting in children. The baby will often say that his stomach is bloated and his stomach hurts. The sides of the baby\’s nose are blue, the tongue coating is white and thick, and there is a sour smell in the breath. The face is abnormally red and the skin appears abnormal. How to improve baby\’s indigestion? 1. If overeating causes indigestion, it is necessary to control the amount of food consumed or reduce the sugar content in the food. Feed the child rice soup, lotus root paste and other easily digestible foods. If you suffer from protein indigestion, you should avoid eating dairy products, lean meats, fish, shrimp skin, egg yolks, soy products, kelp, seaweed, etc. For fat indigestion, you should reduce fat-rich foods such as animal fats, egg yolks, vegetable oils, soybeans, peanuts, sesame, etc. 2. Diet therapy can improve indigestion without side effects. Apples can both stop diarrhea and relieve constipation. The fiber contained in apples can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, accelerate defecation and have a laxative effect. Tomatoes contain lycopene, which helps digestion and diuresis, assists gastric juice in digesting fat, inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi, and treats angular stomatitis. Give your baby some yogurt in an appropriate amount. In addition to containing all the nutrients in milk, yogurt is rich in lactic acid and can decompose lactose in milk into lactic acid, helping your baby to digest. 3. If a breastfeeding baby has indigestion, it canTo extend the time between feedings and appropriately reduce the number of feedings. Mothers who provide breast milk should pay attention to adjusting their diet and eat smaller meals more often. Don\’t eat greasy and difficult-to-digest food. For babies fed with milk powder, do not change the proportion of milk powder at will. If you change the milk powder stage or brand, you must adopt an incremental method to allow the baby to gradually adapt. 4. Complementary food should be added according to the age of the baby, from small to large, from liquid to solid, from broken to whole, and from soft to hard. Don’t eat too much new food at one time to allow your baby’s stomach to slowly adapt. Food should be light and less greasy, and should be stewed, steamed, and boiled, and high-fat frying and deep-frying should be avoided. 5. A regular lifestyle is good for your health. Your baby should eat regularly and quantitatively, and avoid unhealthy snacks. Do not eat snacks or fruits before meals. If the baby eats all day long, he will not feel hungry when eating. In the long run, gastrointestinal function will be disordered, which will lead to indigestion. Not eating for at least half an hour before going to bed can easily lead to food accumulation. 6. Let the baby do more appropriate exercises to consume energy, so that the food the baby eats can be easily digested. Regular massage for babies also has a good effect on improving indigestion. 7. For babies with weak gastrointestinal function, you can take some Mommy\’s Love, probiotics, Jinshuangqi, etc. to improve and regulate the gastrointestinal function under the advice of a doctor.