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Around the sixth month after birth, the baby should be stop breastfed and start to incorporate their food products solid consistency, which often wreak havoc on digestion, such as constipation, what to do about it?
Each case is different, so it is very difficult to establish a rule that may apply to all babies in their digestion process, thereby making it possible to say that while some children defecate 4 or 5 times daily is the most normal, for others it will be done once every 2 or 3 days.
Recall that Constipation is defined as infrequent stools issue hard and compact and among the most frequent reasons for which this should include:
Insufficient fluid intake, especially in hot environments where the small is excessive sweating.
Irregular infant feeding by any illness, from mild colds to more complex disorders.
Organic abnormalities, infrequent, requiring strict medical supervision, as excess calcium in the blood or narrowing of the anal canal, among others.
Infants fed formula milk, i.e. breast milk, like cow, soy or artificial and is not well received by the boy's stomach.
When the mixture to the milk powder used ends up being too thick, as they have not followed to the letter the instructions of the product.
Mother's consumption of certain substances such as narcotics (for sleep), or antispasmodic drugs.
Moreover, note that constipation is associated primarily with three stages of development of small:
Breastfeeding. From birth to 4 or 6 months, during which the child's body is still immature and only has the capacity to digest breast milk or if necessary, milk formulas.
From 6 months to 1 year. Usually due to the incorporation of formulas or introduction of complementary feeding through porridge or pureed fruit or vegetables, a process called weaning.
1 year later. When the child joins the family diet because their biological functions at nearly the efficiency of an adult and maturing in psychomotor development allows the child to learn to eat alone.
Important alternatives
The most common type of constipation in small change is that associated with breast milk for infant formulas, especially when dealing with cow's milk, which naturally contains a substance called lactose, which may not be well understood if the baby is missing an enzyme called lactase, which can generate constipation, although diarrhea is more common.
Comparative studies of breast milk substitute and showed that the fat composition of the former is responsible for the production of semi-liquid stools typical of her children are fed, while in the case of artificial formulas results in the fat content, along with calcium child eats with the milk, a complex known as "calcium soaps" which is excreted in the stool and gives them a harder consistency and compact, thus favoring constipation.
Fortunately, advances in nutrition now allow us to find products whose formula is enriched with the type of fat that do not cause calcium soaps, Thereby preventing hard stools and compact.
Within these formulas can also find those containing hydrolyzed milk protein, whose profits derive from a process in which proteins are divided into smaller fragments, thus being more easily digested by the infant, avoiding occurring expulsion of feces hard and compact. The same product is excellent choice for those with intolerance to cow's milk.
Rare cases
Result of frequent constipation in the small and while you have the chance to see the doctor, indicated will be to do an anal examination that must be performed with good lighting and quiet to rule fissures or cracks as a result of the disease. Although presented in very rare cases, not rule out that the origin of the problem is congenital anal stenosis, i.e. the small hole is born with anal too small or there is absence, which is a very rare congenital malformation, caused by abnormal fetal development.
What happens here is that the rectum is completely blind (no end or outlet), forming a pocket that has communication to the urethra (the tube that carries urine is), bladder, base of the penis or scrotum in boys, or vagina in girls, which is where liquid stool is expelled, this problem often associated with Down syndrome.
Now, when the muscles in the area are well developed, shows simple surgery (colostomy) to fully correct the defect, Days after birth. We must clarify that if the involvement has completed several weeks will have to evaluate organs that maintained communication with the rectum and see if they have not been damaged, which will be repaired later by another intervention.
Tips
It never hurts to consider some other tips that can help solve the problems of constipation in babies, for example, do not neglect to provide sufficient fluids, especially in hot weather or having a fever addition to not shelter them too much, because it causes sweating and dehydrated. It is also helpful to massage the boy's abdomen, starting at the navel and circling clockwise to clockwise.
Consult your pediatrician if your child's age allows juices to be given orange, plum or grape between feedings, or fasting and porridge fruit (apple and banana avoiding that promote constipation) or milk with oatmeal, honey and plum jam, or pureed vegetables.
One option is the use of glycerin suppositories (Available at any pharmacy) that will help greatly, as well as stimulate the muscles around the anus by using swabs, which must be handled gently to avoid injuring the child.
To strengthen the abdominal musculature and bowel movement can help the baby through simple exercises consisting of lying in bed, take his legs and slowly flexing, and together they are drawing concentric circles.
Take into account that the real cause constipation, discomfort, and the baby is no exception, so avoid it and go hard time pediatrician at the slightest suspicion of the problem.
Each case is different, so it is very difficult to establish a rule that may apply to all babies in their digestion process, thereby making it possible to say that while some children defecate 4 or 5 times daily is the most normal, for others it will be done once every 2 or 3 days.
Recall that Constipation is defined as infrequent stools issue hard and compact and among the most frequent reasons for which this should include:
Insufficient fluid intake, especially in hot environments where the small is excessive sweating.
Irregular infant feeding by any illness, from mild colds to more complex disorders.
Organic abnormalities, infrequent, requiring strict medical supervision, as excess calcium in the blood or narrowing of the anal canal, among others.
Infants fed formula milk, i.e. breast milk, like cow, soy or artificial and is not well received by the boy's stomach.
When the mixture to the milk powder used ends up being too thick, as they have not followed to the letter the instructions of the product.
Mother's consumption of certain substances such as narcotics (for sleep), or antispasmodic drugs.
Moreover, note that constipation is associated primarily with three stages of development of small:
Breastfeeding. From birth to 4 or 6 months, during which the child's body is still immature and only has the capacity to digest breast milk or if necessary, milk formulas.
From 6 months to 1 year. Usually due to the incorporation of formulas or introduction of complementary feeding through porridge or pureed fruit or vegetables, a process called weaning.
1 year later. When the child joins the family diet because their biological functions at nearly the efficiency of an adult and maturing in psychomotor development allows the child to learn to eat alone.
Important alternatives
The most common type of constipation in small change is that associated with breast milk for infant formulas, especially when dealing with cow's milk, which naturally contains a substance called lactose, which may not be well understood if the baby is missing an enzyme called lactase, which can generate constipation, although diarrhea is more common.
Comparative studies of breast milk substitute and showed that the fat composition of the former is responsible for the production of semi-liquid stools typical of her children are fed, while in the case of artificial formulas results in the fat content, along with calcium child eats with the milk, a complex known as "calcium soaps" which is excreted in the stool and gives them a harder consistency and compact, thus favoring constipation.
Fortunately, advances in nutrition now allow us to find products whose formula is enriched with the type of fat that do not cause calcium soaps, Thereby preventing hard stools and compact.
Within these formulas can also find those containing hydrolyzed milk protein, whose profits derive from a process in which proteins are divided into smaller fragments, thus being more easily digested by the infant, avoiding occurring expulsion of feces hard and compact. The same product is excellent choice for those with intolerance to cow's milk.
Rare cases
Result of frequent constipation in the small and while you have the chance to see the doctor, indicated will be to do an anal examination that must be performed with good lighting and quiet to rule fissures or cracks as a result of the disease. Although presented in very rare cases, not rule out that the origin of the problem is congenital anal stenosis, i.e. the small hole is born with anal too small or there is absence, which is a very rare congenital malformation, caused by abnormal fetal development.
What happens here is that the rectum is completely blind (no end or outlet), forming a pocket that has communication to the urethra (the tube that carries urine is), bladder, base of the penis or scrotum in boys, or vagina in girls, which is where liquid stool is expelled, this problem often associated with Down syndrome.
Now, when the muscles in the area are well developed, shows simple surgery (colostomy) to fully correct the defect, Days after birth. We must clarify that if the involvement has completed several weeks will have to evaluate organs that maintained communication with the rectum and see if they have not been damaged, which will be repaired later by another intervention.
Tips
It never hurts to consider some other tips that can help solve the problems of constipation in babies, for example, do not neglect to provide sufficient fluids, especially in hot weather or having a fever addition to not shelter them too much, because it causes sweating and dehydrated. It is also helpful to massage the boy's abdomen, starting at the navel and circling clockwise to clockwise.
Consult your pediatrician if your child's age allows juices to be given orange, plum or grape between feedings, or fasting and porridge fruit (apple and banana avoiding that promote constipation) or milk with oatmeal, honey and plum jam, or pureed vegetables.
One option is the use of glycerin suppositories (Available at any pharmacy) that will help greatly, as well as stimulate the muscles around the anus by using swabs, which must be handled gently to avoid injuring the child.
To strengthen the abdominal musculature and bowel movement can help the baby through simple exercises consisting of lying in bed, take his legs and slowly flexing, and together they are drawing concentric circles.
Take into account that the real cause constipation, discomfort, and the baby is no exception, so avoid it and go hard time pediatrician at the slightest suspicion of the problem.
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