The main happiness of every woman is the birth of a child. But the birth of a newborn baby brings to the life of a young mother a lot of sleepless nights, trouble, worries about the health of her baby.
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One of the first problems that a nursing mother has to face is colic in newborns. This misfortune does not allow the baby to fall asleep at night, it becomes capricious. And the nursing mother should in this case strictly adjust her diet. She needs to know what products cause colic in newborns, and exclude them from her menu.
What to do to mom with colic in a newborn?
In order to understand which products cause colic in newborns, the nursing mother must observe her nutrition and the subsequent condition of the baby. It is advisable to keep notes on the type of food diary.
It must be borne in mind that the baby will react to one or another product after about 5-6 hours.
The negative reaction will appear in the fact that the baby will be capricious, cry and bend his legs. After some time, mom will be able to make her own list of “colic called” products.
General recommendations
There is a common list of products compiled by pediatricians who cause colic in newborns. If the baby constantly suffers from colic, the nursing mother should stop using the following products:
- fruit and vegetables high. They cannot be eaten raw, but you need to bake or prepare in a double boiler, you can just boil it. The nursing mother should also refuse sauer vegetables for the same reason (sauerkraut, soaked apples, etc.);
- crouping bread. The fermentation processes that are used when baking such bread, adversely act on the children's intestines, causing increased flatulence. Bread in the diet of a nursing mother must be replaced with bread, since when preparing them the fermentation process is not used. And due to the fact that they are made of whole grain, the vitamin B contained in them exceeds the content of this vitamin in ordinary black bread;
- peas and beans, other legumes. The nursing mother should forget about them for 6-7 months, and in any form. The protein contained in these products is replaced by protein contained in cottage cheese, fish, low -fat meat. If the nursing mother is a vegetarian, she will be very useful for her soy cheese “Tofu”;
- whole milk: Many breast babies, unfortunately, absolutely do not tolerate lactose. This intolerance can be relatively easy. The rejection of lactose leads to the fact that in the intestine there is increased gas formation after taking any product that includes lactose - milk sugar. Milk contains a large amount of calcium and protein, and for this reason it is useful for people.
But the nursing mother should limit the intake of whole milk and replace it with fermented milk products - sour cream, yogurts, kefir, etc.
The food effect of such products is much more effective than in whole milk. It is good that a nursing mother can eat dairy products almost without restrictions.
Useful tips
If, nevertheless, a newborn baby suffers from intestinal colic, he can help him in the following simple ways:
- massage: The child needs to be put on the back and start massaging the tummy. The movements should be neat, circular, clockwise around the navel;
- warming: cotton or flannel diaper is ironed with an iron and warm (not hot!) Put for about 10 minutes on the tummy of the baby;
- fennel broth, dill water, children's special tea. With colic, give the child several teaspoons.
In addition, now in pharmacies they offer a wide range of drugs that quickly save the baby from colic. In addition, they can be used from the very birth of a child.
But still, you should not get carried away with such drugs because over time the child body gets used to such syrups, and they cease to be effective.