Colic in babies - how to help your child?

One of the first trouble faced by nearly 70% of young parents are colic in newborns. They are associated with functional digestive disorders of the baby. It is due to immaturity of the enzymes involved in the digestion and assimilation of food. And colic in a newborn does not mean that the child is unhealthy. Just in this period, young parents should have more patience and effort.

Signs

In most cases, intestinal colic appear in newborns at the age of 3-4 weeks and continue for up to 3-4 months. Many parents may notice that closer to the evening (17-19 hours) the baby begins to become anxious, shrill and loud scream to draw the legs to the stomach. Usually all these signs are caused by pain, which is caused by gases in the intestine of the child.

At the first time of colic in newborns occur one to two times per week with a duration of 15-20 minutes. Over time, they are repeated more and more often, besides their length is gradually increased. Eventually, cramps begin to disturb the baby almost every day.

Colic in newborns what to do?

To ease the child's condition, parents must follow some guidelines:

• Before you start feeding, the baby should be put on the belly – this position contributes to a more rapid discharge of gases that cause severe pain in the intestines during a meal.
• If you experience any pain, you can warm the tummy ironed with a warm iron linen.
• At the time of attack of intestinal colic it is necessary to do a child massage the abdomen, stroking clockwise.
• Don't forget about the fact that if the child incorrectly takes a nipple, together with the food or water he swallows and the air.
• If not breastfeeding, you can buy a special protivogribkovye bottles and nipples, which regulate the flow of the mixture depending on how fast is sucking.
• The Whole process of feeding should occur in a relaxed environment – without the hustle and bustle.
• Natural-feeding mom should eliminate from your diet those foods that cause flatulence and fermentation. These include: tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, beans, chocolate, milk, kvass, bread fresh, etc.
• After a meal definitely need to take the baby bar to entering the air went out.
• Measures such as warm and stroking tummy not help you can use of the vapour tube.
• Very well established, fennel tea, which is sold in a pharmacy, or a simple dill water, which you can cook at home. It takes 5 grams of dill seeds pour 100 ml of water and cook the broth in a water bath for 20 minutes. The resulting water must be topped up to 100 ml and leave to infuse. To give the child a few spoonfuls throughout the day.
• Synthetic drugs that can advise you at the pharmacy you can use the drops “Babycalm”, “Subsamples” or suspension “Drops”. But these drugs can cause allergies, so their use is possible only on doctor's advice!

When using all of the above recommendations of colic in newborns can work around your kid's party, or at least not to cause him severe pain.