Myths About Infantile Colic

Almost every young mother in the first weeks of her baby’s life pronounces the phrase “infant colic”, explaining with this process and phenomenon any worries of the child, his excitement or crying.

Not every mom knows that the nature of infant colic is still not known even to the most eminent and experienced pediatricians. No one knows what the baby feels, respectively, there is no absolute right way to get rid of colic. If you recall, our grandmothers called the restless state of a newborn baby a bristle, a pet, and in other words, and healers helped get rid of these unpleasant phenomena.

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Nowadays, pediatricians and experienced mothers recommend "treating" the notorious colic in several ways. Below are the most common ones.

The first and most popular way - This is the strictest diet of a nursing mother. Almost everything is excluded from the diet: bread and flour products, fresh vegetables and fruits, cabbage, potatoes, milk and dairy products, some types of cereals. The unfortunate mother, who needs vitamins and good nutrition like no one else, eats porridges on the water, for fear of introducing new foods into the diet.

Of course, a nursing mother should not eat all products indiscriminately, but it is also pointless to adhere to such strict restrictions. I will say more - the presence and absence of colic, as well as their intensity, practically does not depend directly on the foods used by my mother for food. In order to make sure of this, it is worth familiarizing yourself with the process of producing breast milk.

However, the opinions of scientists on this issue were divided - truth and myths: scientists have found out what foods in the diet of a nursing mother cause colic in a child

Second way fight against colic - a warm diaper. The fabric is ironed and applied to the baby’s tummy. This method must be used very carefully, but it is better not to use it at all - warming the baby’s tummy is in some cases very dangerous and fraught with peritonitis and other unpleasant and dangerous conditions.

Third way - carminative drugs containing simethicone. These substances only help to rid the child’s intestines of excess gases. But it is worth keeping in mind that simethicone and its derivatives are still medicines, and, despite the fact that the manufacturer assured us of their safety, any drug has side effects. The most common side effect of such drugs is an allergy, which will cause the baby and mother much more trouble than the notorious colic.

One of the most effective ways to alleviate the suffering of a baby during colic is tummy massage. Massage can be done soft, with a little pressure, in circular movements around the navel of the baby.It is better to ask the attending pediatrician more about the technique of tummy massage, the doctor will show the most useful and simple massage movements.

The main thing to remember is that colic cannot be cured, you just need to outgrow it.. No dill water, a warm diaper and potion will help the baby like her mother’s hands and breast milk.

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Sergei 01/14/2017 at 01:14

You write nonsense. The first months of a baby’s life, his digestive system is very dependent on his mother’s milk. I myself once thought that milk is always the same in composition. No matter how! And what the mother eats in the first “months of colic” directly affects the well-being of the baby. A couple of times it was that cabbage was inadvertently in the mother’s diet. That same night, the child woke up every five minutes, and all night he was tormented by gas workers! It was a nightmare. There were cases with other products, in the end it became obvious that with HB, a diet is necessary!
Anna 10/25/2019 at 15:59

Thanks for the useful information. For us, he was helped by natural drops of Baby Kalm. They are convenient to give, they taste good. With him, we stopped so rumbling in the stomach, gas production decreased and there were much less gas