Common feeding issues and tummy troubles usually occur because your baby’s digestive system is still developing, especially during their first three to four months.
Learn about typical infant digestive issues, why they happen, and tips to get comfort fast.
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Gas is common in babies, and while it may not always be an indicator of a serious concern, it can make your little one uncomfortable and fussy. Explore our fussiness and gas resources for tips to help your baby feel better.
1. Swallowing air while feeding (the most common cause)
2. A food allergy or sensitivity
3. Constipation or stooling issues
4. A virus
5. Gulping air while crying or sucking a pacifier
While it may be a bit messy, spitting up is often harmless. Explore our baby spit-up resources for tips to help you deal with this common concern.
1. Their digestive function is still developing
2. Overfeeding
3. Spending time on their backs
4. Gas bubbles
5. Overstimulation during or after feeding
Cow's milk protein allergy is a dairy allergy that occurs when the immune system mistakenly identifies a usually harmless protein within cow's milk as harmful and triggers an allergic response.
1. Colic
2. Bloody stools
3. Eczema
4. Vomiting
5. Diarrhea
6. Gas or bloating
7. Skin reactions (rash)
8. Coughing or wheezing
9. Behavioral cues such as irritability or excessive crying after feedings
Colic is prolonged, intense periods of unexplainable crying in otherwise healthy babies. Unlike typical crying and fussiness due to hunger, sleepiness, or discomfort, colic is considered a behavioral pattern with no known cause.
1. Pulling the legs up to the tummy
2. Arched back and clenched fists
3. Flushed face
4. Tense, bloated belly
5. Gassiness
Whether your baby’s poops are few, frequent, or an odd color, stooling issues are not uncommon. Diet, medicines, illness, and underlying health conditions are a few reasons a baby may experience a bowel movement issue.
1. Crying or having an unusually tough time when having bowel movements
2. Arching their back or squeezing their buttocks while trying to produce a bowel movement
3. Their tummy is swollen and they show discomfort when it’s touched
4. Stool is hard, small, and pellet-like, or there are traces of liquid stool in the diaper (which may be passing around dry or impacted stool)
5. Stool is unusually large and wide when passed
6. Significantly fewer bowel movements than before
If your baby has a hard time digesting lactose, the sugar in milk, they might have lactose intolerance or lactose sensitivity. This reaction to lactose can be uncomfortable for your little one and make the time after feeding difficult.
1. Loose stools
2. Diarrhea
3. Vomiting
4. Nausea issues
5. Bloating
6. Flatulence
7. Frequent crying
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