What are the causes of indigestion in children? Babies with indigestion need to pay attention to these 3 principles

The spleen plays an important role in the digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that children's spleen and stomach transport function is weak, eating too much will hurt the stomach, and hunger will hurt the spleen, and advocates gradually restoring children's digestive function through the spleen.

What is the connection with indigestion in children?

1. Food is difficult to digest

Since infants have poor digestive ability, parents should feed their children food that they can digest, absorb and are willing to accept according to the age characteristics of their children. On the one hand, parents should gradually change the diet from liquid to semi-liquid (such as rice soup, paste food, porridge) and solid food (such as soft rice, bread, etc.) according to the different age characteristics of their children. Infants under 3 months old have different digestive juices from adults, and starch digestion is relatively poor, so special attention should be paid. For infants under 2 years old, the added supplementary food must be rotten, fine and soft. For example, vegetables can be cut, rotten and made into vegetable puree. 2-3 Older babies already have 16-20 milk teeth, and the food can be a little thicker. At the same time, whole melon seeds, beans, peanuts, jelly and other foods are very dangerous to infants and young children, and may be swallowed into organs, so be careful and grind them into powder and break them before eating.

2. Giving too many new foods

For example, some children eat shrimp for the first time and think it tastes good, so they eat a lot all of a sudden, which leads to indigestion. Therefore, when parents let their babies try a new food, let them adapt slowly. Don't give too much at a time, increase it gradually, and let the child have an adaptation process.

3. Unreasonable food combination

After the baby is 4 months old, parents need to add complementary foods other than milk to the baby, and pay attention to giving the baby a nutritionally balanced diet. A balanced diet means that the food the baby eats can meet the needs of his age and physical development. Children's growth requires a variety of nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and trace elements, cellulose and other nutrients. Food is the most basic food, and meat, fish, milk, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc. are all necessary for the body. Therefore, parents need to carefully match their children's diet to achieve variety, avoid partial food, picky eating, and food that is too monotonous.

Three principles should be paid attention to when treating indigestion in infants

(1) Correcting eating behavior is the basis. Eating is a kind of eating behavior. Parents need to give correct demonstration and guidance to their children during the eating process so that their children can develop correct eating habits and behaviors from an early age.

(2) Eat regularly and quantitatively, and eat less snacks. It is very important to develop a habit of eating regularly and quantitatively for children. If you give your child too many snacks, eat candy for a while, eat biscuits for a while, and the stomach is not empty, the child will not feel hungry at the normal eating time. Parents can make children realize that they want to eat at a fixed time, place, tableware and words.

(3) Concentrate on eating and cultivate children's interest in eating. Eating requires concentration, and parents should cultivate children's interest in eating. When eating, children can participate in it, holding a rice bowl, holding a small spoon, and choosing their favorite food, so that children can not only learn to eat, but also cultivate their interest in eating. Create a pleasant eating atmosphere.