The digestive system of a newborn baby is not yet adapted to "adult" food. Its main and most wholesome food is mother’s breast milk. All other substances will only have a negative effect on the body of a little man, as a result of which digestion and vomiting in the infant can occur. For this reason, it is possible to start complementary foods or feeding with milk formula only with the permission of the pediatrician and under his supervision.
Quite often, vomiting in a baby can occur due to an intestinal infection, with which the baby's immunity is still not able to fight. There are times when a mother nursing a child , forgetting about the rules of personal hygiene, is the reason for the infection of the baby. In no case should mothers take a baby’s dummy and baby’s nipple in their mouths, taste the mixture, take the baby in their arms, without washing their hands with soap.
In addition to intestinal infection, there are a number of other reasons that can cause vomiting in a baby:
- nutritional errors in the diet of a nursing mother;
- sudden changes in temperature;
- the introduction of complementary foods or a new type of food;
- change of adapted milk mixture ;
- violation of the development of the digestive tract;
- made in violation of vaccination;
- binge eating. If the child ate more milk than his stomach allows, then the body will get rid of excess fluid through vomiting. This is a kind of protective reflex;
- feeding improperly prepared milk mixture or a mixture of powder stored for a long time;
- feeding foods that are not intended for a given age, which may result in gastritis (inflammation of the gastric mucosa) or gastroenteritis (inflammation of the organs located below).
If the vomiting in a small child does not disappear for a sufficiently long time, causes lethargy and apathy of the baby, is accompanied by temperature, convulsions, causes dryness, pallor of the skin, leads to a decrease in body weight, then this condition requires an immediate emergency ambulance. With a single vomiting, you can restrict yourself to calling a doctor at home for a consultation.
Often in the practice of pediatricians, severe vomiting occurs in a child, accompanied by a high temperature. This ailment occurs as a result of taking medications. The thing is that the baby’s body is not ready to take pharmacological preparations, for this reason the baby has an emetic process, due to which the child’s body gets rid of the drug, antibiotic or antipyretic. Also, vomiting can occur as a reaction of the baby's body to a high temperature.
If you see signs of vomiting and fever in your child, call an ambulance immediately. At this time, provide the baby with a plentiful drink, create conditions for the vertical position of the body, preventing the head from tilting back, do not feed the child and do not give him any medications, periodically clean the baby's nasal passages and in no case prevent the vomit from escaping.
If vomiting in a baby appears at the moment when complementary foods began to be introduced into the baby’s diet, this indicates that the stomach is not ready to absorb new food. In this case, postpone the introduction of complementary foods for a few days, start giving a new product in a smaller volume, carefully monitor the quality of the food consumed by the baby, and be sure to consult your doctor.
If the baby undergoes vomiting for up to a year (with the introduction of complementary foods), then, perhaps, treatment with medications will be needed. It will allow you to properly form the intestinal microflora and create conditions for the normal functioning of the pancreas.