The gripes lasting sometimes to four-months age bring a lot of disappointment to both the newborn, and his parents. Traditional medicine and modern science will help to have hard times of infantile gripes.
Hardly in the world there will be parents unfamiliar with the phenomenon of infantile gripes. The poor kid makes an effort and cries for hours without a break, and not less unfortunate parents quite often do not know how to help him. Alas, it is impossible to avoid the unpleasant period as gripes – a consequence of the happening changes in digestive system of the child. However there are many ways to alleviate suffering of the newborn.
Diet
For the babies who are on breastfeeding, the correct diet of mom has to become a basis of fight against gripes. The woman nursing needs to remember that everything eaten by her, will have the consequences for the kid. And therefore during feeding by a breast mom should adhere to a strict diet, avoiding the products rich with cellulose and strengthening fermentation processes. Doctors recommend to nursing mothers to steer clear of products from fat whole milk.
If the kid on artificial feeding, special mixes "from gripes", offered by some producers of baby food help to avoid troubles. It is important to remember that water has to enter a diet of "bottle-fed baby" surely. To reduce problems with digestion, the child - "bottle-fed baby" should offer a small bottle with usual drinking water from time to time. For babies this point is not obligatory.
Rules of fight against gripes
The pose of the baby is very important during feeding. Ideally it has to be such: the baby lies on one side (in a bed under a back of the kid it is possible to enclose the diaper curtailed by the roller), and his head is higher than the level of a breast. This pose will help to avoid swallowing excess air and, as a result, further gripes. For the child on artificial feeding it is recommended to select special nipples - "antikolikovy". The device of such pacifiers helps to prevent swallowing air by the baby, and, so and gripes. Prevention of gripes is very important. To minimize risk of emergence of troubles, it is necessary to spread before each feeding the newborn on a tummy approximately for 5-7 minutes. It is necessary to spread on rather firm surface, but not on soft pillows and blankets. After feeding of the child it is necessary to take "column" vertically, having put his head to itself on a shoulder. It is necessary that the baby srygnut excess air. To help the kid, it is possible to stroke him on a back or it is even very gentle on it to clap. During passive morning exercises, evening massage and during the day it is necessary to give several minutes to a tummy of the baby. Soft strokings – usual circular, strokings up-down or imitating rotation of a windmill – excellent prophylactic of gripes.
Folk remedies of fight against gripes
Traditional medicine found the ways of fight against infantile gripes. So the most known folk remedy of relief of infantile sufferings is dill water. To prepare such water, it is necessary to take 1 tablespoon of seeds of fennel and to place in a porcelain teapot or in a thermos. Seeds should be filled in with a glass of abrupt boiled water then to let stand 1 hour. Then infusion should be filtered and further to give to the kid on 1 teaspoon 3 times a day in breaks between feedings.
Modern pharmaceutical means of fight against gripes
Any pharmacy can offer at least one of modern means of fight against infantile gripes. It or carminative medicines like Espumizan, or means on a natural basis – Bebikalm, "Plantex" and others.
How to facilitate an attack of gripes
What to do if the attack of gripes already began? How to stop or easing at least torments of the baby? Best of all heat helps. It is necessary to calm the kid, to take on hands, to press slightly to itself, warming with the heat and giving feeling of safety, supports. Well dry heat on the sufferer's tummy helps. It can be a heated soft diaper, a hot-water bottle, just warm hand of mom. In hard cases if the attack dragged on or is especially strong, mechanical means will come to the rescue. The exhaust tubule, an enema or even the tip of the thermometer (certainly, electronic) which is plentifully greased with vaseline concern those. However application of such means demands observance of exact recommendations and the most strict safety measures as intestines of the child are extremely vulnerable. And the most important is to remember that everything comes to an end sooner or later. Also the unpleasant period of infantile gripes will end, having returned night rest to the child and his parents. Will end, without having left even memories of itself.