Why Babies Cry After Breastfeeding, Especially at Night?
- By : Karyn W
Every time after breastfeeding, especially in the evening, the child cries more and more. What’s going on here? Even if you and your family take turns holding the baby in your arms, you won’t be able to pacify your child. You may be confused by whether the child is full or ill.
Colic
The colic will cause the baby to cry. The British medical journal listed a standard for hernias: a baby crying at least three hours a day, crying at least three hours a week, and less than three months old.
There is no known cause of colic. Even the actual clinical incidence of colic, estimated by BMJ, is about 20 percent of all babies, which is tricky. A study has found that mothers, in most cases, think the baby will get a hernia by mistake, so to avoid labeled “a hernia” to the child, and try to find out the root cause of the problem is very important. Even true medical “colic” is a catch-all term, and there may be many different reasons.
Acid reflux
One of the causes of infant colic is actually acid reflux, called gastroesophageal reflux disease. Gastric acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux is manifested as colic in infants and stomachache in school-aged children, which later becomes the actual heartburn pain of adolescents. If the baby did not gain weight properly, it would seem to cry more strongly after feeding and spit out a lot.
There are very few real gastroesophageal reflux diseases, which may be caused by abnormal development of the esophagus and stomach or excessive gastric acid secretion. In most cases, the diagnosis of a baby reflux is based solely on the infant’s individual symptoms. If the doctor doubt is severe cases, however, several different testing methods can diagnose the baby reflux, which included small-bowel biopsies to infants, or use x-rays to observe any part of the obstruction that affected.
Food allergy
Some babies, especially breastfed babies, may be allergic to certain foods that their mother is eating. Breastfeeding medicine points out that milk protein in breast milk is the most common allergens, but even if the true allergy is also very rare – only about 0.5% to 0.5% of exclusive breastfeeding baby was thought to have milk protein allergy. The other most common culprits are eggs, corn, and soybeans. If the baby shows signs of extreme irritability after feeding and has other symptoms, such as blood, then allergies should be considered.
Besides true allergy, there is some evidence that in breastfeeding (mainly is to avoid the allergy of food, such as dairy products, eggs, and corn), in the case of low allergen diet, is likely to be after the baby was born in the first six weeks of good. The American Academy of Pediatrics also notes that certain foods, such as broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables and chocolate, are associated with excessive excitement in infants.