When feeding the baby artificially, pay attention to that the suction port of the nipple should not be too big or too small when choosing a bottle. Too big can easily lead to suffocation, too small can easily lead to sucking weakness. It is best to use a soft rubber nipple. For premature infants who have neither sucking ability nor swallowing ability, it is recommended to be hospitalized for observation.
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Low birth weight infants are prone to the risk of metabolic diseases such as diabetes when they are over-fed.
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How to feed low birth weight infants: intermittent feeding with stomach tube
The stomach tube is fed intermittently, and the doctor will insert the stomach tube from the nasal cavity. If you inject a little air, you can hear blisters in your stomach, which means that the stomach tube has reached your stomach. If there is no special milk bank in the hospital, the new mother needs to squeeze out the breast milk (specially prepared milk can also be used), and hang 15-20ml of milk in the syringe of the gastric tube every 2-3 hours to let it naturally flow into the baby's stomach.
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In addition, every time you feed, you should first suck out some gastric juice to see if there is any residual milk. If there is, you should reduce the amount of feeding. If the baby is malnourished, it can be supplemented by additional intravenous nutrient solution.
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How to feed low birth weight infants: continuous feeding with duodenal catheter
If the newborn has extremely low birth weight or gastrointestinal failure, the gastric tube should continue to go deep until it reaches the duodenum or jejunum, where bile or alkaline intestinal fluid can be extracted. Put the milk into the hanging tube, and then drop the milk of one day into the stomach at the speed of 2ml per hour.
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If the newborn has gastrointestinal bleeding, it is necessary to stop eating until the bleeding stops, the abdominal distension disappears, and the baby has a foraging reaction before resuming eating.
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How to care for low birth weight babies
1, breast milk is the best
Low birth weight infants must have sufficient nutrition to return to normal weight, so even if the gastrointestinal function is not good, they should try to breastfeed. Because the rich nutrition in breast milk is exactly what the baby needs urgently, the antibodies in it can keep the baby away from the disease. In addition, breastfeeding can reduce the chances of indigestion and diarrhea and promote the steady weight gain of babies. If the breast milk is insufficient and the baby weighs less than 4 kg, it should be fed with a special formula, in which iron, calcium, phosphorus, sodium and vitamins are specially added.
2. Eat after inhalation
The sucking ability of low birth weight infants is generally biased, so it is best for mothers to suck out the milk with a breast pump and then feed it manually. Their swallowing ability is also poor, so they must feed slowly to avoid choking the baby.
3. Eat less and eat more.
Low birth weight infants have small stomach capacity and poor digestive function. If they eat too much milk at a time, it will easily lead to indigestion and diarrhea. Therefore, mothers should work harder and pay attention to eating less and more meals. Babies with average weight 1.5 ~ 2kg should be fed every 2 hours. Feed 12 times a day; Babies weighing 2 ~ 2.5 kg are fed 8 times a day and once every 3 hours.
4. Nutritional supplement
Low birth weight infants should also be properly supplemented with vitamins and minerals according to their physical conditions to avoid diseases caused by lack of certain nutrients. Therefore, mothers should pay attention to observing and recording the baby's physical condition every day to avoid analyzing and adjusting his diet.