Children's antireflux mixtures. How to choose an antireflux mixture for a newborn

While on mixed nutrition, infants can often regurgitate after feeding. To prevent this from happening, children's doctors recommend using special mixtures that are different depending on the type of thickener.

Antireflux mixture

Antirefluxive mixtures are prescribed only by pediatricians, in order to reduce the number of regurgitations of the baby. There are children who have a reaction to artificial feeding can be negative. They begin to regurgitate food, there are constipation and stomach colic. You can treat such diseases with the help of mixtures. The dose and brand of the product is also chosen by a specialist.

Numerous advice of young mothers to each other will not replace the advice of a doctor, because each child is individual. Consequently, what is suitable for one can only strengthen the gag reflex and constipation in another.

All antireflux mixtures are made on the basis of milk. However, their composition is different. From the usual mixtures that feed parents to infants, antireflux are different, mainly, their density. They are either initially thick, or become so already in the baby in the tummy.

Sometimes doctors recommend mixing antireflux nutrition with the usual. In some cases, the mixture will act only in conjunction with other treatments for regurgitation.

How to feed an antireflux mixture?

Many pediatricians rely on their parents' choice. They do not prescribe a specific anti-reflux mixture. Can only advise a few types. In such cases it is necessary to read the composition of the preparation in detail. Any mixture should be based on milk.

There are no special wisdoms in feeding. Antireflux mixtures are recommended to give two, three times a week at most. More frequent use can harm the digestive system.

Pediatricians advise not to shake the baby after eating, do not change his diaper, than it can provoke regurgitation. Wait at least half an hour, until the food thickens in the stomach, and only then take the baby in his arms. How to give antireflux mixture, we have already figured out. Now let's talk about what additives are included in its composition and how they prevent regurgitation.

Gum as a thickener

To achieve the desired density of the product, gum is added to the antireflux mixture. This means do not constantly feed the newborn. They are replaced by one second of the total volume of food taken.

The mixture does not use any chemical additives, and it can be used from birth. In it there is a gum from carob trees, which is a perfectly natural fiber, suitable for nutrition. They thicken already inside the stomach, getting into an acidic environment. Due to their qualities, the fibers swell and the slurry becomes thick.

Antireflux mixtures with gum do not apply for more than 3 months. Galban can interfere with the absorption of nutrients. Additional components of the mixture harmoniously act on the intestines of the baby, enriching it with useful elements.

Starch as a thickener

Another substance that is used for mixtures as a thickening agent is polysaccharide starch. It is absolutely natural. It can be used for a long time. Such antireflux mixtures for newborns are completely allowed to give the child instead of the usual artificial feeding.

Starch already begins to thicken in a baby bottle . For these mixtures, a nipple with a larger opening is usually used than usual. They are recommended by pediatricians to newborns, because they are good at constipation.

"Bellakt"

Antireflux mixture "Bellakt" is used during mixed feeding since the birth of the child. If the baby from the moment of birth was on artificial feeding, it is obvious that he will be given the most sparing food. The choice though and rich, but doctors usually prefer one variant. In the maternity hospital, most likely, will offer "Bellakt" in addition to the usual mixtures.

This product can be fed from birth to a year. Some doctors, having learned that one-year-old children had problems with the intestines, and they are tormented by constipation, they are prescribed to add "Bellakt" to their food.

The right dose of the mixture is thrown into warm water, heated to 40 degrees Celsius. Having dissolved the correct amount, the bottle should be shaken for a few minutes so that there are no lumps. Mom should check by dropping on his hand a solution, whether it is suitable temperature. After such procedures, the mixture can be given to the child.

The basis of "Bellakt" is gum. Therefore, do not replace this antireflux mixture with the main food. It is recommended to feed her baby only for a short time.

"Nutrilak"

The mixture "Nutrilak" (antireflux) is created on the basis of gum. It is recommended to take the children together with the main artificial feeding in the first year of life.

Thanks to "Nutrilak" the baby gets rid of not only from regurgitation, but also from colic, as well as from constipation.

Nucleotides in the mixture strengthen immunity, and also form a useful microflora in the intestine.

"Samper Lemolak"

Formerly mixtures have been named, into which gum enters as a thickener. The mixture of the antireflux children's "Samper Lemolak" was created on the basis of starch.

You can go to it from the first day of your life. It contains pure protein. In addition, "Samper Lemolak" does not cause allergies.

A baby taking a product does not regurgitate, because it has a small dose of citric acid. In the stomach, she turns protein into cottage cheese.

Due to the fact that children do not fully digest the starch, part of it reaches the colon and forms a useful microflora there. "Samper Lemolak" can also be used during constipation.

Each of the above powders should be diluted in water of different temperatures. On the boxes with the product there are detailed instructions.

It is desirable to keep the usual mixture for feeding in another bottle. It is best not to mix antireflux and normal food in one dish.

Parents are advised to have a few bottles for different purposes. Without the appointment of a doctor, none of the mixtures with antireflux effect should not be used. All of them are considered curative, are sold only in pharmacies.

Before prescribing such products by the child, the pediatrician should find out if he has any allergies or problems with the intestines. The most popular antireflux mixtures containing starch are:

• "NAS".

• "Nestle."

• "Samper Lemolak."

• "Celia."

• "Enfamil."

• "Nutrilon Comfort".

Popular antirefluxing mixtures for newborns based on locust bean gum:

• "Humana".

• "Hipp Antireflux".

• "Nutrilak".

• "Frisov."

• "Bellakt".

• "Grandma's Lukoshko."

• "Nutrilon Antireflux".

Mixtures can be given to children up to a year. Those solutions in which there is a gum, it is best to apply once a week, not more often.