Babies are easily affected by immature gastrointestinal development and are prone to spitting or overflowing milk. However, as long as parents adopt the correct feeding posture or pat their backs in a timely manner after feeding, this situation rarely occurs. Recently, some parents have found that their babies always spit milk by hand and are very confused. They asked why their babies always spit milk by hand at 5 months old?
After a baby reaches 5 months old, they will enter a period of oral exploration. At this time, the baby likes to put everything in their mouth. If parents do not allow the baby to eat, the baby will become accustomed to eating their own hands. The reason why babies may vomit milk when eating their hands may be that the baby extends their fingers into the mouth to pick it up, which may stimulate the throat and esophagus, causing nausea and vomiting.
The oral exploration period is a necessary stage for the growth of infants. Through biting, it is beneficial for infants to chew food and grow teeth, which plays a decisive role. Therefore, parents should not prohibit infants from doing oral exploration because they are afraid of affecting their physical health. Parents only need to prepare some dental toys for infants to do oral exploration, which can meet their needs and prevent the occurrence of spitting.
When choosing toys for babies to explore their oral cavity, the requirement for the toys is that they should be large enough to prevent the baby from easily swallowing or choking, but not too large to allow the baby to safely move in the mouth. These toys are usually triangular or have small protrusions to allow young children to flexibly move in their mouths for oral exploration or bite exercises.
