Specialists who observe women during pregnancy, and pediatricians more and more confidently associate allergic reactions that occur in newborns with the frequency of stressful situations experienced by the mother during the period of gestation, and with her diet both in the “pregnant” months and and with lactation.
Therefore, the first advice from doctors: a minimum of emotions, a maximum of positive emotions, the right products and a healthy lifestyle for a future mother. These "three whales" are the panacea for allergies in infants.
It is more difficult if the protein intolerance in a child is due to genetic reasons. But even in this case, everything is not so hopeless: a hypoallergenic mixture for the newborn comes to the rescue.
Causes of Allergies
Often this unpleasant and dangerous disease affects children who are breast-fed. Since they are forced to receive cow's milk protein or gluten (also protein, but of vegetable origin) instead of mother’s mother’s milk, which is so easily absorbed by the mother’s child’s usual habitual for the whole mother’s body. And alien protein elements are not so good that the baby's body perceived them meekly and obediently.
The cause of the occurrence of food allergies can be congenital atopy - an “inherited” allergy or some diseases that the mother suffered during pregnancy. Not the last negative role is assigned to bad habits, parting with which many women do not find strength, even bearing a child. The main danger is smoking.
It is bad if the mother, while breastfeeding the baby, cannot deny herself the pleasure of eating something that should not be eaten during this crucial period: fruits, vegetables, berries, nuts, excessive eggs and milk, too spicy, fried foods or strong broths . As a result, a child pays for maternal inability to tolerate.
Symptomatology
Allergies in a newborn baby can be recognized by bloating, vomiting and constant regurgitation, diarrhea or constipation, runny nose and cough, which is not typical for infants dyspnea. Symptoms may occur separately or in combination.
Having noticed one or more suspicious signs in a baby up to six months or a year, it is necessary to immediately consult a pediatrician and begin to change the composition of the food. At the same time, young and inexperienced mothers should memorize, as twice as two: the hypoallergenic mixture for the newborn is introduced into the diet gradually, there should not be any replacements at a time.
What is allergy dangerous and how to avoid it
If the child’s body began to irritate the protein, then this is only the first bell to the fact that in the future it may increase sensitivity to other types of allergens, and the baby will suffer not only from the inability to eat normally, but also from plant pollen, house dust and animal hair.
In order to avoid such a serious problem, it is necessary from the first months of life to take all measures to combat allergies.
Firstly, and this is the most important and effective, you need to keep the baby breast-fed as long as possible. The protein of human milk is not alien, and the child’s body cannot reject it a priori, it responds to the composition of mother’s milk quite adequately.
Secondly, with an acute shortage of breast milk and an absolute contraindication to cow's, a hypoallergenic mixture for newborns is necessary . Reviews of the mixed type of feeding indicate that babies should not be given half-adapted milk formulas (containing natural protein) for up to six months - they will not be able to absorb, they will not be able to get rid of allergic manifestations.
Adaptation of mixtures: full and partial
To understand what mixtures and at what age should be introduced into the children's diet, you need to know about artificial nutrition for infants, one main nuance: milk formulas are divided into fully and partially adapted for absorption by the fragile body of the baby.
Even an inexperienced mother is unacceptable not to know which hypoallergenic mixture for newborns is needed in her child’s specific case. The names should sound clearly and specifically, since it depends on how effective the help to the baby will be.
So, fully adapted mixtures in composition resemble mother's milk as much as possible, created on the basis of demineralized whey. You can recognize them by the numbers present in the name - 1 or 0-6 ("Hipp-1", "Nutrilon-1", "Nutrilak-0-6").
Partially adapted are more nutritious because they contain milk protein. Actually, it becomes the reason that the body of a newborn baby cannot easily absorb such a complex product. Mixtures with natural milk protein are recommended for children who have crossed the "solid" six-month milestone. When choosing such mixtures, you must be guided by the "deuce" or the age indicator 6-12 on the package ("Nan-6-12" or "Hipp-2").
Mixtures and their composition
Breasts can suffer from various manifestations of food allergies - it all depends on the cause of the disease and on the individual characteristics of the body.
To rid a specific baby of specific allergic reactions, it is necessary to use only the mixture that is most suitable for the composition and, instead of the long-awaited relief, will not bring even more trouble.
Each hypoallergenic mixture for newborns, a list of which given slightly below, differs from the others in composition, but none of them is universal. Therefore, the selection of the main food product for infants should be approached very carefully and only after consulting a pediatrician.
Types of mixtures by composition:
- based on goat's milk ("Cabrida 1 Gold", "Nenny");
- based on soy isolates (Similak-Izomil, Nan-soya, Nutrilak-soya, Soya-semp, Tutteli-soya, etc.);
- based on cow’s milk hydrolysates (Nutrilon low-lactose-4, Pepti-Junior, Alfare, Frizopep, Hipp-GA).
Basis - goat milk
From time immemorial, in village families where children grew up, a mandatory item was to keep a goat or even a few on the farm. And now, for the sake of healing the child, every mother tries to buy natural goat milk. True, this option is good for infants. And the smallest need only it - a hypoallergenic mixture for the newborn.
The composition of goat's milk is not very different from the composition of cow's, but, nevertheless, the child’s body absorbs its proteins and fats more easily.
Goat-based mixtures are indicated for babies who have allergic reactions to cow and soy milk. But absolutely healthy children eat them with pleasure.
Basis - soy
Soya mixtures - a product in which lactose is completely absent. They would seem to be the best option for feeding babies with intolerance to cow's milk.
More recently, the hypoallergenic formula for babies "Nan" on soybeans was at the peak of popularity.
But over time, parents began to notice something was wrong: mixtures on a similar basis began to cause allergies in babies. Soy protein was not so harmless. Therefore, before entering the mixture in the baby menu, everything must be weighed and double-checked. A child cannot be an object of experimentation.
Basis - cow's milk
These mixtures are divided into subgroups according to their purpose:
- therapeutic, without antigens, are necessary for the nutrition of children with pronounced allergic reactions;
- therapeutic and preventive are recommended for use by babies who are at risk of food allergies, as well as with mild forms of its manifestation (most mothers prefer to buy a domestic product. As a most optimal option, the hypoallergenic mixture for newborns Nutrilak made in Russia has proven itself);
- preventive - a product of the preventive group that prevents the occurrence of allergies.
Selection rules
Two factors play a leading role in choosing the most suitable product:
- The specialist’s assessment of the general state of the child’s health and the degree of allergy in the child’s body.
- Parent awareness. Hypoallergenic a mixture for a newborn, first of all, a medicinal product, and only then - food.
When choosing a mixture, it is necessary to pay attention to such important nuances as the protein content (the optimal amount is from 12 to 14 g per liter of ready-to-eat product); protein quality, which is determined by the ratio of serum to casein (for babies up to six months, this figure should not exceed 80/20); the content of fats and carbohydrates, the amount of which should be as close as possible to that found in breast milk.
If from the first days of life the baby is deprived of mother's milk, then among the options for artificial nutrition, you can find a substitute. Officially, it is called that - a substitute for breast milk, essentially the same hypoallergenic formula for newborns, "Similak".
True, judging by the reviews, there are some problems with it: it is not suitable for all children and has a pungent smell.