Adequate, high-quality sleep is important for everyone, especially for the physical and intelligent development of infants and young children who are growing and developing. The things that the baby sleeps about are almost the questions that most moms in the clinic must ask. They wonder what is wrong with the baby's constant effort, twisting and turning, and his face is red when he sleeps. Is there something uncomfortable or missing? To solve this problem, we must first understand the sleep characteristics of the baby.
When the baby comes to this world, the nervous system has not yet developed perfectly, so it is easily stimulated by the external environment, resulting in unstable sleep, humming, writhing around. This requires a process of adaptation and development.
The smaller your child sleeps, the longer it sleeps. Each sleep cycle is divided into light sleep and deep sleep, and small babies under three months of age begin to enter the light sleep stage. In the light sleep stage, babies will smile, frown, suck, writhe, sob, hum and other movements, so it feels like they are sleeping very unsteadily. In fact, this is the baby is in the light sleep stage. This light sleep, which lasts about 20 minutes or so, is essential for the development of the newborn's brain.
So don't bother him in this situation, because it will affect his sleep. Mothers can wrap the baby swaddling, create a feeling of being wrapped in the mother's belly, which can enhance the baby's sense of security and effectively reduce this wake-up; or do touch for the baby, which can promote parent-child emotional communication, stabilize the baby's mood, and have great benefits for the development of the baby's nervous system and the improvement of sleep.
On the other hand, it may be that the baby is not feeling well before he hums and twists and turns. There are mainly the following aspects:
Environmental factors: such as the baby's sleeping environment is too noisy, the temperature is too low or too high, the child's quilt is too thick, the package is too tight, etc. will cause the baby to be uncomfortable.
Diet: Frequent hunger due to inadequate feeding, or indigestion, flatulence, constipation, and even colic due to excessive or improper feeding.
Vitamin D or calcium deficiency: The baby grows too fast or fails to supplement vitamin D on time, resulting in vitamin D or calcium deficiency will cause the baby to hum, twist, wake up frequently, and sleep restlessly.
Therefore, don't worry about this situation, check item by item, and solve them one by one. Pay attention to the care of your baby and supplement your vitamin D on time. Pay attention to the baby's eating and growth and development, as long as you eat well, grow well, and have good spirits, there is no big problem. On the contrary, you have to come to the hospital for further examination to rule out other diseases.
Source: Xi'an Central Hospital
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Editor: Lei Yang
Review: Liang Yuan