Baby sleep is always turned over and over unsteady, what to do?

Yesterday, a mother in the background left a message saying, "My baby is turning over and over when he sleeps, he always can't sleep steadily, what should I do?" ”

The baby's every move is tied to the heart of the parents, even if it is a simple sleep, the parents do not forget to look left and right, afraid of missing something?

So let's talk about whether the baby sleeps steadily today, what should I do?

Why doesn't your baby sleep soundly?

There can be many reasons why your child can't sleep soundly:

1. Baby within one year of age

Often for physiological factors, the needs are not met the baby will not sleep steadily, such as hungry, urinating, sleeping environment is not suitable, such as too hot or too cold.

2. Babies over one year old

In addition to considering physical discomfort, it is also necessary to consider psychological factors, such as the baby's bed recognition, nightmares, bedwetting, or the sleep state is affected due to the irregular time of going to bed. If you are too excited during the day or before going to bed, you may also have symptoms of restless sleep at night.

3. Normal phenomenon of light sleep

The baby's sleep can be divided into 7 to 8 cycles, light sleep and deep sleep alternately, in light sleep and dreaming when the baby has movement is normal, such as sometimes there is a sucking action, muscle fluttering, sometimes suddenly appear smiling, sometimes like a grimace, sometimes pouting, sometimes the body like in the stretch waist, or sudden muscle movement, occasional sound, irregular breathing and so on.

These normal manifestations are often mistaken by parents as the baby's unstable sleep, too much care for the baby, as everyone knows, too much care has affected the child's normal sleep.

Therefore, we must know the performance of the baby's light sleep, know that he is actually not uncomfortable, and light sleep is very important for the development of the baby's brain, when the baby is a light sleep, don't disturb his dreams!

4. Night terrors

Even in deep sleep, your baby will have partial awakenings. Sometimes the mother may find that she is sleeping well, and the child suddenly opens his eyes and is frightened! But this actually has no effect on the child, it is a manifestation of night terrors, and the children will not have memories of waking up at night after waking up.

At this time, parents do not need to shake the baby awake, only quietly wait for the whole process to pass, and the baby can fall asleep on its own again.

Night terrors usually occur in older babies, especially in the case of children with fever or changes in sleep status, such as long-distance travel, vacation, or relatives at home, for children who are tired of playing during the day, the way to deal with night terrors is to let them sleep a little more, such as 30 minutes before bedtime, night terrors will not be so frequent.

For babies about 3 months after birth, if night terrors occur repeatedly, the mother should check the amount of sweating when the baby sleeps, whether there is a missing pillow baldness, etc., if the room temperature is not high, the baby sweats a lot, and often shakes the head and rubs the pillow due to the stimulation of head sweat, resulting in occipital hair loss, forming "pillow baldness", which may be the manifestation of vitamin D deficiency, and it is necessary to see a doctor in time.

What should I do if my baby shakes his head before going to bed?

Some babies love to hit their cribs with their heads when they sleep, often frightening their parents. In fact, it's most likely the baby shaking his head for attention.

About 5 to 10% of children in the first few years of life, will appear before going to sleep shaking their heads or hitting the crib with their heads, hitting the wall, etc., this behavior generally begins when the baby is 8 months old, and is more common in male babies.

It is safe to rest assured that shaking your head before falling asleep is not a terrible thing, and children will not have any behavioral problems or psychological problems when they grow up, and these behaviors will generally disappear before the baby is 4 years old.

And what Bao Mom and Dad have to do is to wrap the crib around the bed with a cushion, so that he will not hurt when he hits the bed board, ensure the safety of the baby, and will not let you pay attention to worry, after a few days, he found that you do not pay attention to him, may not crash!

How to cultivate good sleep habits for your baby?

1. Less nursing care at night

After the baby is 2 to 3 months old, parents should change the diaper as little as possible at night, if the baby has movement, you can ignore it first, in addition to feeding the night do not care too much about the baby, do not turn on the headlights when feeding, do not talk to it or play, so as not to make the baby's spirit active, it is difficult to fall asleep again, you can also gradually reduce the amount of feeding, let the baby experience the difference between day and night, so as to gradually develop a habit of sleeping until dawn.

2. Fall asleep in a fixed place

Try to let the baby go back to the small bed where he sleeps at night once he sleeps, if he is held to sleep by the parents during the day, or first in the sofa, shaker, the couple's big bed to sleep, and then put back into the small bed after falling asleep, it will also let the baby wake up in the light sleep stage because of the change in the sleeping environment.

3. Let the baby fall asleep on his own

After the baby is 3 to 6 months old, try to let the baby learn to fall asleep on his own, once the baby is used to falling asleep in the comfort of the family, then when the night sleep from deep sleep to the light sleep state of easy to wake up, if you feel that no one will wake up, clamor to let parents use the same way to coax him to sleep Oh!

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