Why does your baby turn day and night upside down?
Before the little ones were born, they lived in their mother's womb, which was a nest where there was no distinction between day and night. When the little ones sleep and when they wake up to play are all about their mood, and there is no law to speak of.
Therefore, for a long time after the baby is born, there is no law to sleep and breastfeed, and at this time, mothers can only follow the rhythm of the baby.
However, after the baby's full moon, the mother should start to cultivate the baby's regular schedule and let the baby adapt to the new environment as soon as possible. First, in order to allow the mother to get a full rest, can have more energy to take care of the baby; second, for the baby's healthy growth, to ensure the baby's night sleep, is conducive to the secretion of growth hormone, promote the baby's growth and development.
So the question is, the baby can't wake up during the day, refuses to sleep at night, how to break?
First of all, the mother should be mentally prepared, because whether it is to correct a bad habit or cultivate a good habit, it is a protracted battle, and the mother needs to be mentally prepared to fight a protracted war and then work hard after failure.
How to correct your baby's "day and night upside down"?
After the mother adjusts her psychology, she can start to correct the baby's bad sleep habits of day and night upside down step by step.
Step 1: Help your baby establish a concept of day and night
After the baby is born, there is no concept of day and night, so the first thing the mother has to do is to help the baby establish the concept of day and night.
After getting up in the morning, the mother should open the curtains in time to let the natural light outside enter the room and let the baby feel the stimulation of the daytime light. In addition, there is no need to be afraid of waking up the baby, and deliberately lower the volume of speech, the noise of doing things.
When sleeping at night, the mother should also create a quiet sleeping environment for the baby, close the curtains, turn off the lights, and let the light in the room dim.
Step 2: Try to get your baby to sleep less during the day
If your baby sleeps too much during the day, he will naturally not be able to sleep at night. Therefore, if you want to correct your baby's sleep reversal day and night, then you must keep your baby awake as much as possible during the day.
When the baby is awake, the mother can talk to the baby more or tease the baby for a while. If the weather is good, it is also recommended that the mother take the baby out, the baby is curious, it is easy to be attracted to new things after going out, and it is not easy to get sleepy.
Control the time of each nap in your baby during the day, preferably not more than 3 or 4 hours at a time. If your baby sleeps too long, it is recommended that the mother wake up the baby with some gentle movements, and then fully wake up the baby in the way the baby is interested.
Step 3: Establish a fixed sleep routine
Sleep program, in fact, is a hint to the baby, when the baby is used to this hint, the body will receive the signal of sleep, so as to enter the state of sleep.
It is recommended that mothers establish a fixed set of sleep procedures for their babies according to their own baby's habits. For example, give your baby a hot bath at 8 p.m. every night, do a touch, then change into comfortable pajamas, diapers, then feed your baby, and then put your baby on a small bed in a soothing lullaby to coax you to sleep.
This series of operations may not seem difficult, but in practice it may be difficult, and mothers need to constantly adjust their mentality and ways and methods. Rome is not built in a day, the baby's good sleep can not be established in a day or two, in order for the baby to grow better, the mother can sleep better, come on!
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