Yesterday received a mother's sleep consultation, 2 months of the baby's sleep schedule is particularly chaotic, I asked her to send me the baby's 24-hour work and rest time record to me, and then I received a long string of time data, is the mother with a mobile phone sticky note to record, to be honest at a glance at the past is really chaotic, so is not used to find the baby's sleep law.
Every new parent should learn to record the baby's sleep data and make a preliminary analysis of the sleep situation.
Recording the sleep time can scientifically analyze and grasp the baby's sleep law
Many mothers will find that the sleep of infants and young children is not the same as that of us adults, it is an easy thing, and their sleep will have several characteristics:
At the beginning, there was no sleep law, and the sleep law needed to be established slowly
Sleep rules will change with the age of the month, different months of the baby nap times, nap length, night sleep length, night wake times are different
Sleep law is not a trend of getting better and better, but forward - backward - forward - and then backwards, until the baby's brain, nerves, limbs, senses and other aspects of development, only to stabilize, sleep like an adult.
Every time sleep changes, it brings chaos, one day at a time, the mother can not accurately predict the baby's eating, playing and sleeping, and the whole family is confused because of the baby's chaos, and it is miserable.
At this time, the most important thing to do is to list the baby's sleep schedule of at least 3 days, which is best converted into a statistical chart, and then analyze from the statistical chart which small sleep is redundant, which small sleep needs to be extended, and the overall situation of daytime sleep and night sleep.
The purpose of analyzing sleep data is to find the right sleep pattern for the baby, and then adjust the sleep problem according to this law, rather than let the baby completely change according to the sleep schedule we have formulated.
Data analysis is more objective and realistic than how we feel.
How to use sleep data to analyze your baby's sleep problems
Let's take the most headache of the "April sleep devil period" as an example, many babies from 3 and a half months into the first big sports sleep regression period, coupled with sleep patterns have changed, sleep time has become very chaotic, angel babies can also become sleep dregs in seconds.
One of the most obvious sleep problems in this retrogressive period is that the number of small sleeps during the day is chaotic, there is no regularity, 4 sleeps today, 5 sleeps tomorrow, sleeps for 1 hour today, and wakes up in 30 minutes tomorrow.
At this time, we need to use the sleep data chart to analyze the rationality of those small sleep during the day.
For example, the following comparison of sleep data statistics for two 4-month-old babies (data from customer cases):
A baby's daytime awakening is in a chaotic period, the 6th has 4 small awakenings, the 7th has 5 small awakenings, and the two days of small sleep time is completely different, from the comparison of these two days, the information that can be captured is:
The time of dusk sleep is relatively stable, and the small sleep at 7 o'clock in the morning of the 7th is because of the night awakening at 4 a.m., which does not occur frequently, so this small sleep should have been absent.
The little sleep (red number 3) that wakes up around 15 o'clock on the 7th is too close to the dusk sense, and the distance from the dusk sense can be pulled apart by adjusting the two small sleeps before and after the red number 2.
The number and duration of daytime sleeps on the 6th is relatively reasonable.
Baby B is in a state of completion and consciousness, you can see that the start of his three small sleeps during the day and the time of waking up are not much different, the number of times is stable at 3 times, and the law is more obvious.
If you want to help Baby A complete and sleep, you need to start with two small sleeps that are closer together, either merge into one sleep, or pull away for a long time, because the closer sleep is either not sleeping enough, or the parents feel that the baby has not slept enough to force the sleep.
By observing the baby's sleep chart, you can intuitively see the baby's sleep law, and most importantly, you can analyze which link in the "eat-play-sleep" process we have formulated for the baby, and after having a clear goal, we can formulate a reasonable adjustment plan.
How to record your baby's sleep data efficiently and accurately
1. Record in the notebook
The mother can prepare a special book to record the baby's eating, playing, sleeping data, and when the baby is asleep, it can be recorded through the meeting.
However, this method has a disadvantage, that is, often forget the record, because when you sleep, there is no law with a book in your hand while coaxing the record, once you can't record it in time, it is easy to run aground, and you may not be able to remember it when you record it again.
2. Record the mobile phone memo
When sleeping, the mother can play with the mobile phone while coaxing, so she opens the memo to record what time to sleep and when to wake up, and the mother can write a handwritten record or voice record.
3. Use special sleep recording software
I think the more convenient, accurate and efficient way is to use professional recording software, and now many parenting software have this kind of sleep recording module, when you record the sleep data, you can automatically generate statistical charts.
Some apps can also send sleep charts to their families, so that they can ensure that the person responsible for coaxing sleep masters the baby's sleep rules and avoids the situation of not knowing when the baby sleeps and when he wakes up.
Notebooks and mobile phone memoranda are actually not very convenient, because it can only record scattered numbers, can not generate statistical charts, you have to calculate how long you slept during the day today, how long you slept at night, increased a lot of workload, remember to remember to give up, the use of professional software is more convenient.
Every time you record a week's data, you can look at the statistical chart, the baby sleeps regularly or chaotic at a glance, even if it is chaotic, it can find the law, it is impossible to find a completely different seven days a week, there will be some sleep time is close, and then when making adjustments, it is also based on the baby's own sleep law, rather than sleeping according to the plan we make for the baby.