After your baby is 6 months old, he can sleep slowly.
When the baby's sleep time becomes shorter, although it can indicate that the baby is beginning to grow and is no longer sleepy like the newborn. There is also more time for parents to interact with each other.
However, it can also be accompanied by a bad situation, that is, the baby has to keep getting up at night. Either there is a physical need, or a sudden awakening.
"Sleeping all night" and "sleeping all night" are not the same thing
After Xiaolan's baby is born, the frequency of eating night milk is very high, sometimes Xiaolan has no time to sleep at all, and the baby has to eat milk once in 2 to 3 hours, which really tortures Xiaolan crazy.
However, Xiaolan has no way but to accept, after all, the child is biological, because there is a growing need to eat night milk, so Xiaolan can only catch up on sleep during the day.
But as the baby grew, one night, the baby suddenly reduced the number of times he got up at night and only ate milk once a night, which was simply the biggest gift for Xiaolan.
The next day, when Xiaolan shared this matter with her girlfriend, the girlfriend asked Xiaolan: Do you know that for the baby, sleeping all night is not the same thing?
Upon hearing this question from her girlfriend, Xiao Lan looked confused, and didn't she sleep all night? This is true for adults, but what is the difference between children? Could it be that I was happy too soon?
The sleep cycles of babies and adults vary greatly
For humans, to really get a good sleep, it takes four stages to support each other, and it is indispensable to go from the first stage to the fourth stage, which takes about 100 minutes.
Moreover, every adult goes through many sleep cycles when he sleeps at night. The unused sleep cycle will be seamless before, and even if the brain receives external fluctuations, it will not have much impact.
Even people whose sleep quality is generally poor will have several cycles of natural connection throughout the night. It's just that after a few cycles, the brain automatically sends signals, impairing the ability to enter the sleep cycle.
For babies, the four stages of the sleep cycle do not change, the difference is that the time of each sleep cycle is much less than 100 minutes, about 45 minutes.
In addition, when one sleep cycle is over, the obstacle to entering the next sleep cycle is very large, and a little interference from the outside world will cause an impact.
For example, there is a sudden noise in the outside world, a sudden feeling of cold, a feeling of hunger, a feeling of urine... These factors, which are automatically excluded by adults, are "fatal factors" in babies.
But as your baby's brain continues to mature, this sleep disorder will be much lessened. But before they can really mature, Mom will have to suffer a little. As soon as the baby wakes up, the mother can't sleep at all.
Babies who wake up frequently at night can be improved by their mother's training
Increase the frequency and amount of feeding during the day
In fact, for the baby, there is no clear concept of day and black sky, in their impression, sleep when sleepy, eat when hungry, regardless of whether it is night or day.
In this way, when feeding during the day, if the child does not get enough milk, the frequency of his hunger will increase greatly, but just in time for the evening, the desire to breastfeed will be greater.
Therefore, if the mother consciously increases the frequency and amount of breastfeeding during the day, it may be able to alleviate the situation of some babies waking up at night. When they are full, they naturally do not want to wake up.
Pathological night awakenings should be excluded
If the baby's body lacks calcium, there will also be a high frequency of night awakenings. And the relevant personnel will give this symptom a new name: night terrors.
This condition is also very common in the newborn population, and mothers do not have to feel too afraid. As long as the baby is properly supplemented with calcium. Night terrors will slowly lessen.
But how can we accurately tell whether it is pathological or physiological? That can only rule out the possibility of physiological night awakening first. If it weren't for hunger or urination, it would mostly be pathological.
Create the right sleeping environment
Suitable for the baby's sleeping environment and adults, the temperature and humidity are appropriate, and there is no glare or noise. In particular, mothers should reduce the frequency of sudden lights on and reduce the stimulation of the baby.
If you can, set up some additional rationalization stimuli in his own sleeping environment, such as a gentle lullaby, or a sleep aid scent. How adults hypnotize, it is also possible to use it on babies.
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Does your baby wake up often at night? What is your mood every time you get up late to feed? Do you have any good way to train your baby? Welcome to share your thoughts!