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For women who have just become mothers, in the process of raising children, the most common problems, the things that make countless mothers headaches are the frequent night awakenings of babies, which makes many mothers very sad.
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People come to talk about babies waking up frequently at night:
Mom: Now the baby wakes up once every 3 months and 2 hours because he is hungry and has begun to lose a lot of hair.
Little Mother: Now that the baby is 6 months old, he still has to get up at night to milk three or four times, when can he wean the night milk?
Shanshan mother: My family Shanshan is 1 year old and 8 months old, how to sleep after one to two o'clock, almost an hour to wake up once.
Babe's mother: Babies are two years old, sleep at night or can not sleep until dawn, easy to wake up several times in the middle of the night, what is the reason?
I believe that many mothers have encountered the situation that the baby wakes up frequently at night, and there will be differences in the problems that may be encountered by different ages, but they all make the mothers very worried, and they are prone to anxiety in their hearts, and even worry about whether the child is uncomfortable, or some other conjectures, so what is the reason for the baby's frequent night awakening?
Common causes of frequent night awakenings in babies:
1. Physiological factors
a. Hungry
For babies who are smaller in age, because their stomachs are relatively small, they eat less and are hungry faster, so they will wake up to breastfeed in 2 to 3 hours; as the age of the month increases, the number of times they wake up at night will decrease, and they will slowly be able to sleep all night after 6 months.
b. Illness
If your baby is sick, it is easy to get nasal congestion or wake up frequently at night because of physical discomfort.
c. Startled reflex
Babies in infancy, especially at 3 to 5 months, are prone to external sound stimulation, and cause jumping reflexes, which are manifested by sudden open hands, bent backs, and straight legs.
2. Environmental factors
a. The light is too bright
According to the study, no matter what the light source, it is easy to produce light pressure, long-term under this light pressure, the baby may show anxiety, poor sleep quality, deep sleep shallow and other phenomena.
b、 too noisy
According to the survey, the human can withstand the sound decibel at about 40, if more than this, then it is not only easy to affect the quality of sleep, but also easy to affect vision.
c. Change the bed
Babies will be more likely to fall asleep in a familiar environment, and if they go to a new environment and change beds to sleep, then there may be frequent night awakenings.
d. The clothes are not suitable or the quilt is too thick
When the baby is sleeping, if the clothes worn are not appropriate, then it will be uncomfortable, and it is easy to wake up when sleeping. Or the mother is afraid that the child will cover the quilt too thick when it is cold, so that the child feels hot, and it will be easy to wake up when sleeping.
3. Work and rest factors
a. Sleep too long during the day
I believe that all the parents will also have such a feeling, if during the day, sleep more, then at night it is easy to sleep, or wake up frequently, the baby will not be an exception, although the baby sleep time is relatively long, but if the day sleeps enough, at night will not want to sleep.
b. Excessive stimulation before going to bed
Because the baby's brain is not yet fully developed, if you receive high stimulation before going to bed, it is easy to cause excitement, this emotion is difficult to come down, after falling asleep, the brain is still in a state of excitement, there may be frequent night wake-up, crying and other situations.
c. Insufficient amount of exercise
For older babies, a certain amount of exercise is required each day so that they can feel tired and need to sleep to replenish their energy.
4. Psychological factors
With the baby's slow growth, many mothers began to return to the workplace, at this time the child is prone to a sense of separation anxiety, afraid of the departure of the mother, and irritable, crying, even if it is asleep at night, but also worried that the mother will walk away, and frequent night awakening, to perceive whether the mother is around, this is easy to ignore by many parents.
How to get your baby to get a good night's sleep?
1. Careful care
If the baby is just normally hungry, then after the mother has finished feeding, they will sleep peacefully; and for the discomfort caused by illness, they need to be carefully cared for by the mother.
2. Provide a good sleeping environment
When coaxing the baby to sleep, the parents turn out the lights and keep it quiet, providing an environment suitable for the baby to fall asleep, so that the baby can sleep peacefully. In addition, do not wear inappropriate clothes for the baby, the baby is better to wear single-layer cotton pajamas, pajama pants, and do not need to cover too thick a quilt, room temperature at 18-22 ° C is more appropriate.
3. Develop a good work and rest
According to the international infant sleep standards, the sleep time of the baby from 0 to 2.5 months is 15 to 18 hours, the sleep time of the baby at 3 to 8 months is 14 to 15 hours, the sleep time of the baby at 9 to 24 months is 13 to 14 hours, and the sleep time of the baby at 24 to 36 months is 12 to 14 hours. Therefore, if adults let the baby sleep for too long during the day, then the quality of sleep at night is easily affected. Therefore, parents should pay attention to not letting their sleep time be too long during the day, and in addition, when the baby is awake, they can do sports, such as turning over, crawling, playing football, etc., to increase consumption to help sleep at night.
4, give the baby a sense of security
As the baby grows up slowly, when they are 7 to 8 months old, it is easy to have separation anxiety, at this time, it is necessary for the mother to take more time to accompany the child, let the baby feel enough love from you, and let the child understand that his departure is only temporary.
[Rui Mama has something to say]: If you want your baby to have a good night's sleep, you need to take good care of your mother and father, and develop good habits for them.