Many mothers who wake up at night have personally experienced it, and the hard work behind them is only understood by themselves.
Mothers also want to sleep until dawn, but the baby cries at night and is "not powerful".
What should I do if my baby wakes up frequently at night? Don't worry, today Xiaobian will give you a support for bao moms to help the baby sleep well!
Why does your baby wake up at night?
Although many babies will wake up at night, not all night awakenings are bad, some night awakenings are natural physiological reactions in the process of growth, and some need to be corrected by the intervention of mom and dad.
Environmental impact
Because babies have a shorter sleep cycle and less time to sleep, they are easily affected by the external environment. The bedroom lights, the light, and the temperature of the indoor environment may wake them up from sleep.
In addition, the quilt covered by the baby at night is too cold and too hot, which will affect the baby's sleep and cause frequent night awakenings. Therefore, the weather is cold, protect the baby from the cold at the same time, you can not cover the baby with too much quilt Oh!
Drink night milk
Many babies wake up at night because they are hungry! This is because the baby's stomach capacity in the neonatal period is still very small, each time you eat milk can only last for about 2 hours, at night, the baby will feel hungry and will naturally wake up, so drinking night milk is a very normal thing!
For the night wake-up caused by drinking night milk, parents do not need to worry too much, as long as the baby can sleep peacefully after drinking milk. However, when the baby is 6 months old, it is necessary to gradually cut off the night milk, and has always maintained the habit of drinking night milk, which also affects the baby's dental health!
Discomfort with growth and development
In addition to drinking night milk, discomfort during growth and development can also cause your baby to wake up frequently at night.
Night awakening caused by discomfort in growth and development is also a normal physiological response and does not need to be deliberately corrected.
Physical discomfort
In addition to the above reasons, these reasons need parents to be vigilant, baby flatulence, intestinal colic, fever, eczema and other diseases will lead to frequent night wake-up, night awakening is a signal of physical discomfort, parents need to pay attention, if necessary, to seek medical treatment in time.
What should I do if my baby wakes up frequently at night?
Adjust your schedule
Some babies wake up frequently at night because of irregular work and rest during the day, insufficient exercise during the day or too long a rest time during the day, so that they naturally cannot sleep at night.
It is recommended that the baby's nap time is not too long, and do not play too much before going to bed at night.
Good environment to fall asleep
Most of the baby's sleep is relatively shallow, and a little movement may affect them, so it is very important to create a comfortable and stable sleeping environment.
When your baby sleeps, it is best to turn off the lights in the room. Adults and children try not to sleep in the same bed, because one flip may wake up the sleeping baby.
Maintain a suitable temperature in the room, not too cold and not too hot.
Proper coping after falling asleep
When the baby just fell asleep, it will make a humming sound, which means that the baby is only in the shallow sleep period, not necessarily to wake up, at this time, parents are best to wait quietly for a while, wait for the baby to fall asleep again, do not disturb too much.
If the baby's humming trend gradually becomes larger, and there is a tendency to wake up at any time, it is necessary to soothe in time, you can tap the baby's back, arms, hips, thighs and other places, gently soothe, but also use some white noise to help the baby sleep.
What to do if your baby suddenly wakes up
If the baby wakes up in the middle of the night and suddenly starts crying, the parents should use the comfort to comfort the baby and try to wake the baby until the baby stops crying.
The baby wakes up, continues to stay in the dark, keeps quiet, and usually after ten minutes, the baby will fall asleep again.
If the baby is awake naturally, does not cry or make trouble, the baby parents do not need to pay attention to him, pretend to be still sleeping, the baby will continue to sleep on his own when he sees no one to pay attention.
The baby needs a process from waking up at night to sleeping peacefully all night, improving the baby's sleep "has a long way to go", insisting on it will see the dawn Oh ~ ~