I often see many mothers say that their babies are night owls, who can't wake up during the day, can't sleep at night, and even sometimes have a special spirit at two or three in the morning. In fact, the baby's lack of sleep at night may also be caused by the baby's physical discomfort.
Some people here may say that when a child is uncomfortable, he will cry, which is indeed true, but the people who are used at this point are usually babies who can't speak before the age of one. When babies grow up, they don't cry when they feel a little uncomfortable, but instead learn to be patient with themselves.
Combined with the fact that my child does not sleep at night, I have summarized these common causes and solutions:
First, the child has indigestion and stomach discomfort
Generally speaking, children with indigestion are not particularly uncomfortable, sometimes just smell in the mouth, and occasionally there will be acid reflux in serious cases, at this time children generally do not express it.
For indigestion, presumably many adults will also experience, can not be said to be a big problem, but it will make people particularly uncomfortable, sometimes the symptoms before going to bed will be more obvious, so this also explains why the baby indigestion, at night is not willing to sleep.
Solution: At this time, we adults are required to be careful when taking children, and if we find problems in this regard, we must intervene in time. During the time when the child is not good, we can give the baby a lighter diet, and we can also add some digestion-aiding foods to the baby.
Second, the child bathes too much, and the body is dry and itchy
Baby's nature is lively and active, many parents like to bathe and change clothes after the baby sweats, some babies will even take several baths a day, although it is a good thing to keep the child clean, but frequent bathing, applying shower gel will make the child's skin dry and itchy. Older children will scratch on their own, but if the child is very small, then dry itching may make him very irritable.
Solution: In this case, we have to reduce the frequency of the child bathing and applying shower gel, it is best not to give the child shower gel during this time, after the bath, we must also apply a good moisturizing cream to the child in time, dry and itchy, it is recommended to choose emollient oil.
Third, the impact of the external environment
Children are inherently more sensitive than adults, and if babies feel that the room is hot, stuffy, cold or uncomfortable, then they will not sleep, and if the light in the room is too bright or the outside of the room is too noisy, it will also affect their sleep.
Solution: At this time, we can see if the baby's head is sweating, touch the baby's back is too cold, try to dim the lighting of the room, so that the overall environment is quiet, if it is not long before the child falls asleep, then the child does not sleep is affected by external factors.
Fourth, the child did not develop good living habits, and the day and night were reversed
Some children are high-demand babies, at night may be particularly insecure, always noisy to parents to hold or to play with parents, always do not sleep at night, during the day and can not wake up, parents because of a long time with the child late sleep is also exhausted, in the morning also sleep lazy, the baby and parents sleep belongs to the state of day and night upside down.
Solution: In the face of this kind of day and night upside down children, parents can not have a fluke mentality, must adjust the child's work and rest time in time, can not let the child sleep too late in the morning, try to let the child take a nap in the afternoon, do not wait until the evening to eat and then let the child sleep at dusk.
Sleep too late in the afternoon, the child naturally can't sleep at night, in addition, in the face of such children, parents should also increase the amount of exercise of their children, take them out to run and jump, release the child's energy, so that the child may feel tired at night and go to bed earlier.
The above are some of the experiences I have summarized with my children in recent years, and I hope it will be helpful to all the mothers.