After the baby is born, the home will be filled with a joyful atmosphere, but the joy will also be filled with some worries.
A sneeze or even a cry from the baby is enough to make the novice parents anxious, and many novice parents report that they are a little powerless and afraid of hurting the baby because of their inexperience.
Especially about the problem of the baby's sleep, new parents do not know what to do, because of the lack of experience coupled with care is chaotic, often receive private messages from new parents. Many mothers are asking about the baby's sleep, the baby's sleeping position is diverse, in the end which way is healthy?
In fact, there are no special requirements for the baby's sleeping position, as long as the baby sleeps comfortably, but do not let the baby maintain the same sleeping position for a long time, and also need to pay attention to keeping the baby's airway unobstructed when the baby sleeps.
There are also mothers who reflect that their children sleep like frogs, looking very cute, which is actually the baby's normal sleeping position, because the baby has been in the mother's womb for ten months, has been maintaining a curled state, after birth, the sleeping legs will spread outwards, which is a normal phenomenon.
In fact, with the gradual increase of the baby's age, the sleeping position will slowly become better, so the mothers do not need to worry too much. In addition to the babies we mentioned above, there are also some more common positions for sleeping, which can be roughly divided into three types: side lying, supine and prone.
1 Supine
Many mothers will choose to let the baby sleep on their backs, which is a more common sleeping position, parenting experts also recommend that the baby lie on their backs, this sleeping position can make the baby's body organs and internal organs will not be squeezed, the baby's muscles are also more relaxed. Parents can easily observe the dynamics of the baby's sleep, and can also tease the baby at any time and play with the baby, so that the baby's limbs can also move freely without restrictions, and can also strengthen the interaction between parents and children.
The disadvantages of sleeping in the supine position are actually many, not only for the baby, for adults, it is not recommended to lie on the back after eating or drinking, so it is easy to be blocked by vomit, causing the risk of suffocation, the same reason if the baby sleeps on his back, it is easy to spit up milk, and sleeping on his back will also cause the risk of suffocation of the baby. In addition, many elderly people will let the baby sleep on their backs, thinking that this can sleep on the head type, but in fact, it is easy to sleep into a flat head, which is not beautiful.
Mothers in the baby sleep on their backs should also observe the baby more, if you hear the baby's sound is relatively heavy, you need to pay attention to the problem to find the cause, to see whether it is the baby's own development is not perfect or because the baby's body fat squeezed to the lungs.
2 Recumbents
For newborns, sleeping on their sides is a difficult position. Therefore, the baby can use two constantly alternating sleeping positions of sleeping on both sides and sleeping on their backs, which is not only safer and more reliable, but also helps the baby sleep out of a good head shape. Secondly, when breastfeeding, mothers generally choose the side lying position, the baby is easy to fall asleep with the breast, and the mothers need to pay high attention to avoid blocking the baby's airway and causing suffocation. And the baby's ear that sleeps on the side for a long time will also cause the baby's ear pinna to deform, and the baby's stomach will also be squeezed, causing harm to the baby's body.
3 Prone
The prone position is very conducive to the contour shaping of the baby's head, and the baby is most likely to enter the state of deep sleep in this position, which is also the most secure sleeping position, but the pediatrician recommends not to use the prone position, it is easy to accidentally cause the child to suffocate.
Novice parents do not think that seeing the baby's sleeping posture is cute and funny, do not pay attention, no matter which sleeping position the baby is, can not maintain the same posture for a long time, should change the sleeping position every once in a while. For example, if the baby sleeps on the left side, every once in a while, the baby should be changed to the right side of the bed.
In short, novice parents should work harder at this time, constantly observe the baby, pay more attention to the baby's sleep, check whether the baby's mouth and nose are covered, and whether the baby's quilt is too thick, and it cannot be taken lightly before the baby is half a year old.