A tough young woman I know recently gave birth to a baby, and at two o'clock in the morning in the circle of friends was restless, "Sleep what sleep, get up hi!" "The picture is her own baby punching and kicking in the bed and her pair of enlarged and thickened dark circles, my God, this is still the original tender and delicate her!
She said: "Bacteria, baby does not sleep in the middle of the night to study Gangnam stylel, my tossed half life is almost gone, is it that the angel babies are in someone else's house?!" ”
Oh, do you think only your baby doesn't sleep? Babies all over the world can't sleep well at night!
Do not believe the data, German doctors have investigated the sleep status of 500 0- to 2-year-old babies, showing that the proportion of babies who can sleep for 5 hours in one breath is:
It can be seen that the baby sleeps black and white upside down, just wakes up after sleeping, coaxes the baby to sleep = tosses to death, these situations are the problems that every parent faces.
So, what is the reason why the baby can't sleep, and what is the inner os of the baby who can't sleep?
"Baby pee!"
When the baby wakes up frequently at night and cries incessantly, parents should first check whether the baby's diaper is wet, or whether it is stool, because when the baby is stimulated by cold and foreign bodies, it will feel uncomfortable, and express their protest with crying.
"Baby is hungry!"
Because your baby is too active during the day or does not eat enough before going to bed, he will wake up hungry at night. And low-weight and premature babies are more likely to wake up at night from hunger than healthy full-term babies. In general, 6-month-old babies will wake up 2 to 3 times a night because of hunger, 9-month-old babies will wake up 1 to 2 times a night because of hunger; even 18-month-old babies need to eat something before going to bed at night.
"Baby is so tired!"
Due to the large amount of play and activity of the baby during the day, or after being amused by the family before going to bed, too excited and excited, resulting in the sensor system at the end of the nerve center has been in a working state, and there is no way to recover from the state of excitement, so it will lead to unsteady sleep at night and often wake up.
"The baby is frightened!"
During the day or before going to bed, if the baby is stimulated by sharp sounds or plays with toys such as rotating alarm clocks and music boxes, he may be frightened, which will cause young children to sleep unsteadily due to fright when sleeping, and it is easy to wake up and cry at night.
"Babies want to be held to sleep!"
Because some babies have become accustomed to sleep dependence such as being held to sleep, falling asleep while feeding milk, biting the pacifier to fall asleep, etc., when the baby with sleep dependence leaves the mother's arms, it will lack of security, will show more anxiety, and often wake up crying at night.
"Babies are afraid of heat and cold!"
The baby's bed is too warm, too thick, too long and stuffy can easily cause hypoxia, high heat, sweating, dehydration; the bed is too cold, which will lead to the baby's lack of security, cold, irritability, easy to wake up, by these adverse stimuli The baby will feel uncomfortable and wake up frequently.
In addition to the above reasons, the baby will also behave more irritable after illness, and there is no way to enter deep sleep when sleeping, repeatedly waking up and falling asleep, resulting in worse spirits. In fact, every baby who can't sleep has ten thousand grass and mud horses running wildly inside, just imagine, who wants to wake up from the sweet dream to face the bleak night?
And because about 70% of human growth hormone is secreted during deep sleep at night, if the baby's long-term sleep quality is not good, it will lead to lower height development than children of the same age, and it is also easy to produce adverse effects such as restlessness, anorexia, poor memory and weakened mobility.
So how to reduce the impact of poor sleep quality on the baby? Before solving this problem, we must first understand the sleep needs of babies of different ages:
For babies who wake up frequently at night, have poor sleep quality and insufficient sleep time, parents should start from the following aspects to help their babies improve their sleep status:
1. Teach your baby to distinguish between day and night.
When the day comes, October bacteria advises parents to change their baby's dress, keep the room bright, talk to the baby more, let him listen to the sounds of daily life (such as washing machines and music), and let him know: "It's dawn, it's time for me to play with my skills!" ”
After dark, parents should close the curtains and dim the indoor light, minimize the noise source in the home, and only make a simple communication softly when feeding the baby, so that the baby realizes: "The day is over, it's time to sleep!" ”
2. Form a fixed set of bedtime rituals to quiet the baby.
There are no special rules for bedtime rituals, and parents can carry out according to their baby's temperament. For example: give him a warm bath before going to bed, change into pajamas, read a story, sing a lullaby, then put the baby on the crib, and finally turn off the lights. Doing so will make your baby realize that the bed is a cozy nest, as secure as the mother's arms.
3. Give the baby a timely feeding.
In general, 6-month-old babies will wake up 2 to 3 times a night because of hunger, and 9-month-old babies will wake up 1 to 2 times a night because of hunger; even 18-month-old babies also need to eat something before going to bed at night. In addition, in general, if the baby is fed enough milk during the day, it will reduce the number of night awakenings.
4. Maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity.
When the baby sleeps, the bedroom temperature should be controlled between 18 ° C and 22 ° C, the humidity should be between 50% and 60%, the bed should not be too thick and too thin, and the temperature of the baby's head should be 3 ° C lower than the body temperature.
5. Reduce your baby's sleep dependence.
Many mothers say that babies often wake up again after falling asleep and must hold them to sleep, and some parents say that children are used to being shaken to sleep, patting to sleep, sleeping with nipples, etc., which are actually bad sleep dependence developed by the baby. For babies with sleep dependence, the mother should learn to slowly put down the baby, the specific approach is that when the baby is asleep, you can first put the baby's ass into bed, stabilize for a minute or two and then put down the head, and then withdraw the hand, when evacuating, combine the arm, tap, hand and other assists.
After putting it on the bed, you can try to put a towel on the baby's arm so that the baby will not be alert to changes in temperature, but it should be noted that in order to prevent suffocation, parents should wait for the child to sleep well and evacuate the towel.
In order to maintain a consistent sleeping environment, the mother can also try to put the baby on the bed when he is confused, and complete the process of falling asleep directly in the bed. If the child is not adapted, he can use the method of patting, hugging and other in-situ soothing ways to soothe and sleep, reducing the frequency of waking up after hugging and then putting in bed.
6. Other methods of soothing.
When the baby does something wrong or makes a mistake during the day, parents should avoid scolding and yelling at him so as not to frighten the baby; take the baby to play in the evening to try to choose quiet and leisurely projects; let the baby do some static activities an hour before going to bed, and the family should avoid amusing the baby and stop watching TV and other entertainment activities;
l Timely change the baby's wet diapers and diapers, choose a sleeping bag and clothes for the baby to choose a light-colored, pure cotton material, and be sure to avoid chemical fiber materials to prevent the baby's skin from being adversely stimulated and unable to sleep.
If the above methods are used, the baby is still easy to wake up at night and cry non-stop, then parents should be vigilant, take the baby to the hospital in time to consult a doctor, and eliminate the crying caused by the cause of the disease!
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