Is it normal for newborns to sleep for 20 hours? It is important for new parents to know about these infant sleeps!!!
Babies who sleep well tend to have better spirits when they sleep, have stronger absorption capacity, and grow faster. On the contrary, if the baby sleeps badly for various reasons, it will show poor appetite, crying and restlessness all day, resulting in decreased resistance, slow growth and development, and so on. Newborn sleep time is generally about twenty-two hours a day, and he/she can fall asleep anytime and anywhere, if the newborn sleeps poorly, often noisy, sleep less than 20 hours a day to find the cause of sleep.
Second, what kind of sleeping position does the baby maintain?
The baby sleeps most of the time every day, but he can't control and adjust the sleeping position by himself, so this parent should help the baby choose a better sleeping position. Generally speaking, sleep knowledge can be divided into three kinds: one is supine, one is prone, and one is side lying, we advocate the combination of side and supine position, it is best to change the sleeping position frequently, so as to avoid head deformation, in order to provide the strength of the baby's neck, you can train the baby to look up, every day you can let the baby sleep on your stomach for a while, but the time is not too long. Be careful not to block this nostril, after a few months the baby will turn over on his own, so the sleeping position is not a problem. In the future, no matter what position the parents put the baby into the crib, the baby will find the most comfortable position for himself.
Third, to make the baby sleep comfortably and securely, then what should we do specifically?
First of all, the bedroom should have this moderate light, because the baby likes to sleep in a darker environment, but it is best to have a weaker light source,
The second hold the baby to coax him to sleep, to be relatively close to the baby's crib, because the farther away from the cot, the greater the chance of the baby waking up, so try to be as close to the cot as possible to feed and coax into sleep.
Third, before coaxing the baby to sleep, the bed should be made first, if you temporarily clean the bed items or beds, the baby may wake up at any time.
Fourth, maintain a certain amount of contact with the baby. The baby suddenly leaves the mother's arms, it is easy to jump, and then when you wake up, you need to put down the baby at the same time, and then gently pat it, that is, after the baby sleeps steadily, you still have to leave your hand on the baby's body for a while or hum a sleep song, or say some rhythmic words to coax the baby to sleep.
Fourth, some mothers say that the baby's sleep is black and white, and their bodies can't stand it, how to be good?
Many mothers, think how my children sleep vigorously during the day, do not sleep after 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, adults can not always sleep with him during the day, so how can the body bear it?
In fact, the fetus, when in the mother's womb, there is no day and night, when the baby is born, he must face the difference between day and night. If the baby's work and rest time in the mother's body is night activity, after he is born, he will be more inclined to continue this work and rest habits, and there is a situation where he sleeps during the day and has a particularly good spirit at night.
In addition, the baby sleeps day and night upside down, there are some other reasons, such as he is hungry, this time he will cry ah, do not sleep; or just finished eating, the mental state is very good, similar to such a situation; or diaper is not wet more, uncomfortable, wipe the ass, so it is difficult to go to sleep. Then including his sleep during the day, very full, or body flatulence, intestinal colic, ah, will lead to him at night is not easy to fall asleep or a little noisy.
Fifth, in the face of this situation, how to correct the problem of the baby's sleep day and night upside down?
We give the following three pieces of advice,
First, take the initiative to help the baby to distinguish between day and night.
Of course, it takes a little time for us to help our baby establish this idea of day and night, preferably from an early age. For example, during the day we can put the baby in the stroller to sleep, or take the baby out for a walk, talk to the baby, now this day is dawn, it is daytime. If we sleep in the room, we don't have to deliberately pull the curtains, dim the light in the room, or talk in a particularly quiet voice. Or provide some music, when the baby wakes up, you can tease the baby, let the baby slowly get excited. And at night, you can not turn on the lights, or only open a small night light, try to keep the surrounding environment quiet, so that the baby has a perception of the night, and slowly let him realize that there is a difference between day and night.
Second, we can try to limit the baby's sleep time during the day, generally not more than three hours, but if the baby has slept from 12 pm to three o'clock, then at this time you can do some movement, or by cutting his nails with him, or stroking his face, scratching the center of his feet, in this way to let the baby from a deep sleep state into a light sleep state. Gradually to wake up, when it is slightly awake, you can also use speech, or take the toy to his field of vision, such a few ways to stimulate the baby, directly produce a reaction of excitement.
Third, try not to let the baby sleep after five or six o'clock in the evening. Some babies sleep well this evening and basically don't sleep before 11 o'clock at night.
He is in a very good mental state, we can try to divert the baby's attention after five or six o'clock, such as playing with him, taking some toys, or putting on some children's songs with a particularly good sense of rhythm to mobilize his excitement. That at night before going to bed, we also have to give the baby some fixed hints, to put it bluntly, that is, to establish a fixed pre-sleep regularity for the baby, for example, before we go to sleep, it is to do some of the same things. For example, first give the baby a hot bath, then feed him, change the diaper, listen to the music, just go to do it every day, ah, in the future, when doing these things, it is actually to send a hint and signal to the baby, saying that we should sleep.
Of course, we are trying to change the baby's day-and-night problem. Don't complain that I said that the baby will not let him sleep during the day, she can sleep quietly at night, such an idea, because this will backfire, once he does not sleep much during the day, so the state will not be particularly good, it will be more abrasive, but also more noisy. Moreover, even sleeping more during the day is not necessarily a bad thing? One is that you have time to do some of your own work, and the other is that it proves that the quality of your baby's sleep is very good, and this change also needs a process, don't be hasty.
Sixth, then the question is, what should I do if the baby cries at night?
Night crying refers to newborns who are normal during the day and cry sleeplessly every night, or cry regularly at midnight, or even all night long.
When the baby has the problem of crying at night, do not act in the traditional way, analyze the causes, and find a scientific solution.
In fact, before the baby can't speak, crying is his language crying, which is a way to express his needs and emotions. In general, when the baby cries, almost all mothers will invariably think that the baby is hungry, and then put the nipple or nipple into the baby's mouth. In the face of baby crying at night, this method is sometimes very clever, but it does not work every time, because the reasons that cause babies to cry at night are various. If it is caused by the baby's physiological factors, it is necessary to analyze the specific problems. If necessary, assistance should be requested from a pediatrician.
7. Why do babies cry more and more sometimes?
If the baby develops normally, eating and drinking Lasa sleeps like a good, but sometimes there will be more and more crying, so that the mother does not know what to do, in fact, this kind of crying is mostly the baby dreaming, or want to vent through crying or want to exercise, these are possible. If the mother comes to coax at this time, the baby will protest through more and more crying, "Mother let me cry for a while, don't disturb me."
Eighth, when the baby cries, is it good or bad to hold it?
Newborn babies can't talk and can only cry to express their thoughts. Some parents will be distressed by not knowing the reason why the baby is crying, in fact, as long as they are careful, parents can find out what the baby's needs are. Don't hesitate to give your baby a quick response.
When your baby cries, the first thing to respond is to pick up your baby and soothe him. For the baby who is born soon may have no experience, sometimes the baby cries because of hunger, but the parents do not know, so they pick up the baby and coax, but the baby will look for the breast in the mother's arms, then the mother knows that the baby is hungry. After similar and continuous running-in, parents can always gradually grope out what the baby's every cry represents, whether the baby wants to get food, or hopes to get a feeling of embrace and comfort, the baby's crying is a reason and meaning. Parents should not cry the baby, make a fuss, when the baby's requirements are met, naturally will trust the parents, so this response officially establishes the baby's sense of trust in the parents of the first step, while the baby cries to respond, but also conducive to the baby's crying after stopping or ease.