Other children are eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, why my child is not sleeping? Staring at two small eyes just do not sleep, how to do it?
A newborn baby does not sleep during the day for the following reasons
1, noisy rooms, strong and harsh light will affect the quality of sleep of the baby.
2, the baby’s congenital nutritional deficiencies, calcium deficiencies, will affect neurological development, affecting sleep.
3, the baby is used to being hugged by parents, if suddenly not hug him, he certainly will not sleep well, or even cry.
4, the quilt cover is too thick, clothes wear tight, the baby covered with hot, uncomfortable, will also cry and refuse to sleep.
Second, the baby does not want to sleep during the day should do?
1, create a good sleep environment: before the baby sleeps during the day, the mother should create a quiet, low light environment for the baby. Pull up the screen curtain and keep it relatively quiet. Not to say that a little sound can not have, this is not conducive to the development of baby’s sleep habits, will lead to the baby grow up to sleep can not tolerate a little sound, it is easy to be noisy wake up.
2, for the baby’s nutritional deficiencies, calcium deficiencies resulting in less sleep. First of all, we must ensure that the milk is sufficient, breast milk is rich in nutrients, the baby is full, eat well, calcium will make up for it, so that the progress of neurodevelopment can soon catch up.
3, to let the baby from childhood to develop the habit of sleeping alone during the day. Half an hour before arranging for your baby to go to sleep, try to keep him quiet and gently carry him to bed. At this time, do not shake your baby or pat his body, let him sleep by himself and do not develop the habit of holding him to sleep. The mother can sing some lullabies to the baby in a low voice, so that the baby can fall asleep in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.
4, the room temperature of the baby’s sleep room is generally kept at 18-20 ℃ will be more appropriate, do not cover the baby too much quilt, to prevent overheating.
Third, the reasons for poor sleep in newborns?
1, when the baby urinates and defecates, the baby naturally cries and fusses, sleep is certainly difficult.
2, the baby’s stomach capacity is small, eating more often, when eating more, or hunger will affect sleep.
3, lack of security is also one of the important culprits that cause babies to wake up easily.
The mother’s womb is closed, safe and warm for the baby during the fetal period. After the birth of the baby, to a new environment, every day to see different people and different things, and all of this is strange to the baby, more or less will have a sense of fear.
4、Sleep too excited, past the point of sleep.
5、The baby has too much light sleep.
Many times the baby is half asleep, half awake, a little movement to wake up, this time the mother thinks the baby did not sleep, in fact, the baby is asleep, just did not enter the deep sleep, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.
Younger children need more sleep than older ones to help their brains develop, and the younger they are, the more light sleep they have, and the more light sleep a newborn child has in a 45-minute sleep cycle that takes up half of the time.
Don’t look at the baby half asleep, half awake, light sleep can be the same as the brain development, what you see and hear when awake are present in the brain, whether it is protein synthesis or dreaming to stimulate the brain, are conducive to brain development, dreams can make up for the lack of waking stimulation, generally speaking, the younger the baby brain development is in a critical position, the longer the light sleep.
Here we have to mention an important nutrition, vitamin D. Breast milk is rich in nutrients, but the only lack of vitamin D, but vitamin D is a key nutrient for the baby to absorb calcium, so 15 days after the birth of the baby is recommended to supplement vitamin D. To prevent your baby from absorbing less calcium, causing restless sleep, or even calcium deficiency.
Fourth, how should I put my baby to sleep?
Many of my moms say that babies are always in a state of excitement, just do not want to sleep. In fact, it is wrong, the daytime sleepy signal is very shallow, it is easy to ignore, so we need to find out the best time to sleep and sleep signals for babies.
1, when the baby appears the following behavior is the best time to put to sleep.
Dull eyes, fidgeting, eye movements look less alert.
activity decreases, before the hands and feet fluttering cheerfully, now becomes quiet.
slower movement, less talkative, toddlers also fall easily.
disinterest in things around them and failure to interact with you.
2, when the baby appears the following performance, it means that the baby has entered the state of over-sleepy, manifested as
Constant yawning, rubbing eyes hard, throwing tantrums, crying and difficult to soothe ……
When the baby 3-4 months later, sleep will become more and more regular, almost every day is in a certain period of time into the nap, parents can prepare in advance to put the baby to sleep, to prevent miss naps.
Five, about the baby sleep a few big misconceptions
Myth 1, the baby must sleep quiet
Children sleep, there is no fear of sound, afraid of the sudden sound. Some gentle background sound, not only will not affect the baby sleep, but can block the abrupt sound, so that he sleep more sound.
In addition, some babies also like white noise or lullabies, if he is not sleeping, parents can follow this direction to try to put to sleep.
In the future, the baby sleeps, lullabies turn on, and the mother finally does not have to tiptoe around anymore.
Myth 2: Children are born with less sleep
The problem with this misconception is that it tries to use individual differences as an explanation to cover up sleep problems that may be caused by improper parenting.
The baby may not be sleeping because you left the light on to tease him, or he may be half-asleep and trying to go back to sleep, and you rushed up to pick him up and say, “Ha ha baby is awake!
We do not exclude that there are children who are born with little sleep, but before observing the improvement, parents should not rashly conclude that their children just sleep less.
As the saying goes; 3 points are destined, 7 points depend on the fight, do not look at the matter of sleep as 9 points depend on destiny Oh.
Myth 3, children are tired of playing and sleepy
Tired to sleep naturally this experience is widely spread because to some extent in line with the sleep experience of adults, but applied to infants is not appropriate, appropriate interaction and games can make the baby sleep quality increased, but not to let the baby tired to collapse.
If a child is really tired to the point of collapse, it will often be difficult to fall asleep, “sleepy”, and even if they do fall asleep, it is most likely not “natural sleep”.
Myth 4: Children sleep too much so they don’t sleep
Sleep will promote sleep, the less sleep infants, the more likely because of lack of sleep leads to nervous excitement, can not sleep peacefully, and will soon wake up after falling asleep.
In the first few months of life, a small baby may need twice as much sleep as an adult, so many parents intuitively think that their babies are sleeping too much.
Many studies have shown that infants usually sleep less than they should, and there is no such thing as “too much sleep”.
The more you sleep, the easier it is to fall asleep. There are many reasons why a baby may not sleep, but in most cases it is not because of too much sleep.
Myth #5: You can’t sleep too much during the day, or you won’t sleep at night
In fact, it is still the principle of sleep for sleep: adequate naps on time during the day to ensure a good state of the child throughout the day, the child should sleep when you have to sleep, save.
But the baby if the biological clock has not been adjusted, then the baby will appear baby sleep during the daytime night play.
Misconception six, good spirit is not sleepy
Babies’ sleep signals are very different from adults, often the more sleepy the more excited.
Sometimes too much stimulation is given, and the sleepy signal is hidden from the baby’s waking state and is not easily detected. At first glance, a baby in good spirits and having fun is a characteristic of wakefulness for an adult, but for an infant it may be one of the signs of excessive fatigue.
Parents may want to give their baby a change of quiet environment, away from the source of stimulation, and chances are he will start yawning immediately. Just like many adults, playing mahjong and games until midnight, it also looks “very spirited”, not all yawning, but in fact already sleepy, is just carrying hard.
Myth 7: Don’t pull the curtains during the daytime sleep, or your child will have a reversed day and night
It is true that sunlight will stimulate sensitive babies and make them sleepy during the day, but the day and night reversal depends more on the baby’s resting arrangement throughout the day. If you only keep the room dark during the child’s naps, but not for long periods of drowsiness, it usually does not directly cause circadian disruptions. The curtains are drawn during the day to let the baby sleep, after all, you do not like the feeling of the sun shining on your face when you sleep.
Myth eight, children napping short must continue to sleep
If your baby has a short nap and is still sleepy, you should encourage your baby to continue sleeping. But the baby is in a better state, and more resistant to pick up sleep, forcing him to continue to sleep on the child and adults are very stressful.
If your child has a short nap and can’t catch it, you may want to get up and move around a bit and observe, sometimes there are signs of sleepiness again after half an hour.
For babies, it is not possible to sleep every day long, in the face of children’s naps short, parents can relax a little!
