Reasons why children like to sleep on their stomachs may be to feel secure and to relieve abdominal discomfort.
Before the child is born, the body is usually curled up with the back facing outward, sleeping on the stomach is a simulation of the position of sleeping in the womb, which is more secure and will make the child feel happy.
Due to unclean diet, overeating, abdominal cold and other causes of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, at this time the child may like to sleep on their stomach, can make the abdominal muscles in a relaxed state, relieve abdominal muscle tension, reduce abdominal pain or abdominal distension symptoms.
Children like to sleep on their stomachs, but do not sleep on their stomachs for too long, so as not to oppress the heart, breathing problems, the younger children sleep on their stomachs to have parental supervision, so as not to be covered by the mouth and nose and suffocation.
Children like to sleep on their stomachs may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.