The baby sweats profusely every time he sleeps and sometimes wets the pillow. During the daytime a little activity, forehead and back are sweaty. When encountering sweaty babies, mothers start to worry, is the baby lack of something? Or is the body weak and suffering from any disease? Baby old sweat, is not sick?$ Babies are more prone to sweating Due to their physiology, babies will sweat more easily than adults! Because the neural system of the baby’s brain is not yet well developed, the cerebral cortex has poor inhibition of the vegetative nerves, and the secretion of the sweat glands is precisely regulated by the vegetative nerves. This leads to the baby’s poor self-regulation of heat and cold, one of the manifestations is sweating. The baby is particularly “tender”, the skin water content is larger, especially the newborn baby, their body water content is as high as 85%, much higher than adults. Coupled with the baby’s skin surface microvascular distribution is more, by the skin evaporation of water is also more; in addition, the habit of pediatric activity will also lead to sweating. Excessive care The external cause of baby sweating is too much “care”. Adults always “do unto others”, that the baby should wear more, in case of cold? So, the baby sleeps covered with a quilt, and then put on a layer of adult quilt, the baby sweat is really not surprising. Baby sweating is calcium and zinc deficiency?$ Not really! Of course, some moms will ask what about a baby with a calcium deficiency who also has night sweats! How can you say your baby is healthy? Calcium deficiency babies do sweat, but the most obvious and direct manifestation of calcium deficiency is that the baby’s height is not up to standard, growth and development lag, after these obvious manifestations of the baby will appear such as occipital baldness, fontanel closure delay, sweating and other symptoms. Therefore, sweating is not the basis for parents to determine the baby’s calcium deficiency. It is important to observe whether the growth is lagging behind, whether the amount of milk is sufficient, etc. The same applies to zinc deficiency. Zinc deficiency is also so, zinc deficiency of the baby’s most obvious manifestation is not love to eat, resulting in height, physical development lag, intelligence will be more or less affected, so you can not see the baby’s head sweating that the baby lack of zinc, chaotic supplementation of micronutrients is a big mistake.$ It is normal for babies to sweat in this condition!$ Sleeping love sweat normal Sleeping sweat is the most asked by mothers, which is related to the baby’s neurological development is not perfect, the most common in the hours after the baby just fell asleep. The baby sleep sweaty situation, will with the growth of age, the development of the perfect gradually better. Generally speaking, this kind of excessive sleep sweating is very common in babies under 3 years old, and even, some babies will still continue this phenomenon even when they reach 7 or 8 years old. Mothers can rest assured that if the baby is simply sweating in his sleep and is not accompanied by any other symptoms, there is no cause for concern. Mothers can help their babies to develop a routine of eating, playing and sleeping, not letting their babies fall asleep immediately after eating, and not doing strenuous activities before falling asleep, which can effectively reduce sweating after falling asleep. In addition, it is also a good idea to dress your baby in less clothing right when he or she goes to sleep. Wear a layer of snug cotton underwear and a seasonal sleeping bag, it is warm enough, until the second half of the night and then add the quilt. If your baby’s sweat soaks through your clothes, gently wipe your baby’s body with a sweat absorbent towel and change your baby into dry clothes in time, so that sweat doesn’t evaporate and take away the heat, making your baby feel cold. Sweat normal breastfeeding There are also mothers will ask, the baby when eating milk, forehead will appear a layer of fine sweat, do not know how it is? Due to the thermal effect of food, the baby’s body will have a certain amount of heat production during and after eating, which will naturally lead to sweating. Sweating is especially noticeable after eating high protein foods such as breastmilk, formula milk and cow’s milk. Therefore, it is best for mothers to remove a layer of clothing for their babies when they are drinking milk. If your baby sweats, dry him/her off promptly and change into a dry shirt if necessary to make him/her more comfortable.