Why do babies cry all the time at night? Crying is an instinctive reaction of infants because they do not have the ability to express themselves verbally during infancy, so “crying” is a way for them to express their demands or pain. Infants’ central nervous system is not yet well developed, and they are relatively sensitive to external stimuli, which can easily cause sudden crying. If the baby’s life is irregular, when too much sleep during the day, it is easy to cry at night; and too cold, too hot, hunger, humidity, pain, itching and other discomforts, will also lead to infants and toddlers crying; in addition, after the sense of urine training baby, will cry in the form of expressing requirements to adults. When the baby is normal during the day, into the night crying and restless, it can be called “pediatric night crying”. For the night cry, China’s ancient has a more far-reaching understanding. The “Sheng Ji General Record” that the infant is weak, the internal organs have cold, every night, the Yin cold and the right qi hit, then the mood is not quiet, the abdomen cut pain, so night cry. The “General Microbiology of Pediatric Health” suggests that children who cry at night have many symptoms, but there are only three: one is cold, two is hot, and three is evil; that is, “cold is painful and cries, hot is annoying and cries, and frightened is disturbed and cries”. How to deal with children’s night cries? When you encounter a baby crying at night, mom and dad should first determine the cause of the child’s crying. If it is a physiological crying, such as child hunger, thirst, too cold, too hot, wet diapers, noisy surroundings and other reasons for crying, when the cause is removed, the baby’s crying will naturally stop; if it is due to bad habits that cause more than crying at night, you should reasonably adjust the baby’s routine according to the actual situation, if necessary, you can ask the child health care doctor to give guidance. If the exact cause of the baby’s crying cannot be found, then parents need to consider the possibility of pathological crying. For example, babies with mouth ulcers tend to cry when feeding or eating; babies with nasal congestion cry when feeding because the congestion affects their breathing; inflammation of the external ear canal can intensify crying when touching or pulling the affected ear; fever, headache, abdominal pain, etc. can cause babies to cry repeatedly or in bursts, or to touch the painful and uncomfortable area with their hands, and can be accompanied by vomiting, fever, pallor, abnormal bowel movements, etc. At this time, we must be alert to meningitis In this case, parents should be alert to the possibility of major diseases such as meningitis, intussusception, intestinal spasm, acute appendicitis and inguinal hernia. When encountering a similar situation, parents should take their babies to the doctor as soon as possible to clarify the cause and early treatment. Chinese medicine sees nocturnal crying in children Chinese medicine believes that nocturnal crying in children often develops due to spleen cold, heart heat, shock, and food accumulation. (1) Spleen and stomach deficiency cold. The child with a deficient spleen and stomach has a pale complexion, the limbs are not warm, likes to lie down, the abdomen is cold, bends over and curls the legs and cries, does not think about eating and drinking, loose stools, urine is clear and long. The tongue is pale, with white coating and light red fingerprints. Treatment is to warm the middle and strengthen the spleen. (2) Heart-heat fright. This type of child has red face and lips, restlessness, heat from the mouth and nose, restless sleep at night, a fright, warmth in the body and abdomen, constipation, short red urine. The tongue is red with yellow coating. Treatment is to clear heat and calm the mind. (3) Apprehension and fear. Mostly seen crying at night, red or greenish face, restlessness, alarm, waking up easily in sleep, crying in dreams, sounding miserable and tight, fearful, clinging to mother’s arms, lips and tongue color may not change abnormally. The treatment is to calm the mind. (4) Stagnation of milk and food. Symptoms are nighttime crying, anorexia and vomiting of milk, belching and acidity, abdominal pain and fullness, sleep and restlessness, sour stools, tongue color or light or red, thick and greasy tongue coating, purple fingerprints stagnant. The treatment is to eliminate food and lead to stagnation.