Have you found: since the baby was born, in addition to eating milk or wet diapers will wake up, the rest of the time almost all in sleep, accounting for about 80% of the day? You may not understand, baby sleep more, on the one hand, is the need for growth and development, on the other hand, is also the brain nervous system has not yet developed sound, the brain is easy to fatigue the reason. Normal newborn babies sleep for about 18 hours a day. If the lack of sleep, it will make the newborn baby physiological function disorder, nervous system regulation failure, poor appetite, resistance to decline. As the saying goes, the baby who can sleep grows strong, also said more sleep baby high, it can be seen that sleep is extremely important for the growth and development of babies.
Newborn babies do not have the concept of day and night, and will not adjust their own sleep clock, so some babies sleep in black and white, making mothers and fathers tired, four neighbors restless. So baby’s sleep is a big problem. Let’s get to know the baby’s sleep characteristics, and then the right remedy, it is very easy to get rid of the disease.
1.Sleep disturbance and treatment
If your baby has sleep disturbances or cries, we should look for problems in the following areas.
See if the room temperature is too high, or if it is wrapped too much and the baby sleeps restlessly because it is too hot. At this time there may be beads of sweat on the tip of the baby’s nose, feel the body is also sweaty, which will need to reduce the room temperature, reduce or loosen the wrapping, the baby feel comfortable to sleep.
If you feel the baby’s feet are cold, it means that the baby is sleepy due to lack of warmth, you can cover the bedding or use a hot water bag to keep warm outside the quilt. Big, urine wet diapers, baby uncomfortable and sleepy, should change diapers in time.
Insufficient breast milk, the baby did not eat enough also affects the sleep, which should be fed several times, promote the secretion of milk, so that the baby eat enough.
When the newborn baby is indeed crying because of fatigue, you should be close to the newborn baby, gently touch the baby’s head with your hand, from the top of the head to the forehead direction, while stroking a monotone, low “oh oh” sound, or with your warm hands gently hold the baby’s small hands, can make the baby feel safe, and soon fall asleep.
If none of these conditions exist, the mother may have had insufficient vitamin D and calcium intake during pregnancy, which may cause her newborn baby to have hypocalcemia, with early signs of restless sleep. If, in addition to restless sleep, there are other symptoms such as fever and not eating milk, you should immediately go to the hospital for medical examination and treatment.
Newborn babies “jump” when they sleep. If there is a sound, such as the sound of people, open the door, the sound of the door, etc., will occur jumping, but will not wake up. This is because the little baby’s nervous system is not yet well developed, easily frightened, and the baby in bed, sometimes also appear to make a face, pouting mouth, small hands and feet to do some very small movements and other conditions, you do not have to worry, the baby these loving expressions, the old generation gave a very nice name – “mother-in-law”, appropriate to give some gentle soothing can be.
2, sleep misconceptions
Daily care, the baby’s sleep is most likely to misunderstandings. These incorrect sleep care, will directly affect the baby’s physical development.
(1) bundling. In order to prevent the baby from stirring the quilt when sleeping, some mothers and fathers will wrap their hands and feet or even bundle them up. This practice limits the baby’s freedom to sleep, so that his muscles are in a state of long-term tension, perimeter blood circulation is blocked, reducing the resistance. People in sleep, limb activity is the natural physiological state, should not be forced to change.
(2) hugging. Some mothers and fathers from the purpose of love and care of the baby, like to hold the baby to sleep, not knowing that this will seriously endanger the health of the baby. Cuddling baby sleep, exhale carbon dioxide gas will affect the baby inhale oxygen, resulting in oxygen insufficiency, long-term in such a sleep environment, will affect the baby’s brain metabolism. In addition, it is also easy to snuggle too tight or squeeze the baby’s accident.
(3) rocking cradle. Some moms and dads like to use the rocking cradle to promote the baby to sleep earlier. It should be noted that the baby’s head and neck is more fragile, excessive shaking will damage its head and neck capillaries, and in serious cases can occur eye retinal capillary congestion, concussion, brain contusion, intracranial hemorrhage and intracranial lacerations and other conditions. Therefore, try not to shake the cradle when the baby sleeps.
3.Sleep care
Want to let the baby sleep well, you need to first understand the characteristics of the baby, from the baby itself to start with.
(1) sleep time. Smart father will follow the principle of more sleep at night and less sleep during the day, as much as possible
As much as possible to adjust the baby’s rhythm of life to synchronize with adults. When sleeping at night, create a quiet, dimly lit environment for your baby. Schedule a feeding before bedtime to prevent your baby from waking up in the middle of the night due to hunger. Engage in some communication activities with your baby during the day, not only to enhance your relationship, but also to make your baby feel sleepy, thus improving the quality of sleep.
(2) Sleeping position. The baby’s sleeping position is divided into three kinds: lying down, sleeping on his back and side sleep.
Sleeping on your back can help your baby enter a deeper sleep, but is prone to accidents. When the baby sleeps on his back, his face is facing down, and his palate will be suddenly compressed when he changes direction, causing blockage of the throat and trachea. Therefore, when the baby sleeps on his back, you had better be around to monitor.
Sleeping on your back and side generally does not appear dangerous, but the baby’s skull has not yet fully closed, long-term maintenance of a posture easy to cause deformation of the baby’s head. For example, babies who often sleep on their backs are prone to flattening their heads, and babies who sleep on their sides for a long time are prone to skewed head shape. Therefore, when the baby sleeps, you should pay attention to often change its sleep position to keep the head shape beautiful.
(3) Assist in sleeping. When the baby sleeps, you have to do a good job in the side to assist, the correct practice is: often for the baby to turn over, change position, generally 4 hours to change 1 time; after eating and drinking to sleep in the side position, do not sleep on your back; in your newborn baby talk, teasing, watching toys, listening to music and dressing and washing face need to take the supine position; in the newborn baby before sucking milk, fasting, can be under your care prone.
4.Cultivate good sleep habits
Cultivate the good habit of baby sleeping more at night and less during the day. Specific practices are.
The baby who loves to sleep during the day should be woken up on time, more face-to-face communication with the baby to talk, give touch and hearing stimulation or do passive gymnastics, nursing, etc., so that the baby sleeps less during the day. Or give the baby some stimulation, such as pinching earlobes, playing the soles of the feet, etc., so that the baby sleep, so that newborn babies wake up more times during the day, the baby tired during the day, the night will naturally sleep peacefully, so that after a few days of adaptation process, the normal sleep pattern will slowly form.
Before going to sleep, the baby should be cleaned, such as bathing and washing the face, changing diapers. In addition, to feed an adequate amount of milk; can play some soft, gentle music to the baby before each bedtime. Over time, let the baby form a conditioned reflex, hear the music, you know to sleep, and develop the habit of falling asleep naturally.