After an October pregnancy, the baby was born successfully, the whole family is very excited, however, as the baby grows, the young parents are also worried about raising the baby, hope that the baby eat well, grow fast. However, each baby does not seem to be a carefree baby, a little tired during the day can be tolerated, and then often wake up at night, often cry, often need to feed, that really can not carry. Is the baby often waking up at night sick? We have to start with the sleep pattern. Sleep is a cycle, commonly known as deep sleep, light sleep alternately, there are 4-6 cycles each night, so it is normal for babies to wake up 4-6 times at night for a short time. Under normal circumstances, the baby can automatically move to the next sleep cycle again without the parents even noticing. Which babies wake up at night and do not automatically move to the next sleep cycle? 1. Babies who need to be comforted by external conditions when falling asleep: for example, those who are raised to fall asleep with a nipple and need to be held and shaken to fall asleep, such babies have formed a companion sleep condition. When they wake up at night, they cry without being given the same sleeping conditions. 2, disease factors: sudden changes in sleep habits, to consider whether there is no cause of disease. A cold, indigestion and other diseases can affect the baby’s emotional and physical state and may cause night waking and difficulty in falling asleep. Generally, as the disease improves and attention is paid to developing their own sleeping habits, these abnormalities will be improved in a short time. 3.Long-term abnormal nutritional status: Babies with poor growth and development are prone to sleep problems such as night waking and difficulty sleeping, which need to be excluded from the pediatric clinic, and the quality of sleep will be improved after treatment. What if there are night wakings caused by the formation of sleeping conditions? The solution is to help your child re-establish the habit of falling asleep on his or her own. You can try to remove the companion sleep condition. For example, for babies who fall asleep with a pacifier, you can no longer hold the pacifier when you are going to sleep, but place it directly on the baby’s bed and let the baby fall asleep on its own after confirming that it is safe and emotionally stable. Some babies who have difficulty withdrawing can use the gradual fading method. That is, gradually reduce the level of comfort, so that the baby gets emotionally adapted until it can fall asleep on its own, this method takes a longer time to correct, often taking several weeks. It descends from picking up and walking around, breastfeeding, etc. to holding and not walking around, light pressure with hands crossed and fixed on the chest, slow stroking, and finally to no intervention, just humming, etc.