Is it good for babies to sleep on their backs? Is it smart for babies to sleep on their stomachs? Why do babies like to sleep on their backs? And only sleep on their stomach at night, legs not straight, bent like a small frog! What are the disadvantages of sleeping on your baby’s back? Baby sleeps on his stomach is smart? The latest research shows that a person is not smart, look at the sleeping position as a child will know. According to the journal “Pediatrics” report, researchers studied 350 healthy babies sleeping position and found that babies sleeping on their stomachs have faster intellectual development, but babies lying down can slowly catch up with babies sleeping on their stomachs. But sleeping on their backs is easy to suddenly suffocate, while sleeping on their backs is safe and worry-free. So, in the end, how to let the baby sleep, will be smart, healthy and will not suddenly suffocate? Researchers suggest that when sleeping at night, it is best to let the babies lie down to sleep. Daytime naps or adult care, and then adjust the sleeping position to sleep on their backs. Baby’s sleeping room is best to maintain the appropriate temperature, humidity and light, the baby will sleep well and sweet. What are the benefits of babies sleeping on their backs? The fetus in the mother’s womb is the abdomen facing inward, the back facing outward curled position, this position is the most natural self-protection position, so the baby sleeps on his back more secure, easy to sleep, not easy to wake up, conducive to the development of the baby’s nervous system. Sleeping on their backs can also make the baby head up, exercise the neck, chest, back and limbs and other large muscle groups, to promote the development of muscle tone in babies. Sleeping on his back can also prevent vomiting and choking caused by the backflow of food from the stomach to the esophagus and mouth, and eliminate flatulence. Which babies are not suitable for sleeping on their backs? Babies with congenital heart disease, congenital wheezing, pneumonia, phlegm when coughing with cold, cerebral palsy, and certain pathological abdominal distension such as congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, duodenal obstruction, congenital megacolon, fetal stool obstruction, necrotizing enterocolitis, intussusception and other diseases such as ascites, hematological tumors, kidney disease and abdominal masses are not suitable for sleeping on their stomachs. Which babies are very suitable for sleeping on their stomachs? Babies with gastroesophageal reflux, obstructive whistling abnormalities, and slant neck can try sleeping on their stomachs to help relieve the condition. Children with small chins, large tongues, and severe vomiting must sleep on their backs. Another condition to pay special attention to, young children with phlegm, often vomit, once there is vomiting, to let the child down, so that food out, before lying down again, otherwise it is easy to cause asphyxiation Some people say that foreign babies often sleep on their stomachs, so follow a “natural law”, that is, people are born to sleep on their stomachs; some say that babies sleep on their sides is the most Suitable for babies; some people say that sleeping on their backs will be a “flat head”, which sleeping position is most beneficial to babies, there is no scientific conclusion, however, as parents should understand the advantages and disadvantages of each of the three sleeping positions, and then according to the situation of their own babies flexible. What are the advantages of baby sleeping prone? 1, the baby has a sense of security fetus in the mother’s womb is the ventral part of the face inward, back outward curled position. Because the ventral part of the human body compared to the back, the lack of bone protection, vulnerable to external injuries, and more sensitive. This posture is the most natural self-protection posture. And many babies seem to be born to sleep on their stomachs, is also based on the above principle, the most vulnerable part of the body to protect, sleep more secure, easy to sleep well, thus reducing crying, conducive to the development of the nervous system. 2, beneficial to gastric peristalsis and digestion Sleeping on your stomach, stomach content is not easy to flow to the esophagus and mouth, and cause vomiting; instead, peristalsis to the small intestine, conducive to digestion and absorption. 3, prone can make the baby driven by the head and chest, thus exercising the neck, chest, back and limbs and other large muscle groups, conducive to the training of turning over and crawling. What are the disadvantages of baby sleeping prone? 1, easy to cause asphyxiation because the baby’s head is heavy, and the neck strength is not enough, in will not be comfortable to turn the head or turn over, the mouth and nose easily blocked by pillows, towels, etc., will cause asphyxiation, and even life-threatening. 2, not conducive to heat dissipation chest and abdomen close to the bed, it is not easy to dissipate heat, which can easily cause an increase in body temperature, or eczema due to the accumulation of sweat in the chest and abdomen. 3, the limbs and hands and feet are not easy to move What are the advantages of sleeping on the baby’s side? 1, the right side of the bed can reduce vomiting or milk spillage because the outlet of the stomach and duodenum are in the right side of the abdomen, so the right side of the bed can make the gastric contents easier to flow to the small intestine; at the same time, in case of vomiting, the side of the bed can make the vomit in the mouth by the low angle out, and not into the throat. 2, to help the drainage of lung phlegm If inflammation occurs on one side of the lung, the other side can be taken, so that the inflammatory parts of the secretions (phlegm) can easily flow out of the trachea. 3.Reduce snoring Baby snoring in bed is mostly produced by the mutual vibration of secretions and soft tissues in the throat. Lying on your side can change the position of the soft tissues of the throat, reduce the retention of secretions, make your baby’s whistling smoother, and you won’t snore. What are the disadvantages of sleeping on the baby’s side? 1, the left side of the bed easy to cause vomiting or spillage because the junction of the stomach and esophagus on the left side, the left side of the stomach when lying easy to reflux into the esophagus. 2, maintain the posture is more tired baby’s body is round, and the limbs are relatively short, maintain the side lying posture is not easy, need to use a pillow in the front chest and back support. What are the advantages of sleeping on your baby’s back? 1, you can directly observe the baby’s sleeping condition whether there is too much secretion from the mouth and nose; whether there is vomiting; whether there is a strange expression on the face or an abnormal face, etc. can be found immediately and measures can be taken. 2, flexible limb activities limbs are not limited, so that the baby sleep more relaxed, comfortable. What are the disadvantages of babies sleeping on their backs? 1, prone to vomiting The physiological structure of the stomach makes supine stomach capacity easy to reflux esophagus caused by vomiting; and vomit is not easy to flow out of the mouth, will accumulate in the throat, easy to choke into the trachea and lungs, dangerous. 2, less psychologically safe because the more vulnerable parts of the body are exposed, psychologically insecure, not easy to sleep. 3, easy to catch a cold chest and abdomen skin is thin and easy to dissipate heat, such as not taking appropriate warming measures, easy to cause a cold.