Why do children cry in the middle of the night?

If a child always cries in the middle of the night, it will definitely be very tormenting to the parents. At this time, the parents are sleeping soundly, and they have to get up to coax the child to sleep, which will seriously affect the parents' sleep. In addition, if this continues for a long time, it will be very detrimental to the child's health. To address this problem, parents should look for the reasons based on the child's situation, such as factors that may be due to the child's physical discomfort, and should focus on the following reasons.

Why do children cry in the middle of the night?

Some new mothers always encounter some obstacles on the road of parenting. For example, a child may play well during the day, but start crying in the middle of the night. So what’s the matter with children crying in the middle of the night?

First of all, if a child cries in the middle of the night, it may be because he ate too much during the day, especially too much meat, which caused indigestion and food accumulation in the baby's stomach. Therefore, if you want your child to stop crying in the middle of the night, you should feed him less food at night and give him less food that is difficult to digest. In this way, the child will not have food accumulation and will sleep better.

Secondly, it’s cold at home now, so those who have heating have turned it on, and those who don’t have heating have turned on air conditioning to keep warm. This will make the indoor air very dry. When the air is dry, it will affect the baby's respiratory tract, especially pharyngitis, tonsillitis, nasal congestion, etc., which will affect the child's breathing and thus affect the child's sleep. This will cause the child to have difficulty breathing and cry in the middle of the night.

In addition, children suffering from pinworm disease may also have poor sleep and cry in the middle of the night. Because the child has pinworm disease, the anus will become itchy, and the child can't help scratching. The more he scratches, the more itchy it becomes, and the child will cry. Therefore, if you want your child to stop crying, you must take good care of his or her anal hygiene and stay away from pinworm disease.

Finally, before children go to bed, parents can tell them stories and sing nursery rhymes, and not let them get too excited. If a child is too excited before going to bed, it may cause the child to cry in the middle of the night and have poor sleep.

Children are the most difficult to take care of when they are young. Their moods are unpredictable and they will cry when they want to. It’s okay during the day, he can just coax himself into falling asleep, but the problem is that at night, he will start crying at a certain time. So what should you do if your child cries in the first half of the night? Many mothers have encountered this problem. After reading the following, you will understand.

What to do if your child cries in the first half of the night

There are many reasons why children cry, such as calcium deficiency, too hot or too cold, etc. Some children also have sleep disturbances due to indigestion. When a child is crying, the mother should not just try to coax the baby, as this will not be effective. The mother should find out the reason why the baby is crying and not improve the crying phenomenon based on the result.