What should I do if my baby has a reversed day and night cycle? These methods deal with

Many parents are particularly distressed because their babies always sleep during the day and are very awake at night, which is exactly the opposite of the adults' schedule. Therefore, taking care of the babies is very painful. So what methods can be used to change this situation?

1. What to do if your baby has reversed day and night

Babies spend most of their time sleeping, but some babies always sleep more during the day and have no sleepiness at all at night. This gives the mother a headache. Reversing day and night not only makes the mother unable to rest well and feel tired the next day, but also affects the baby's growth.

In addition to genetics, nutrition, and exercise, a baby's height is also closely related to the secretion of growth hormone. Too little secretion of growth hormone is likely to cause short stature. The secretion of growth hormone has its specific rhythm, and the peak period of secretion is generally from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. If you go to bed too late, it is likely to affect the height of your growing baby.

In fact, it is understandable that newborns have a reversed day and night cycle. This is because the baby has been living in the mother's womb for so long without distinction between day and night, and it takes some time after birth to adapt to the phenomenon of day and night. The mother must be patient about this. In fact, the baby will no longer be like this after a few weeks.

2. Babies have their own unique biological clock

Every baby has his or her own unique biological clock. Generally, newborns sleep about 16-18 hours a day, which is more than twice that of adults. As they grow older, their daily sleep time will naturally decrease, to about 15 hours at 3 months, about 14 hours at 6 months, and about 13 hours at 1 year old.

Because the baby's sleep cycle is quite frequent, the sleep time is divided into many segments in a day, and light sleep and deep sleep will alternate. As your baby grows, his sleep requirements will naturally change. The biggest change is that he basically doesn't need to sleep during the day, so the overall sleep time he needs will be greatly reduced. However, there is a transition period between reversing day and night and clearly defining day and night, which makes many mothers very troubled.

3. Baby's sleep needs

Every baby has his or her own unique biological clock. Cai Chunjuan, a general pediatrician and deputy director of the Medical Education and Research Department at Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, said that newborns generally sleep about 16 to 18 hours a day, which is more than twice that of adults. As they age, their daily sleep time will naturally decrease, to about 15 hours at 3 months, about 14 hours at 6 months, and about 13 hours at 1 year old. Because the baby's sleep cycle is quite frequent, the sleep time is divided into many segments in a day, and light sleep and deep sleep will alternate.