What to do if your baby yawns and won’t sleep

Sleeping should be the most important part of life for babies, and they need much more sleep than adults. Sleeping helps the baby's brain and body development. Babies who sleep more usually grow up to be plump. I believe many mothers have had this experience: the baby is yawning and very sleepy, but just doesn’t want to sleep. What should I do if my baby yawns and doesn’t sleep?

Here I recommend to mothers the 321 tips for scientifically caring for baby's sleep: three things to pay attention to, two things to avoid and one goal, to help mothers establish scientific sleeping habits for their babies.

Three notes:

1. Pay attention to cultivating the habit of going to bed on time;

2. Pay attention to creating a good sleeping environment, including outdoor sounds, bedroom light, and ventilation;

3. Pay attention to the selection of baby's underwear, such as pajamas, quilts and diapers.

Babies have delicate skin and tend to sweat easily when sleeping. They also like to turn over, so in addition to paying attention to the softness of pajamas and quilts, you should also choose diapers that are soft, dry, and breathable.

Two things to avoid:

1. Avoid checking your baby frequently and disturbing his sleep. If your baby wakes up during the night, try to help him fall asleep again on his own.

2. Avoid frequently checking whether the baby is wet and changing diapers. Choose diapers with strong moisture absorption that can keep the baby dry for 10 hours at night.

One goal:

Ensuring that your baby gets continuous and effective sleep time is the most important indicator for measuring your baby's sleep quality. Parents should pay attention to scientific management to allow their baby to enjoy a full night of golden sleep.

The average continuous amount of sleep a baby needs:

The sleep time for a newborn baby is 2-4 hours, the sleep time for a baby aged 1-3 months is 5-6 hours, the sleep time for a baby aged 6 months is 6 hours, the sleep time for a 1-year-old baby is when they can start to sleep through the night, and the sleep time for a baby aged 1-2 years is more than 10 hours.

In addition, yawning is caused by many factors. Sometimes it may be because you feel sleepy and want to sleep; sometimes it may be due to lack of oxygen to the brain under certain circumstances, which can also cause yawning. If the yawning is not caused by pathological brain hypoxia, it is generally yawning due to sleepiness. Children usually yawn because they want to sleep. But if they can't sleep, there may be other factors that we need to pay attention to.

The above introduces in detail the reasons why babies yawn but do not sleep. I hope it can be of some help to mothers. In addition, mothers also need to pay attention to cultivating their baby's sleeping habits and sleeping methods in order to help the baby develop regular living habits, and should avoid letting the baby's brain be in an excited state during sleep time.