Why do children have trouble sleeping?

Poor sleep at night refers to the inability to fall asleep, shallow sleep, frequent dreams and easy awakening, etc. This situation is very common. Most of the time, it is caused by too much mental stress, complex environmental factors, or it may be caused by one's own illness. However, children may also have trouble sleeping. And the child will cry all night long. So how should we treat babies who have trouble sleeping at night?

Understand your baby's sleep time.

A newborn baby one month old needs to sleep 16 to 18 hours a day; babies from one month to six months old need to sleep 14 to 16 hours a day; children from six months to one year old need to sleep 13 to 15 hours a day.

Understanding Infant and Toddler Sleep Hours

Infants and young children's sleep time needs to be divided into several segments a day. Children under two years old should have at least two naps a day, and children two years old and older should have at least one nap a day. Whether your baby gets enough sleep can be judged by the baby's activity level and growth and development. Babies can be trained to develop good sleeping habits from birth. Regular sleep patterns can reduce the mother's burden and increase milk secretion.

The importance of adequate sleep for babies

Night sleep of babies will affect their growth and development: 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. is the critical period for the secretion of growth hormone in babies; the process of energy storage when babies sleep: good sleep can make babies full of energy; baby sleep will affect intelligence: good sleep can improve baby's intelligence and promote the development of baby's thinking ability.

Appropriate nutritional supplements are also important for your baby's good sleep quality.

When purchasing milk powder, you can choose milk powder with whey protein, which contains tryptophan, which can promote the development of the nervous system; you can choose milk powder with structured fat OPO, which can promote the baby's absorption of calcium; at the same time, pay attention to supplementing cod liver oil, take your children outdoors, and let the baby synthesize vitamin D by himself.

The article introduces some methods to deal with babies who have trouble sleeping at night. Babies who have trouble sleeping at night are mainly frightened or affected by environmental factors, such as poor air circulation, too bright or too dark lights, too high indoor temperature, hunger or urination, etc. Therefore, when a child cries and can't sleep, you need to find the cause as soon as possible.