Reasons why babies shake their heads when sleeping

Children have relatively poor immunity. Many careful mothers will find that once a child catches a cold, he or she will catch a cold. Moreover, many babies habitually shake their heads when they sleep. In fact, this phenomenon is unconscious in children. We should also pay attention to prevent children from calcium deficiency on weekdays. Eczema on the head and excessive sweating may be the main causes of calcium deficiency.

It's OK for a newborn to shake his head

Newborn babies often tremble, blush their faces, and shake their heads from side to side. This shaking of the head mostly occurs when the baby is sleeping alone. If the baby is held by the mother to sleep, this phenomenon is not so obvious. This is because the baby's nervous system is not yet fully developed. As the baby grows older, the nervous system will become more mature and the problem will gradually disappear. If the baby's physical development is normal, new parents do not need to worry. Even for older babies, as long as there are no pathological problems, if the baby keeps shaking his head, it may be to attract the mother's attention, and the mother does not need to worry too much.

Babies with thinning hair may be calcium deficient

If the baby is calcium deficient, he will sweat excessively, especially sweating on the head after falling asleep, causing the head to constantly rub against the pillow, which is the phenomenon we see when the baby shakes his head. If this phenomenon continues for a long time, it will cause the baby's hair on the back of the head to become thinner, which is what we usually call "baldness on the back of the head". In addition, infants and young children are easily frightened, sleep uneasily, and cry at night in the early stages of calcium deficiency. If the baby often shakes his head, has delayed teething, or has symptoms such as "baldness on the back of the head", it is best for the mother to take the baby to the hospital for relevant examinations and pay attention to giving the child more calcium supplements.

Babies with eczema often shake their heads

If your baby's brain development is normal but he still shakes his head frequently and cries during sleep, this may be caused by a skin disease. Eczema is also one of the reasons why babies shake their heads. Babies with eczema cannot scratch themselves with their hands, so they can only scratch the itch by shaking their heads. Baby eczema will have symptoms such as skin desquamation, flushing, blisters, erosion, and scabs, which may affect the inside of the ear canal, the outer ear, and the skin behind the ear. If your baby has eczema, you should not let him scratch the skin where the eczema occurs with his hands, as this will cause bacterial infection of the skin. Reporter Tian Xiaoyu

In the above article, we learned that babies shake their heads when they sleep. In fact, this phenomenon happens frequently to many children. We can take the children to the hospital for a detailed physical examination to find out whether the main factors are lack of elements and calcium deficiency.