Factors that cause baby's pillow to get wet when sleeping

The body of a baby is relatively fragile, and the metabolism of a child is already very active. It is also the nature of a child to be lively and active. Especially when a child is in bed, he is very restless, and tossing and turning makes the child extremely excited. Many careful mothers will find that the baby's pillow is wet when sleeping, and they will unexpectedly make a fuss. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Let's find out how to deal with it.

Infants and young children have an active metabolism and are active and lively. Some of them cannot rest even after going to bed at night, so they may sweat on their heads after falling asleep.

The so-called physiological hyperhidrosis refers to sweating during sleep when the child is well-developed, healthy, and has no disease. Parents are often accustomed to deciding the best environmental temperature for their children based on their own subjective feelings, and like to cover their babies with more blankets and keep them tightly covered. Because children's brain and nervous system are not yet fully developed and they are in the growth and development period, their body metabolism is very active. Coupled with the stimulation of overheating, they can only regulate normal body temperature by sweating to evaporate the heat in the body.

In addition, drinking milk, malted milk or eating chocolate before going to bed can also cause sweating in children. Some parents give their children milk, malted milk, etc. before they go to sleep. After the child falls asleep, the body produces a large amount of heat, which is mainly dissipated through sweating through the skin. In addition, too high room temperature or excessive warmth can also cause children to sweat while sleeping, which are all physiological sweating.

Pathological sweating occurs when the child is in a quiet state, such as sweating caused by rickets, which manifests as obvious sweating on the child's head in the first half of the night after falling asleep. Because the pillow is irritated by sweat, babies often shake their heads and rub against the pillow when they sleep, resulting in sparse hair and loss of hair on the pillow, forming typical annular hair loss on the pillow, which is medically known as "occipital baldness". It is an early manifestation of rickets in infants. As long as vitamin D and calcium are supplemented in time, rickets can be controlled and sweating will stop by itself.

Usually, when a baby's pillow is wet when sleeping, it means that the body is sweating and lacks calcium. When the child is calcium deficient, you need to supplement the child with some calcium supplements. Taking medicine is of course not enough, but you can supplement it through diet and getting more sun exposure.