What should I do if my 50-day-old baby is restless while sleeping?

Sleep is very important for children. High-quality sleep can ensure the healthy growth of children. However, some children have poor sleep quality, especially tossing and turning at night and often waking up. Why is this? Doctors believe that children generally have poor sleep quality because of calcium deficiency, indigestion or being frightened. What should I do if my 50-day-old baby is restless when sleeping? Let’s find out together.

Reasons and solutions for babies' restless sleep

1. Lack of trace elements and low blood calcium levels will cause increased excitability of the brain and autonomic nerves, resulting in the baby's restless sleep at night. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation is needed. If calcium is deficient, the baby's fontanelle will not close well; if zinc is deficient, the corners of the mouth will generally ulcerate.

2. Too hot or too cold

3. Too dry, with mucus in the nose

4. Don’t play too excitedly before going to bed, go to bed on time: 0.5 to 1 hour before the baby goes to sleep, the baby should be calmed down. Don’t play too excitedly before going to bed, and don’t tease the baby too much. This prevents your baby from having difficulty falling asleep due to being too excited or nervous. No exciting TV shows, no tense or scary stories, and no new toys. Create a good sleeping environment for your baby. The room temperature is suitable, quiet and the light is dim. The covering should be light, soft and dry. Let your baby urinate before going to bed.

5. Pay attention to whether there are pinworms outside the anus.

6. Many mothers think their babies are hungry when they see them wake up crying at night, and then they feed them. In fact, this is a very bad habit. Doing so will instead cause the child to develop the habit of wanting to breastfeed when he wakes up at night.

7. Indigestion, indigestion, getting angry or eating too much at night can also cause restless sleep. It is recommended that solid foods such as porridge and noodles should be fed at least two or three hours before going to bed, and a little milk should be drunk before going to bed.

10. If your baby wakes up at night because he wants to pee, I think he should be given a diaper so that his sleep will not be affected by holding him to pee. If you use diapers, they must be too tight.

11. When you find your child is sleepy, put him in the crib immediately. It is better to let your baby fall asleep on his own if you hold or rock him to sleep every time. Then whenever he wakes up at night, he will need you to hold him or rock him to fall asleep.

12. Do not let your baby fall asleep with a pacifier in his or her mouth. Pacifiers are for babies to suck milk, not for sleeping. If some children fall asleep with a pacifier in their mouth, please gently remove the pacifier before putting them to bed (falling asleep with a pacifier in their mouth is very dangerous).

The above are solutions to the problem of a 50-day-old baby sleeping restlessly. The book doesn’t mention any effective methods because this is a stage in the baby’s growth and development (of course, babies have individual differences and some babies have no problem). I just made some suggestions and hope they can be helpful to everyone.