Why is the five-month-old baby restless?

The body of a five-month-old baby has begun to develop gradually and is in a stage of particularly rapid development, so some external factors will affect the baby's development, especially the baby. Sleeping is very important for the baby's development. What is the reason why a five-month-old baby cannot sleep well?

1. Improper diet: eating too much before going to bed, frequent feeding at night, inability to adapt to newly added complementary foods, indigestion, etc.

2. Physiological reasons: teething period, weaning period, and after vaccination.

3. The baby is overly tired: playing for too long before going to bed and being overly excited; or being frightened during the day, feeling fearful, anxious, etc., which makes it difficult to suppress the spirit and leads to difficulty falling asleep, commonly known as "noisy sleep", or waking up soon after entering the light sleep stage, making it difficult to enter the deep sleep stage.

4. Sleep problems: Long-term lack of sleep, unreasonable or irregular arrangement of sleep, eating and defecation time lead to sleep disorders; arbitrarily changing sleep time, and parents lack the awareness of cultivating and establishing their children's sleep biological clock.

5. Sleeping environment: such as polluted air, room temperature too high or too low, too dry; bedding is too thick, wearing cotton clothes to sleep, etc.

6. Illness: constipation, diarrhea, eczema, infectious diseases such as otitis media, sinusitis, early rickets, pinworm infection; children feel uncomfortable such as fever, nasal congestion, abdominal distension, pain, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, itching and other symptoms.

7. Changes in daily life: such as moving to an unfamiliar new house due to going out, having a new nanny or relative to take care of the baby, and worrying about being separated from parents due to business trips.

There are many reasons, which can be divided into two categories:

1. External factors

1. Hunger

It is more common in newborns and babies under three months old. This requires breastfeeding or milk feeding to solve the problem. If older babies eat a full meal before going to bed, this factor can be eliminated.

In dry weather, your baby may be thirsty at night, and giving him some water can help calm him down.

2. Calcium deficiency

Calcium deficiency is one of the main factors that cause babies to sleep restlessly, and most girls will take it into consideration. Calcium deficiency and low blood calcium levels increase the excitability of the brain's autonomic nerves, causing the baby to wake up at night, have night terrors, become restless and have trouble sleeping. The solution is to supplement your baby with calcium and vitamin D and get more sun exposure.

A. Calcium supplement: 300-500 mg of elemental calcium per day

B. Vitamin D supplement: 400-800 IU per day

3. Too hot

Nowadays, most babies’ clothes and blankets are on the warm side. In fact, it doesn’t matter if the baby is a little cool. Being too hot will make him uncomfortable and prone to illness. If the room temperature is quite high and the baby is wearing a sleeping bag and covered with a small quilt, the baby's own heat dissipation ability is poor and he will feel hot and wake up. At this time, the problem can be solved by simply reducing the amount of penetration.

4. Abdominal bloating

This condition occurs in infants under 1 year old. If the baby eats too much before going to bed or does not burp after drinking milk, the baby will wake up due to bloating. Older babies may have eaten something difficult to digest within a few hours before bedtime. The problem can be solved by paying attention to massage, exhausting gas and adjusting diet. Babies with indigestion can be treated with some Chinese medicine.

5. Wet urine

A diaper that is too wet or too tight may also make your baby uncomfortable. Some babies don't want to pee in their diapers easily when they want to pee, and they toss and turn restlessly. Careful MM, please observe this.

6. Too much excitement during the day or changes in environment

In older babies, disturbed sleep may also be related to excessive daytime excitement or tension, or changes in daily routine. Such as going out, changes in sleep patterns, moving to a new house, having a new nanny and strangers. For example, the departure of the old nanny may cause the baby to sleep disturbed at night. Frequent changes in caregivers also significantly increase the incidence of sleep disorders in children. Sleeping too much during the day can also affect your sleep at night.

The above are the main reasons why 5-month-old babies have restless sleep. If your baby also has restless sleep, you must pay enough attention to this problem, because it may affect the brain development or physical development of the fetus. You can find the reasons from the above reasons. I hope the above information can help you.