Factors that cause sleepiness in three-month-old babies

Newly born babies need careful care and attentive attention. Children’s immunity is already very poor, and they are not yet adapted to the external environment. Mothers should pay attention at this time. Many careful mothers will observe why 3-month-old babies are sleepy. Let’s find out what’s going on?

Generally, a one-month-old newborn baby sleeps 20-22 hours a day, and basically sleeps all the time except for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating; a baby of 1-2 months old sleeps about 18 hours a day and can play with his parents for a while; a baby of 3 months old generally sleeps about 16 hours a day, and has more time to communicate with his parents, and can turn over, turn his head, and kick the quilt; after six months old, babies usually sleep 12-14 hours, and then slowly decrease.

Of course, sometimes children’s sleep time will slightly exceed this standard. This may be because they are too tired the day before or have played too excitedly, but this can be corrected quickly.

If your child often sleeps too much, you should consider whether he or she is sick. Clinically, this phenomenon of excessive sleep is called hypersomnia, which mostly refers to the state of falling asleep beyond the normal sleep time, and may be one of the symptoms of a certain disease.

There are many diseases that can cause sleepiness in babies. For example, most babies who have a cold and fever are sleepy. Once the fever subsides, their energy will be restored and their sleep will return to normal. This is normal and is a process of self-adjustment in the baby's body. Therefore, more sleep is beneficial to the body's recovery. Drowsiness may also occur after taking cold or allergy medicines. This is a side effect of the medicine and usually disappears after stopping the medicine. However, if your baby is found to be drowsy in areas where viral encephalitis or Japanese encephalitis is prevalent, and is also vomiting, refusing to eat, and having a high fever, you must pay attention.

In daily life, many mothers hope to protect their children's health and keep them from wind and sun, for fear of hurting the baby. However, careful care may also cause the child's body to lack elements and cause drowsiness in 3-month-old babies.