Why does a six-month-old baby have poor sleep?

Every parent hopes that their child can grow up healthily. As the child grows up day by day, his life becomes more and more regular. We all know that ensuring good sleep is more conducive to the healthy growth of children. Among them, the life of a six-month-old baby gradually begins to have a certain regularity, but many babies always have the phenomenon of restless sleep, which also makes parents particularly worried. Let's understand why a six-month-old baby has poor sleep.

Babies in the sixth month usually sleep 2 to 3 times during the day, once in the morning and 1 to 2 times in the afternoon. Due to individual differences in babies, compared with last month, they generally sleep 1 to 2 hours in the morning and 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon. The overall pattern for babies during this month is that the time and frequency of daytime sleep will gradually decrease. Even for babies who sleep more during the day, their daytime sleep time will be reduced by 1 to 2 hours.

Because the baby's motor ability is enhanced this month, he can still sleep well at night even if he sleeps during the day, so mom or dad does not need to worry about the baby's daytime sleeping problem.

Because babies are more active during the day and get easily tired, they sleep very deeply at night. The baby who used to wake up twice at night now wakes up only once. The baby who used to wake up only once can now sleep through the night. Since most babies have their dinner completely replaced by complementary foods, they can go without milk at night after being fed once before going to bed, and can often sleep for about 10 hours. Most babies can sleep through the night and urinate once during the night, but some babies will wake up 2 to 3 times at night to urinate. Among these babies who wake up at night, some can go back to sleep as long as their diapers are changed, but some babies need to be fed again after changing their diapers before they can fall asleep again. In order to ensure that both the baby and the mother can get enough sleep and rest, for those babies who need to breastfeed every night, the mother should feed them some milk in addition to complementary food before going to bed. Only by letting the baby eat before going to bed can the baby gradually develop the habit of not breastfeeding at night.

Why does a six-month-old baby have poor sleep?

Reason 1: This month, babies become more and more interested in things around them, and the chances of encountering things that may scare them also increase accordingly. When babies sleep at night, they will inevitably dream about the scenes when they were frightened during the day, and as a result, they will suddenly scream or cry.

Reason 2: It often happens to quiet babies. For babies who like to move around, they sleep less during the day and naturally sleep more deeply at night. But for babies who don't like to move around, they sleep more because they get too little exercise during the day and go to bed early at night. Such babies will definitely sleep restlessly at night. If your baby cries frequently every night, you need to check how your baby spends his or her time during the day. If the above situation occurs, you should gradually change your baby's sleep pattern.

Reason three: The surrounding environment is too noisy during the day, or when the baby is away from home or traveling for a long time, the baby often wakes up and cries at night. At the same time, before going to bed every night, the baby is particularly easy to get excited, so mom or dad should not play more intense games with the baby.

Reason 4: It may be caused by vaccination. Some babies are frightened by the injection during vaccination. Not only do they cry very hard during the day, but they also often burst into tears suddenly at night. If this happens, it is mostly because they dreamed of getting an injection at night. At this time, mom and dad need to give the baby more caress and play more happy games. Especially after the baby has been vaccinated, they should give the baby more caress to adjust the baby's mood.

The above is an introduction to why six-month-old babies have poor sleep. After understanding it, we know that the baby’s daytime sleep time will be reduced in the first six months. However, parents should not be too anxious if they have restless sleep. They must find out the reasons and make timely adjustments. First of all, they must provide the baby with a good living environment. In addition, they should not let the baby be too tired during the day.