What to do if your baby is excited and can't sleep at night

Nowadays, children are delivered in hospitals. Very few people find a midwife at home, so most babies are born in hospitals. In this way, pregnant women can reduce threats to their lives and ensure the safe birth of their babies. Therefore, many babies are cared for by nurses as soon as they are born. After being discharged from the hospital, the environment has changed and the baby needs time to adapt to it, which may cause the baby to be excited and unable to sleep at night. This is just one point, and we need to analyze it in detail.

1. Lack of trace elements. Low blood calcium causes increased excitability of the brain and autonomic nerves, resulting in the baby's restless sleep at night. Calcium and vitamin D need to be supplemented. 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 stimulating 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 to feed solid foods such as porridge and noodles at least two or three hours before going to bed, and then drink a little milk before going to bed.

Generally speaking, there is no cause for a baby to be excited and unable to sleep at night. It is just a common phenomenon in infants. Babies in many families will have problems of one kind or another. Parents need to relax and not be too nervous. Take good care of your baby. If it doesn’t work, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for a check-up and follow the doctor’s advice.