The most common reasons why babies cry at night

Many people who have just become parents will experience sleepless nights due to their babies crying, or simply live a life with their babies where day and night are reversed. Because they don't understand the reasons why babies cry and the changes in their biological clocks at night, babies' crying at night is the most troublesome thing for new parents. Now let’s take a look at the 4 most common reasons why babies cry at night, so you won’t be at a loss anymore.

1. Physiological crying

A child's diaper is wet or too tight, the child is hungry, thirsty, the indoor temperature is not appropriate, the bedding is too thick, etc., which can make the child feel uncomfortable and cry. In this case, as long as parents eliminate the adverse stimulation in time, the child will soon fall asleep quietly.

2. Inability to adapt to the environment

Some children cannot adapt to the natural environment and confuse day and night. He sleeps when his parents work during the day, and "works" when his parents rest at night. Adjust your child's sleeping time, wake him up earlier in the morning, and adjust his nap time appropriately so that he will feel sleepy at night and can sleep soundly until dawn. Also, increase his activity during the day so that he will be tired and can fall asleep peacefully at night.

3. Impact of diseases

Certain diseases can also affect children's sleep at night. Therefore, we must start with the primary disease and actively prevent and treat it. Babies with rickets are often irritable and restless at night, and no amount of coaxing from their parents is of any use. Some babies will suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, crying and making noises, with extremely nervous expressions. This is mostly because they are too excited or stimulated during the day, and they dream about what they thought about during the day. In addition, for children with pinworm disease, pinworms will crawl to the anus at night to lay eggs, causing extreme itching of the skin. The children will also become irritable and cry constantly.

4. Bad sleeping habits

Some babies need to be held, patted, rocked, walked around or fed with a pacifier before they fall asleep. He wakes up as soon as I put him in bed. I need to hold, pat and rock him for a long time until he falls asleep. Because the baby has developed the sleep accompaniment of being held, patted, rocked or fed a pacifier before falling asleep, when the baby wakes up between sleep cycles at night, he requires the parents to get up, hold, and rock him before he can go back to sleep. Even if he is not hungry, he will want to be fed a pacifier and fall asleep after a few sucks, otherwise he will cry and make a fuss. Parents need to be patient and persist for 2-3 days to cultivate the habit of their baby falling asleep on his own. Starting from the daytime, put the baby who is about to fall asleep in the crib. If he cries, you can comfort him with words and expressions by the bed. Let the baby cry for a while, then pick him up to comfort him, put him down and let him cry again. Let him cry longer the second time before picking him up, and gradually extend the time before responding. The baby learns to fall asleep on his own until he feels that his parents will not hug him even if he cries again. The same goes for breaking the habit of sleeping with a pacifier. Once you develop the habit of falling asleep on your own, you will sleep well at night.

New parents are learning every day, and babies are making progress every day. Only by understanding the most common reasons why babies cry at night can babies “grow an inch each sleep”. Parents will also better understand the emotions their babies want to express in crying, so that the sweetness brought by the baby will not be overshadowed by the anxiety caused by crying.