Why does the baby cry in the evening?

For those who have babies at home, the most severe crying of babies often occurs at night, which is also a headache and tiring thing for many parents. It can be seen that finding out the cause of the baby's crying in the evening is the key way to prevent it from continuing to cry. In fact, there are many reasons for the baby's crying. So, why do babies cry in the evening?

1. Children who lack calcium often cry at night. In the past, due to lack of medical knowledge, people believed that if a child cried at night, they could post a note outside the child's home that said "Heaven and earth, I have a child who cries at night..." and the child would get better. This approach is obviously not going to be effective. Children with calcium deficiency will not only cry at night, but also have corresponding symptoms, such as excessive sweating, bald spots on the back of the head, square head, late closure of the fontanelle, beaded ribs, etc. Supplement your child with vitamin D and calcium, and let your child get more sun exposure, and your child will be fine.

2. When a child is frightened, he or she will often wake up from sleep and cry at night. When a child cries, he or she is often accompanied by fear. In life, it is not difficult to find out what caused the child to be frightened. The solution is to comfort the child, tell him/her that there is nothing to be afraid of, and temporarily prevent him/her from directly contacting the objects or people that scare him/her. Gradually, the child will fall asleep peacefully.

3. When children are suffering from many diseases, such as colds and various acute infectious diseases, they will cry after sleeping. Some chronic diseases, such as anemia and tuberculosis, can also cause children to cry in their sleep because of discomfort. In addition, children often cry at night if they have a stuffy nose or pinworm disease. If it is caused by an illness, the child will fall asleep peacefully as long as the primary disease is cured.

4. Clothing and quilt factors: If the child is covered too thickly, the child will become irritable due to the heat and start crying; if the quilt is covered too lightly, the cold stimulation will also make the child cry. If the mattress is not laid flat, the clothes are too tight or the straps of the clothes hurt the child, the child will cry. In addition, you should check if there is something on the bed that is poking or prickling the child. As long as you find the cause, the child will feel comfortable and the crying will stop.

5. Crying due to hunger at regular intervals is related to the child’s hunger. For breastfeeding mothers, there is no need to be rigid about the intervals between feedings. Just let the baby eat when he/she is hungry. If the baby falls asleep while feeding, mothers can tap the baby's feet to let him/her eat until he/she is full before going to sleep. For babies who are bottle-fed, you should consider increasing the amount of milk you feed them and check the quality of the milk to see if too much water is added.

From the above description, we can see that the reason why babies cry frequently and more severely at night is actually related to many factors, such as the quilt is too thick, being frightened, calcium deficiency and hunger, etc. The five situations described in the article are the most common causes of babies crying in the evening.