Why are babies easily awakened when sleeping?

Every mother hopes that her baby can get enough sleep, but often the baby's sleep often disappoints many mothers. They often mention that the baby suddenly wakes up while sleeping, cries when waking up, and the mother cannot rest well. Watching the baby wake up and cry, I wondered what went wrong. To solve the mother’s worries, let’s understand why babies wake up easily during sleep. See why.

(1) Physiological factors: Since the nervous system of infants and young children is not fully developed, the excitation and inhibition functions of the nerves are not coordinated enough, and they are easily excited. The slightest external stimulation may cause the excitement of the nervous system and cause the baby to wake up. This is a normal physiological phenomenon. As the baby grows up, the function of the nervous system gradually improves, and this physiological phenomenon will naturally disappear.

(2) Overeating: As the saying goes, “If your stomach is not in good condition, you will not be able to sleep well.” Some mothers always give their children snacks before bedtime regardless of whether their children are hungry or not, which makes the children feel uncomfortable and affects their sleep quality. Especially for breastfeeding babies, some mothers are accustomed to breastfeeding and accompanying their babies to sleep. As a result, the children eat too much milk while sleeping, have abdominal distension and wake up easily. After waking up, the young mothers immediately use milk to comfort them, resulting in a vicious circle.

(3) Disease factors: Intestinal parasitic diseases in children are the most common cause of unstable sleep in young children. For example, parasitic diseases can cause indigestion and malnutrition in children, and they may also develop symptoms such as anemia and irritability. Children with early rickets also often sleep and wake up easily.

(4) Environmental factors: When a child is sleeping, if the light in the room is too bright, or if family members are watching TV or talking and laughing loudly, it will disturb the child's normal sleep and cause the child to be easily awakened. Children are prone to kicking off the quilt at night, or the quilt is too thick and heavy, which will cause the child to be too cold or too hot when sleeping, causing the child to be irritable and restless, and to move their hands and feet around. This is also a common cause of waking up easily during sleep.

(5) Overexcitement: Some children play too much during the day or before bed, or listen to or watch thrilling stories or watch TV. This can often cause difficulty for young children to fall asleep; even if they fall asleep, children with better and faster intellectual development will "think about it during the day and dream about it at night", and children may often wake up from their dreams.

In addition, if children want to sleep well, they must develop good sleeping habits.

1 Feed the baby regularly during the day. The milk before bedtime can be thicker and fed later (21:00-22:00). Try not to feed your baby at night after he has eaten. If he doesn’t eat and generally doesn’t urinate, don’t change his diaper and let him sleep soundly until dawn.

2 The child should sleep alone, not with the mother. This way the air is fresh and the child will not be unable to sleep because the mother is away, so both mother and child can rest well. If the mother sleeps too deeply and sleeps with the child, the child may be crushed to death. This accident will not happen if the child sleeps alone.

3 The quilts that children cover should be light, soft, warm and comfortable, but not too many.

4 Do not tease or scare your child before going to bed to avoid excessive excitement and affecting sleep. Also, do not develop the bad habit of holding your child in your arms, shaking him or her, patting his or her back, or feeding him or her a nipple before falling asleep. Instead, you should put your child in bed and let him or her sleep by himself or herself.

Dear mothers, the above are some of the reasons why babies are easily awakened while sleeping, as summarized by the editor. You need to pay more attention to it in daily life. The baby is young and cannot speak, so it is difficult to communicate with the baby. You can only guess what is wrong with the baby. I hope the above points can help mothers who are at a loss. The baby's sleep quality is also very important. Try to let the baby sleep with the parents.