Reasons why babies cry when they sleep

I believe that most parents are familiar with the symptom of babies crying while sleeping. Babies crying while sleeping is a common symptom. Babies crying while sleeping has caused great trouble to most parents. Therefore, we suggest that parents should learn more about babies crying while sleeping and find out the causes of babies crying while sleeping in time. Below we will introduce to you the reasons why babies cry while sleeping.

1. Calcium deficiency

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.

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Reasons and solutions for babies' restless sleep

1. Lack of trace elements and low blood calcium levels will cause increased excitability of the brain and autonomic nerves, resulting in the baby's restless sleep at night. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation is needed. 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.

8. Breastfed babies are addicted to milk. (This happens to many breastfeeding babies)

9. If you must breastfeed at night, please pay attention to:

Try to maintain a quiet environment. When feeding or changing diapers at night, do not let your child wake up completely (it is best to be in a semi-asleep state). In this way, it will be easier to fall asleep after feeding and changing diapers.

Gradually reduce the number of feedings and do not let your child develop the habit of feeding at night.

10. If your baby wakes up at night because he wants to pee, I think he should be given a diaper so that his sleep will not be affected by holding him to pee. If you use diapers, they must be too tight.

In the above article, we introduced a common symptom, that is, the baby cries while sleeping. We know that there are many reasons why babies cry while sleeping. It is generally believed that calcium deficiency and food accumulation may cause babies to cry while sleeping. The above article introduces the reasons why babies cry while sleeping in detail.