Why do newborns cry at night?

Although it is normal for newborns to cry, many children cry and make a fuss during the day and show no signs of stopping at night. The constant distress has a great impact on their families, who are very worried about the child's condition and fear that there may be abnormalities. So, why do newborns cry at night? Let’s take a closer look below.

The crying of babies that keeps them awake at night can be roughly divided into non-pathological crying and pathological crying caused by disease. Crying is a manifestation of infants and young children's discomfort caused by adverse stimuli from inside or outside the body.

Non-disease factors mostly represent certain requirements of the baby at the time, such as hunger, thirst, overheating or cold, wet diapers, tight clothes, heavy bedding, etc. Some babies are usually conditioned by their parents to hold, rock, and coax them. Coupled with the fact that they sleep more during the day, they are prone to crying at night and form conditioned reflexes, leading to night crying. Some babies are too excited or frightened during the day, and may suddenly cry when they dream at night.

In addition, any disease that can cause pain, itching and other discomforts to the baby can cause the baby to cry and be restless. The more common diseases include: fever, otitis media, colds, eczema, oral and pharyngeal herpes, ulcers, and digestive system diseases (such as intestinal spasm, intestinal infection, intussusception in infants and young children, etc.).

Babies with rickets will also cry at night. Some babies take too much cod liver oil and suffer from vitamin A or D poisoning, and will also show symptoms such as crying and irritability. When a baby is infected with parasites, especially white rice noodle-like pinworms, they will crawl to the baby's anus, causing the baby to cry at night due to itching of the anus.

The above is an introduction to why newborns cry at night. I hope it will help patients understand. There are many factors that cause newborns to cry at night. If your child has this situation, you should actively find the cause and solve it in a targeted manner to avoid causing a major impact on the child's health. Parents must pay attention to this.