What are the reasons why children cannot sleep well at night?

Many children play all day long, so logically they should go to bed well at night. However, in reality, many children still do not sleep well at night and are easily awakened. Therefore, the occurrence of this situation makes parents very nervous. So, what are the reasons why children sleep restlessly at night? Let’s take a closer look below.

1. You may be calcium deficient

If a mother finds that her baby wakes up easily, she should first rule out pathological causes. Mothers can check whether their baby has occipital baldness at the back of the head, and observe how much the baby sweats while sleeping. If they find that the baby sweats particularly heavily, parents should pay attention, as the baby may be calcium deficient.

Generally, there are two possibilities for pillow baldness. One is that the pillow rubs off the baby's hair when he sleeps, which is less likely. The second is calcium deficiency. Babies are in a period of rapid growth before 6 months old and require a relatively large amount of calcium. Parents should pay attention to calcium supplementation for their babies. They can let their babies drink calcium powder and take their babies outside to bask in the sun more often. If parents are still worried, they can take their baby to the hospital for relevant examinations.

2. Lack of sense of security

The baby leaves the mother's body and comes to a new environment. He meets different people every day. Everything is unfamiliar to the baby, and he will have more or less fear. Lack of security is also one of the important reasons why babies wake up. Therefore, sometimes, the baby can only fall asleep next to the mother. No matter how quietly the parents leave the room, the alert baby will still notice and start crying again.

For such a baby, the mother must make him feel safe enough. When the baby is sleeping, the mother can give some caress, touch the baby's head or gently pat the baby's chest to make the baby feel safe. In addition, parents can let the baby sleep in a smaller space and put some cushions, baby toys, etc. around the crib. Let your baby sleep in a fixed bed and use fixed bedding so that the baby will not feel unfamiliar and will feel more secure.

3. Being frightened during the day

After the baby is born, many friends and relatives will come to visit, and they all like to play with the baby. Sometimes I will do some scary tricks, such as covering the face with my hands and then making faces at the baby. Although the starting point is to make the baby laugh happily and have fun, we ignore the fact that the baby's nervous system is relatively fragile. If the baby is frightened, he will not sleep well at night.

The above is an introduction to the reasons why children sleep restlessly at night. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many factors that cause children to sleep restlessly at night. In daily life, if a child has such a condition, appropriate measures can be taken to improve it and avoid causing more serious effects on the child.