Reasons why children have restless sleep

Parents are very concerned about their children's every move. If the child shows any abnormal situation, the parents will definitely be very scared. Some children always sleep restlessly at night, and parents don’t know how to deal with it. In fact, there are many reasons why children sleep restlessly. Only by finding out the reasons and making appropriate treatments can we let children sleep peacefully.

1. Lack of trace elements. Low blood calcium causes increased excitability of the brain and autonomic nerves, resulting in the baby's restless sleep at night. Calcium and vitamin D need to be supplemented. If calcium is deficient, the baby's fontanelle will not close well; if zinc is deficient, the corners of the mouth will generally ulcerate. Calcium deficiency and low blood calcium levels increase the excitability of the brain's autonomic nerves, causing the baby to wake up at night, have night terrors, become restless and have trouble sleeping.

2The temperature is 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.

8 Hunger is more common in newborns and babies under three months old. This requires breastfeeding or milk feeding to solve the problem. If older babies eat a full meal before going to bed, this factor can be eliminated. In dry weather, your baby may be thirsty at night, and giving him some water can help calm him down.

9Breastfed babies are addicted to milk. (This happens to many breastfeeding babies)

10 If you must breastfeed at night, please remember 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.

11 If your baby wakes up at night because he wants to urinate.

In the above article, we introduced a symptom that children are prone to, that is, restless sleep at night. There are many reasons why children sleep restlessly at night. The above article analyzes the various reasons why children sleep restlessly at night. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.