How to change the baby's bladder at night

When holding your baby to urinate at night while he is sleeping, you can set a set time for him to urinate. This is also beneficial for the child to develop good habits. However, holding your baby to urinate also requires some skills. You can observe the child's urination time and hold the baby to urinate regularly at night during the baby's urination period. When holding the baby to urinate, let the child's head and back lean on the parents' chest and hold the child's legs with both hands.

How to change the bladder of a child at night

1. Observe your baby and understand his bowel movement pattern. When and how often does your baby usually have a bowel movement? He always has a bowel movement at a certain time, such as right after waking up. Or they may make certain sounds, movements or expressions when they have to defecate.

2. When your baby sends out typical signals that he is about to have a bowel movement, use both hands to gently separate his legs from behind, and help him sit in the air above the toilet, urinal, spittoon, etc. If your baby is still very small and has difficulty holding his head upright, let his head, neck and back rest comfortably on one of your arms or your abdomen.

3. When your baby is defecating, you should make a "hush" sound, or other sounds similar to flowing water, or say "pee". The purpose of this is to make him associate this sound with defecation.

4. Whenever you find your baby is about to defecate, after assuming the urination position, you should repeat the sound until he finishes defecating. Over time, your baby will take this sound as a signal to defecate, and will associate his desire to defecate with urinating.

5. Place a urine pot next to the bed when you go to bed at night. Before your baby wakes up to feed at night or when he shows signs of irritability, help him urinate. Mom can also put diapers on her baby at night, but this may confuse some babies. If you want your baby to sleep naked, don't forget to put two or three waterproof diapers under him to prevent him from wetting the bed. When he wets his diaper, you can gently pull out the top waterproof diaper to minimize disturbing his sleep.

What to do if your baby gets angry

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the main symptoms of "getting angry" are facial flushing, dry throat, throat pain, dry stool, irritability, and infants may also have multiple facial eczema and restless sleep. It is a misunderstanding of many parents that drinking milk powder can easily cause internal heat. Some parents even buy some "milk powder enemies" to "reduce internal heat", which is unnecessary. In fact, milk powder itself does not cause "getting angry", but improper feeding, inappropriate dressing, etc. may cause it, such as feeding the baby too much milk powder, drinking too little water, and not eating enough fruits and vegetables.

For children under 6 months old, the main way to reduce internal heat is to drink more water. When babies need to add complementary foods, they should pay special attention to preventing "getting angry". They should add complementary foods from shallow to deep, transitioning from mud to slag. They should not be added too quickly to avoid putting too much pressure on the stomach and intestines and causing "anger". In addition, we must pay attention to a reasonable diet, with staple foods as the main focus, vegetables second, and meat last. It is worth mentioning that many parents think that if their children eat more fruits, they don’t need to eat vegetables. Indeed, fruits cannot compete with vegetables. Vegetables contain a lot of vitamins and dietary fiber, which can help babies digest and prevent "getting angry". Drinking water is also an important way to prevent getting angry. Parents must encourage their children to drink more boiled water and less sweet water.

Relatively speaking, spring is a time when children are more likely to get "hot" due to the extreme heat. Mothers should pay more attention and not cover themselves too tightly with clothes. In an environment with good air, babies should participate in more outdoor activities and remember to drink more water. If your baby has symptoms of getting angry such as dry throat, I recommend two "heat-removing" dietary recipes: one is to boil water with white pears, white radish, and water chestnuts; the other is to boil water with slices of winter melon or lotus root for your child to drink.