Why does a 3-year-old child cry when sleeping at night?

If a three-year-old child cries while sleeping at night, parents must understand the specific reason and must not lose their temper with the baby. Generally speaking, a child's crying may be related to some physiological reasons as well as some diseases. For example, the causes of colds, etc. At this time, parents should take their children's temperature to see if the children have any other symptoms, etc. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

Why does a 3-year-old child cry when sleeping at night?

This problem troubles many young mothers. In fact, in addition to common factors such as poor sleeping environment and physical discomfort, the factors that affect babies' sudden crying while sleeping may also be external factors such as thirst, hunger, cold, heat, calcium deficiency, abdominal distension, teething, etc.

A baby's sudden crying while sleeping is one of the signs of poor sleep quality. In addition to the common factors that affect babies' sudden crying while sleeping, such as poor sleeping environment, being too excited before going to bed, physical discomfort, etc., the baby's internal factors also affect sleep, and the brain nerves are not yet mature. The child has not yet established a fixed schedule physically. The adjustment of the baby's biological clock's day and night rhythm depends on the baby's physiological maturity.

After eliminating external factors such as thirst, hunger, cold, heat, calcium deficiency, abdominal distension, teething, excitement, etc., the baby may suddenly cry while sleeping just because the cerebral cortex is active and cannot adjust itself into a deep sleep state. These phenomena will eventually resolve after weaning or as the baby grows.

Mothers should be reminded that when the baby is crying or restless, they can pat or caress the baby, or feed him milk and give him water to help him fall asleep again. Don't hug and coax the baby right away, as this will create a vicious cycle. Normal children with certain neurological types may sleep poorly at night, but there is no need to worry as long as their eating and growth are normal.

How to prevent your baby from crying at night

New parents are often helpless with their babies. Babies will cry and make a fuss as soon as they go to sleep at night, making adults exhausted. In fact, parents need to provide babies with a good, quiet and comfortable sleeping environment, so that babies will not make a fuss all night. So, how can new parents prevent babies from crying at night?

First, make sure to sleep on time. Children are not like adults, they don’t feel tired. The whole family should try to go to bed at the same time. Even if parents need to stay up late, they should try to be quiet. Don’t force children to sleep while watching TV or something. This will make the children’s minds float, which is not conducive to sleep.

Second, do not turn on the lights. Some parents install wall lamps in the corners to prevent their children from getting up at night and leave them on all night. This is particularly bad and has an impact on children's nerves, and naturally affects their sleep.

Third, babies should not engage in strenuous activities or play too excitedly before going to bed. They will be overly excited and nervous before falling asleep, and their brains will still be in an excited state after falling asleep, which can easily lead to restless sleep.

Fourth, parents should also confirm the following matters:

1. Is your baby calcium deficient? Calcium deficiency and low blood calcium levels will increase the excitability of the brain's autonomic nerves, causing the baby to wake up at night, have night terrors, become restless at night, and sleep poorly.

2. Is the diaper wet? Is the blanket too thick? Is the room temperature too high? Are you hungry?

3. Pajamas are wrapped tightly around the body. If they are wrapped too tightly, you will feel uncomfortable and turn over;

4. If you eat too much for dinner or eat food that is difficult to digest, your stomach will feel uncomfortable and you will feel restless;

5. Being frightened or greatly stimulated during the day can also cause children to scream in their sleep at night;

6. If your baby usually sleeps soundly but occasionally tosses and turns at night, you should pay attention to whether the baby is sick.