Children often wake up crying when sleeping

If a child often wakes up and cries while sleeping, it will not only affect the child's health, but also the parents' rest. If this happens frequently, parents should pay attention and be alert to whether the baby has some diseases. In addition, it is necessary to consider some conditions such as the indoor temperature and humidity where the baby sleeps. To create a better sleeping environment for the baby, parents should understand the specific reasons for the child's crying.

Children often wake up crying when sleeping

1. Baby’s stuffy nose: Experienced mothers will find that babies often have stuffy noses when feeding, especially newborn babies or babies who unfortunately catch a cold.

2. Pay attention to the night temperature: the indoor temperature should not exceed 24℃. Too hot or too cold, or too many clothes or covers for the baby may cause the baby to cry.

3. Irritants in the air: Irritants in the bedroom may cause allergies and blockage in the baby's respiratory tract, resulting in crying and noise.

4. Noise: When the baby is in light sleep, or in the process of entering light sleep from deep sleep, any sudden, loud, and unfamiliar sounds can cause the baby to cry loudly.

5. Cold: Babies with colds tend to wake up and cry in the middle of the night.

6. Fever: When the baby has a fever, he will cry constantly.

How to help your child get a good sleep

1. Let your child feel safe from bedtime preparation activities. For example: talk to your child about what happened during the day and your plans for tomorrow, tell your child to take out the clothes he or she will wear the next day. You can also tell your child a story or give him or her a snack before going to bed. If you do this every day before going to bed, your child will know it's time to go to bed.

2. Use "signals". Tell your child clearly the specific bedtime, for example, say to him/her: "When the TV series is over, it's time to go to bed." You can also draw a clock on colored paper and mark the time for playing games, sleeping, and telling stories on the large dial. Use pointers to tell children what to do next. Or you can put a paper clock next to the alarm clock, with the hands pointing to bedtime. When the time on both clocks is the same, the child knows it's time to go to bed.

3. Do not do strenuous activities before going to bed. Fighting and games with strenuous activities can affect children's sleep. Let your child do quiet activities half an hour in advance so that he or she can relax. Don't let your child play pillow fights or balls before going to bed. Instead, read to your child, tell him stories, or listen to music. Also, don't let your children play too much during the day, as this will make it difficult for them to fall asleep.

4. Make the time before bed interesting. For example, create a family environment, a warm and comfortable atmosphere so that children feel calm and safe. Many children like to listen to their parents telling the same story before going to bed, or a story made up by their parents, or a fairy tale song.

I hope that all parents will pay attention to their baby’s waking up and crying in the middle of the night and not turn a blind eye to it, because it is possible that the baby has a cold or fever, or the baby is hungry. No matter what the reason is, parents need to solve it patiently. The baby is still young, and it is normal for him to cry often in the middle of the night. The editor recommends that parents do not be impatient and try the methods introduced by the editor to help the baby have a good sleep.