What is sleepiness in newborns?

In our lives, many babies are particularly sleepy. Most mothers do not pay much attention to their babies' sleepiness, especially some new mothers. They even think that babies' sleepiness is a normal phenomenon, because most babies sleep a lot when they are young. In fact, babies' sleepiness may be due to illness. So what is considered sleepiness in newborns?

There are many diseases that can cause sleepiness in babies.

For example, most babies with colds and fever are sleepy because more sleep is beneficial to the body's recovery. Once the fever subsides, the baby's spirit will be restored and sleep will return to normal. This is normal and is a process of self-adjustment in the baby's body.

Drowsiness may also occur after taking cold or allergy medicines. This is a side effect of the medicine and usually disappears after stopping the medicine.

If your baby is found to be drowsy in areas where viral encephalitis or Japanese encephalitis is prevalent and is also vomiting, refusing to eat, and having a high fever, you must pay attention and take him to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.

1. Normal sleep time:

1. One month old newborn: 20-22 hours, basically all they do is eat, drink, defecate and sleep.

2. Babies aged 1-2 months: about 18 hours, can play with parents for a while.

3. 3-month-old baby: About 16 hours. He can spend more time communicating with his parents and can roll over, turn his head and kick the quilt.

4. Babies over six months old: usually sleep 12-14 hours, and then gradually decrease.

Sometimes, children's sleep time will slightly exceed this standard. This may be due to excessive excitement and fatigue caused by playing the day before, but it can be corrected quickly.

2. Diagnosis:

Combined with clinical symptoms, such as vomiting, fever, jaundice, weak crying, and weak sucking, relevant laboratory and imaging examinations are performed to make a judgment.

3. Clinical examination:

The examination items are selected based on the clinical symptoms, generally including galactosemia screening, cerebrospinal fluid colloidal gold test, cerebrospinal fluid magnesium, cerebrospinal fluid tuberculous meningitis antibodies, cerebrospinal fluid meningococcal antigens, etc.