The baby is still sucking after falling asleep

Many mothers find that their babies are still sucking after they fall asleep. Why is this? In fact, the sucking action of babies is a habit. When babies are young, they mainly solve hunger by sucking, so they may continue to do so. Many mothers think that it is bad behavior for babies to have such habitual movements. Here we will explain to mothers how to deal with it.

This should be a habitual action of the baby. The baby's nutritional needs when he is young mainly come from sucking breast milk and formula milk, so it is inevitable for the baby to have this phenomenon at night, or the baby may suck when he is hungry and dreams of feeding at night. If there is no other abnormality, there is no need to worry too much.

2. Babies always suck their lips when they sleep, which can bring them a sense of comfort and security

Sucking is an instinct that babies have since birth, including sucking fingers and biting upper and lower lips. These actions will bring a sense of comfort and security to children.

It can last up to 1-2 years. It usually disappears by the age of 3-4 years. These movements of 2-year-old children are in the disappearance stage, but their living environment changes. Notice:

These movements will reappear when he feels nervous or uneasy, or when there is family discord, parents pay little attention to their children, and no one pays attention to them, making the children feel nervous and lonely, and they only resort to biting their lower lip to relieve their inner tension and comfort themselves.

If a baby always sucks his lips when sleeping, it is usually caused by the sucking habit. As long as there is no other disease, parents do not need to worry, it will get better after a while.

Treatment: 1. Parents can feed their babies with enough breast milk or milk powder before going to bed so that the baby will not feel hungry during sleep and cause physiological lip sucking.

2. Create a comfortable and safe sleeping environment for your baby, so that your baby feels comfortable and safe, and will not increase the sense of comfort and security by sucking your lips.

3. For example, before going to bed, if the baby turns over during sleep, parents can gently pat the baby's back to let the baby feel the parents' company.

To make your child sleep well, you must first pay attention to cultivating good sleeping habits from an early age. Go to bed and wake up on time to ensure adequate sleep time. Sleep 1.5-2 hours in the morning and afternoon, and 10 hours at night.

1. The room should be kept quiet, with appropriate temperature and fresh air. Except for opening windows to change the air in winter, children can sleep with windows open in other seasons because fresh air contains sufficient oxygen, which can help children sleep comfortably and deeply.

2. Develop the habit of sleeping alone from an early age. Sleeping alone has many benefits and can reduce the infection of respiratory diseases when sleeping with adults. For children who are easily startled, it can also avoid being disturbed by adults turning over. If children develop the habit of sleeping alone, they will sleep better.

3. Let your children do as much activity as possible during the day. When they are tired from playing, they will fall asleep easily after going to bed, and they will sleep well and for a longer time.

4. Do not make your child too nervous or too excited before going to bed, and do not use rough, forced or intimidating methods to make your child fall asleep. Do not place toys or small towels at the head of the bed.

5. When the child has difficulty falling asleep, you can play a pleasant lullaby. The mother's soft humming of a lullaby can help the child fall asleep better.

6. Try not to change your child's sleeping position. As long as the child sleeps comfortably, it doesn't matter whether he sleeps on his back or prone. If the child sleeps comfortably, he will not be easily awakened. However, if he sleeps on his prone for too long, you can help him turn over and change his sleeping position.

7. If you find your child covering his head while sleeping, sucking on the nipple, biting the corner of the quilt, sucking his fingers, etc., you should correct them in time to prevent them from forming bad habits that will make it more difficult to fall asleep in the future.