Why is the child unable to sleep well?

Children’s sleep quality has a great impact on their healthy growth. Because if the child does not sleep well, his mental state will be bad. A bad mental state will also affect the child's physical condition and normal development. Therefore, if your child cannot sleep well, you must find out the cause and treat it in time. So, what are the problems that cause children to have restless sleep? The following is some relevant knowledge for you.

1. Too excited before going to bed

If the baby is too excited before going to bed, it is easy for him to sleep restlessly.

Solution: Maintain a regular schedule. When it is time to go to bed, bring your baby to the bedroom and coax him/her to sleep in a warm and comfortable sleeping environment. Don't make your baby laugh too much or play various games with him before going to bed.

2. Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety caused by reasons such as the mother starting to go to work is also a reason why babies sleep restlessly and wake up frequently.

Solution: At this time, you should pay attention to giving your baby high-quality companionship, and try to sleep at the same time as your baby. Tell your baby that when he sleeps, mom and dad are in the room and have not left, so the baby can rest assured. Even a little baby can talk to him, don't worry, he will understand!

3. Constipation

Babies are more likely to suffer from constipation after adding milk powder or complementary food. In this case, the baby is prone to tossing and turning and sleeping restlessly.

Solution: Pay attention to the correct way to prepare milk powder to avoid making it too concentrated; when adding complementary foods, pay attention to nutritional balance and add more vegetables and fruits rich in fiber to the food.

4. Gross motor development

Many babies tend to have restless sleep when they are learning to roll over. I want to turn over whether I am awake or asleep, and sometimes I wake myself up by turning over.

This is because during the period of gross motor development, the baby's brain development is more leaps and bounds, so sleep is also affected accordingly.

In fact, when a baby learns to crawl, sit, and stand, it will interfere with his sleep. However, because the rolling over period is the first major stimulation, it has the greatest impact on sleep.

Solution: Provide sufficient conditions and time for practice during the day. Once you become familiar with it, the stimulation will be reduced. Sometimes, if the baby cannot turn over, parents can help gently, but do not intervene excessively, and do not blindly use feeding to induce sleep, as this will make the baby even more unable to sleep due to eating too much.

5. Other physical discomfort

Babies will have restless sleep if they have a fever, cold, nasal congestion, or teething.

Solution: The best solution for sleep disturbances caused by physical discomfort is to treat the root cause symptomatically.