What to do if the baby keeps sleeping

It is normal for newborn babies to sleep more and sleep well. However, it is normal for babies to wake up and play by themselves after getting enough sleep. But every baby has different living habits, so some babies particularly like to sleep. Babies who always seem to sleep may also make parents worried, because they feel that the baby is not in a good condition and is always drowsy, which has an adverse effect on the baby's body. So what should you do if your baby won’t wake up from his sleep?

1. How to help determine whether the baby has dampness

The first trick: Check your baby's mental state when you get up

The second trick: look at the color of the baby's tongue coating (when you help your baby clean his mouth, you can pay attention to the baby's tongue to see the color and thickness of the tongue coating. A healthy tongue is light red and moist, with a layer of tongue coating on the surface, which is thin, white and clean, with moderate dryness and wetness, and is neither slippery nor dry. If the tongue does not meet these indicators, it means that there is a problem with the body's function. If the tongue coating is white and thick, and looks slippery and moist, it means that there is cold in the body; if the tongue coating is rough or very thick, yellow and greasy, it means that there is damp heat in the body; if the tongue is red and has no coating, it means that the body is already hot to a certain degree and has damaged the yin)

Tip 3: The baby’s appetite decreases and his appetite is poor

Tip 4: Observe the stool when going to the toilet (After the baby goes to the toilet, you can observe the stool. Is it stuck to the toilet and cannot be flushed away with a tank of water? If it is inconvenient to observe the toilet, you can also observe the toilet paper. Normally, one or two pieces of paper are enough. If three or five pieces of paper are repeatedly wiped and still cannot be wiped clean, it also means that there is moisture in the body.)

1. Ventilate frequently and dehumidify frequently

2. Exercise more to remove dampness (Among all the methods of removing dampness, sweating during exercise is the most important one that cannot be ignored. Health management experts believe that in summer, moderate exercise can not only enhance physical fitness and improve the body's resistance to disease, but also help digestion, promote blood circulation, and thus prevent the generation of endogenous dampness. Because children like to jump around, they have many opportunities to sweat, which has a great effect on removing dampness. It is recommended that you should exercise in the early morning or evening when it is relatively cool. During exercise, if you sweat too much, you can drink mung bean salt water soup appropriately. Do not drink a lot of cold boiled water, and do not immediately use cold water to rinse your head or shower, so as to prevent your baby from catching a cold.)

If the baby is suffering from internal dampness, the mother may wish to use ingredients such as yam, coix seed, lentil, corn, etc. that have the effect of removing dampness and strengthening the spleen to make a dampness-removing soup for the baby.

Before drinking the dehumidifying soup, you should also distinguish whether the nature of the dampness is "cold dampness" or "damp heat" so that the right ingredients can be used for better results. People with cold and dampness have thick, greasy, white tongue coating, a bland taste in the mouth, or even a sweet taste. At the same room temperature, they feel colder than others and feel more comfortable when drinking hot water. If moisture is trapped in the body for a long time, it will turn into heat and become damp heat. People with damp heat have thick, greasy yellow tongue coating, dry and bitter mouth, loose and uncomfortable stools, and yellow urine.

People with cold and dampness can drink dehumidifying soup. You can choose 10 grams of cardamom, 30 grams of lentils, 100 grams of corn, 50 grams of Poria cocos, 15 grams of galangal, etc. to stew lean pork or pork bones to warm the yang and eliminate dampness. People with damp heat can choose galangal, lentils, 30 grams of angelica sinensis and 30 grams of wild yam to eliminate dampness and clear heat, or directly boil angelica sinensis water to drink, which has a good effect of removing dampness and clearing heat.

4. Eat less cold sweets and wet seafood

Prevention of dampness starts with changes in lifestyle habits. In terms of diet, babies should eat less cold food, sweets, drink less alcohol, eat less greasy food, and eat more warm food to reduce the source of dampness. Parents can add some ginger slices when cooking. Ginger is a warm food and has the effect of dispelling cold and reducing phlegm. You can also let your baby eat some chayote, papaya, wax gourd, bitter gourd, and red beans, which will be very helpful in preventing baby eczema!