Baby sleeping frightened with hands raised

It is indeed very hard for mothers to take care of children. I wonder if mothers have ever encountered this phenomenon: when the baby is very young, the baby will occasionally raise his hands up when he is frightened while sleeping. The baby is still young and his brain is still developing. Daily activities or sleep will have an impact on the baby. It is normal for the baby to raise his hands up when he is frightened while sleeping. Mothers don't need to worry, it will be fine when the baby grows up.

A mother said that she had also encountered this phenomenon, and the elderly said it was due to calcium deficiency. I took my child to various major hospitals, and some doctors even said that there was a problem with the child's brain development and recommended that he have a CT scan. After thinking it over, the friend refused the examination. After returning home with a trepidation, my friend gradually discovered that after three or four months, the baby's symptoms became less and less frequent, and then disappeared!

Some old people say that if a child starts to frighten, it means there is something bad in the house. Even in the city, they would scatter a few handfuls of rice and mutter something.

The emotions of the elderly are very strange. When they encounter problems that cannot be solved, they often blame ghosts and gods. It's understandable, but with the popularization of parenting knowledge, when new mothers realize that this is a normal reaction of the baby, they will not make a fuss about it.

1. What is the startle reflex?

After the baby is born, he will go through three stages: stimulation, application and inhibition in the next 3 to 4 months. Therefore, it is normal for babies aged 0 to 4 months to be frightened.

As the baby's nervous system gradually develops, this startle phenomenon will disappear after the baby is 5 months old. If there is insufficient sensory stimulation and exercise, the startle reflex will remain, which will not only affect sleep, but also make children easily frightened in different environments and afraid to try anything new.

2. What should I do if my baby has a startle reaction?

It is normal for babies to startle, so there is no need to blindly give them more calcium supplements, and don't be superstitious that they have seen something they shouldn't have seen. When the baby starts, the mother only needs to gently press the baby's back for a while, or hold the baby's hands, and the baby will calm down after a while.

In addition, I don’t know if mothers have noticed that if the baby sleeps in the mother’s arms, he or she tends to be quieter and has fewer startle reactions. Therefore, some experienced confinement nannies will gently wrap the baby in a blanket so that the baby feels like being held in their arms. In this way, the newborn will sleep more soundly.