5. The child often wakes up crying in the middle of the night

As children grow up, they always have various health problems, which worry their parents. Parents must pay attention to the problems their children have, whether they are physical or mental, take their children for timely examinations, and then find out the specific causes and regulate their bodies based on the causes. So, what is the reason why children often wake up and cry in the middle of the night?

1. Why do children often wake up and cry in the middle of the night?

1. Baby’s stuffy nose: Experienced mothers will find that babies often have stuffy noses when feeding, especially newborn babies or babies who unfortunately catch a cold.

2. Pay attention to the night temperature: the indoor temperature should not exceed 24℃. Too hot or too cold, or too many clothes or covers for the baby may cause the baby to cry.

3. Irritants in the air: Irritants in the bedroom may cause allergies and blockage in the baby's respiratory tract, resulting in crying and noise.

4. Noise: When the baby is in light sleep, or in the process of entering light sleep from deep sleep, any sudden, loud, and unfamiliar sounds can cause the baby to cry loudly.

5. Cold: Babies with colds tend to wake up and cry in the middle of the night.

6. Fever: When the baby has a fever, he will cry constantly.

2. How to help children have a good sleep

1. Let your child feel safe from bedtime preparation activities. For example: talk to your child about what happened during the day and your plans for tomorrow, tell your child to take out the clothes he or she will wear the next day. You can also tell your child a story or give him or her a snack before going to bed. If you do this every day before going to bed, your child will know it's time to go to bed.

2. Use "signals". Tell your child clearly the specific bedtime, for example, say to him/her: "When the TV series is over, it's time to go to bed." You can also draw a clock on colored paper and mark the time for playing games, sleeping, and telling stories on the large dial. Use pointers to tell children what to do next. Or you can put a paper clock next to the alarm clock, with the hands pointing to bedtime. When the time on both clocks is the same, the child knows it's time to go to bed.

3. Do not do strenuous activities before going to bed. Fighting and games with strenuous activities can affect children's sleep. Let your child do quiet activities half an hour in advance so that he or she can relax. Don't let your child play pillow fights or balls before going to bed. Instead, read to your child, tell him stories, or listen to music. Also, don't let your children play too much during the day, as this will make it difficult for them to fall asleep.

4. Make the time before bed interesting. For example, create a family environment, a warm and comfortable atmosphere so that children feel calm and safe. Many children like to listen to their parents telling the same story before going to bed, or a story made up by their parents, or a fairy tale song.

3. Preventive techniques for children who often wake up and cry in the middle of the night

In the first week after birth, a hungry newborn will cry more than a well-fed baby. Feeding can calm him down, rather than simply holding him in the arms. Newborns cry more and sleep less in an environment of 25℃ than in an environment of 31℃. Even in a warm room, removing clothes from a newborn will cause crying, but putting clothes on him will stop the crying. The pain caused by an injection or a collision can cause a newborn to cry, and gastrointestinal discomfort can also cause crying. Newborns often cry when their sleep is disturbed or they are awakened for some reason. If a newborn baby is crying for a reason other than a wet diaper, the crying will not stop even if the wet diaper is changed.

In the second week after birth, in addition to the symptoms in the first week, crying may also be caused by interruption of feeding. Breastfed babies don't start crying like this until the end of the first month after birth. If you feed your baby with a bottle and take the bottle away when he has just finished 1/4 of the food, he will cry loudly. This reaction lasts until the end of the first month or the middle of the second month after birth.

In the third week after birth, when the baby is active or irritable, the sound of adults talking or clapping will cause him to cry. If the sound of talking or clapping occurs when the baby is satisfied, it will cause him to smile or no reaction.

In the fourth week after birth, some babies cry when they eat cereal for the first time, but rarely cry when they eat fruit juice. Normally, scratching a baby in the armpits or groin will make him laugh, but scratching him when he is irritated will make him cry.