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Infants sleep less

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Introduction Infants sleep less refers to various internal factors or external factors, such as hunger, calcium deficiency, bloating, too much excitement during the day or changes in the environment, want to pee, etc. affect the quality of sleep, resulting in reduced sleep time or easy to wake up Hard to sleep. There are many reasons why a baby does not sleep well. Calcium deficiency is one of the primary factors that cause a baby to sleep unsteadily, and most of them will take it into account. Hunger is more common in newborns and babies within three months. At this time, you need to breastfeed or breastfeed to solve. A slightly older baby can rule out this factor if she is full before going to bed.

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The cause of low infant sleep:

There are many reasons why babies don't sleep well, and they should be divided into two categories:

First, external factors

1. Hunger: More common in newborns and babies within three months. At this time, you need to breastfeed or breastfeed to solve. A slightly older baby can rule out this factor if she is full before going to bed. In the case of dry weather, the baby may be thirsty at night, and adding some water to him can make him quiet.

2, calcium deficiency: calcium deficiency is one of the primary factors that cause small infants to sleep unsteady, most will consider it. Calcium deficiency, blood calcium reduction, causing increased cerebral plant nerve excitability, leading to infants waking up at night, night terrors, irritability at night, and restlessness. The solution is to give the baby calcium and vitamin D and get more sun. A, calcium supplement: daily elemental calcium 300-500mg. B, make up VD: 400-800 IU per day.

3, too hot: most of the current baby wearing a cover is hot. In fact, it doesn't matter if the baby is cold. Too hot will make him uncomfortable and easy to get sick. If the room temperature is high, wearing a sleeping bag, and then covering the small quilt, the baby's own heat dissipation ability is poor, and will feel warm and wake up. When the baby sleeps, the indoor air should be fresh, the room temperature is moderate, the bedding is soft, and the thickness is suitable. Babies should be replaced with loose, soft clothes that will allow the baby to relax and sleep comfortably.

4, bloating: this situation will occur in babies under 1 year old. If you eat too much before going to bed, or do not snoring after drinking milk, small babies will wake up due to bloating. Most of the older babies eat something that is difficult to digest within a few hours before going to bed. Pay attention to massage, exhaust and adjust the diet to solve. Infants with food can be treated with small Chinese medicine.

5, wet, want to pee: because the diaper is too wet or too tight, it will make the baby uncomfortable. Some babies do not want to pee easily on the diaper when they want to pee, and they will turn over and over again. Careful observation, symptomatic treatment, will solve.

6. Too much excitement during the day or changes in the environment: The restlessness of a baby who is a little older can also be related to excessive excitement or stress during the day and changes in daily life. Such as going out, changing sleep patterns, moving to new homes, having new babysitters and strangers. For example, the old babysitter will cause the baby to sleep uneasy at night. Frequent replacement of dependents also significantly increases the incidence of sleep disorders in children. Too much sleep during the day can also affect sleep at night.

7, teething or physical discomfort: infants often have difficulty sleeping during teething. Sometimes after several nights of repeated tossing, my mother discovered that the baby's gums had white teeth. It can be seen that the teeth are still a little painful. Other diseases can of course cause sleep disturbance. The night before getting sick or having a fever is often overturned. These require careful observation and judgment.

Second, the internal factors

Infants' internal factors also have an effect on sleep: the brain's neural development is not yet mature. The child has not yet established a fixed schedule for work. The adjustment of the baby's biological clock day and night regularly depends on the maturity of the baby's physiological maturity. Investigations have shown that infants with higher excitability of the nervous system tend to have a later physiological maturity and are prone to sleep uneasiness. This kind of baby is relatively active, outgoing, and sensitive.

Human sleep is divided into deep sleep and shallow sleep, alternating at about 3-4 hours at night. Infants and young children, the alternating time between deep sleep and light sleep may be shorter, and exchanged once every 2-3 hours. Adults and many babies who sleep all night, when they are in shallow sleep, can better adjust themselves and re-enter deep sleep. There are also many small babies and even many adults who are unable to adjust themselves to sleep, so they wake up from shallow sleep.

Many babies who are breastfeeding are unable to adjust themselves, and they are eager to caress. The mother's breasts are undoubtedly her greatest comfort. Of course, sometimes it is effective to sleep, walk and shake. Especially with the development of the nervous system and the active cerebral cortex, the older the baby grows, the more likely it is that it will not adjust itself. This is why the baby sleeps after four or five months, which is worse than the baby and wakes up.

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Check diagnosis for infants with less sleep:

The length of sleep in children of different ages is different. The following describes the sleep time of children of different ages and how to observe sleep in children.

(1) Newborn: It takes 20 hours to sleep for a day and night, and it is necessary to observe whether the posture of the child is correct during sleep.

(2) 2 to 3 months: Every day except for feeding milk and urine, the sleep time is about 18 hours. Observe the same as above.

(3) 4 to 6 months: sleep 3 times during the day, each time takes about 2 hours, a total of about 6 hours, observe the same as above.

(4) 7 to 12 months: sleep 2 times during the day, each time is also about 2 hours, a total of about 4 hours, observe the same as above.

(5) 13 to 18 months: sleep 2 times during the day, about 1.5 to 2 hours each time, for about 3 to 4 hours, observe the same as above.

(6) 19 to 24 months: sleep once a day, about 2 to 2.5 hours, in addition to observing whether the sleeping posture is correct, but also to observe whether to close the eyes, sleep quietly, whether to sleep enough time to sleep.

(7) 25 to 30 months: sleep once during the day, about 2.5 hours, in addition to observing whether the sleeping posture is correct or not, you need to see if you sleep quietly or wake up and remind you whether you can lie quietly after waking up, do not affect others, whether you sleep enough Whether you should sleep and whether your spirit is full and happy after you wake up.

(8) 31 ~ 36 months: sleep once in the day, about 2 hours, in addition to observing whether the sleeping posture is correct, but also depends on whether to actively lie, whether to sleep quietly, whether you can lie still, do not cry or not.

(9) 4 years old or older: sleep once a day, about 2 hours, the observation content is the same as above, while adults should always pay attention to whether there are bad habits, such as eating hands, eating quilt horns, sleeping on the head, etc., should carefully observe the restlessness of sleep Find out the cause and give timely treatment treatment.

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