Perhaps, there is not a single newly-minted mother in the world who would not dream about her "treasure" sleeping longer. After all, then she too will have a happy opportunity to sleep off herself, or, at least, to do some business.
And sometimes these dreams come true. The child, without waking up, sleeps all night. Yes, and during the day he is awake not particularly long. "What a calm kid" - the relatives are moved. But is it really so good when a child sleeps too much?
What do the doctor's say
According to pediatricians, too long a baby's sleep in most cases means that the baby is not all right. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the cause of this behavior as soon as possible, otherwise the child may have serious health problems.
There may be several reasons:
- Breastfeeding problems
Ironically, this is the most common reason a baby sleeps all day. And there can be two options.
Rare feedings - e If the baby breastfeeds little and rarely, his body does not receive all the necessary nutrients. Moreover, a lack of fluid can lead to dehydration. As a result, the child loses strength, becomes passive and sleeps a lot.
This condition is very dangerous. In some cases, emergency hospitalization and intensive medical intervention may even be required. To avoid this, newborn babies should be applied to the mother's breast as often as possible. Kids can ask for food every one and a half to two hours, this regime is absolutely normal.
Improper breast attachment
If baby breastfeeding wrong, then he gets tired very quickly and falls asleep without having eaten. Quite often, the baby is unable to latch on correctly due to the first rush of milk. At this point, the mammary gland swells, and the nipple coarsens. The kid simply cannot grab it with his lips. A breastfeeding counselor can help you with this and other problems associated with improper attachment of the baby to the breast. Just ask him for advice.
- Complex generic process
Sometimes the reason that a newborn baby sleeps a lot during the day is the difficulties that arose during the birth process. A long and difficult labor process with the use of various medications may well cause increased drowsiness in the baby. Sometimes these kids even skip feeding. In the most severe cases, some babies lose the ability to coordinate swallowing and breathing.
- home furnishings
Many people think that a newborn baby can only fall asleep in silence and darkness. However, this is completely wrong. Loud sounds and bright light make the baby fall asleep almost instantly. Such is the paradox. Although, in fact, there is nothing strange about this - in this way, the baby's nervous system simply protects itself from overloads.
However, this dream cannot be considered complete. Therefore, if you notice that your child sleeps too much during the daytime, make sure that the environment in the house is calm. Turn on the TV and loud music less often, make sure that the lighting is not too bright.
- Confused day with night
Almost all children go through this period. If your baby has been crying and acting up all night, chances are he will sleep during the day. There is nothing surprising in this. Just try to gently switch it back to normal mode.
- Alert
Despite the fact that all the situations described above require consultation with a pediatrician or breastfeeding specialist, they are not particularly dangerous. But there are cases when any delay endangers not only the health, but also the life of the baby.
You should immediately call the ambulance, if:
- The kid does not wake up for more than five hours, while practically not moving. You fail to wake him up;
- The mucous membranes and skin of the sleeping child began to take on a bluish tint;
- The baby's breathing became shallow and heavy;
- The baby has a fever.
All these are symptoms of serious illnesses. In this case, only a professional doctor can determine why the child sleeps for so long, make the correct diagnosis and prescribe treatment. It is better to "play it safe" and make sure that the alarm was false than to miss a serious danger.
Your baby will grow up very quickly. Gradually, the regime of his day will begin to change and will soon become similar to yours, and then you will again be able to sleep peacefully at night and do all the necessary things during his daytime "quiet hour". And the question of when and how much a newborn child should sleep will become a thing of the past and become irrelevant. The main thing is to try to accustom the baby to the correct regime. In the future, this will save you and him from many problems.
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Sleep both day and night is very every child. But many parents think that if a child sleeps a little during the day, then he will sleep better at night. Is it so? And what could be the reasons that the baby does not sleep during the day and is capricious? Let's figure it out!
Why does the baby sleep little during the day?
More often than not, babies sleep worse during the day. There are several objective reasons for this. Firstly, during the daytime, the assistant for all mothers "sleep hormone" is produced at a minimum level and therefore it is more difficult to fall asleep. Secondly, the older the baby is, the more interesting it is to stay awake than to sleep. Thirdly, daytime sleep conditions can hardly be called "helping" - the activity of adults and older children.
But the main reason for poor daytime sleep is improper routine and overwork.
If the mother missed the time to go to bed, then the baby will take a walk and it will be more difficult or even completely impossible to put him to bed. Therefore, for daytime sleep, it is so important to observe the wakefulness time and monitor the signs of fatigue, and from 6 months you can talk about the daytime sleep and wakefulness regime.
It is important to understand that without an optimal amount of daytime sleep, the night's sleep will be worse and, in general, the baby will be overworked. Thus, daytime sleep is inextricably linked to the quality of nighttime sleep.
How much sleep does a child need?
Can focus on to know how much sleep a child needs day and night.
If we take a close look at the graph, we will see that:
- 0-4 months- babies need 3-4 days of sleep or more, depending on the duration of dreams and their quality
- 4-9 months- 3 day naps
- 15-18 months- 2 daytime naps
- 1.5 - 4 years- 1 day sleep
Most often, morning sleep begins in the shortest possible time It is important to ensure that the last daytime sleep does not end later than 17:30, so as not to disrupt the principle and night sleep.
Sleep rates are given as a guideline, and it is important for parents to understand the individual sleep rate of their baby. Therefore, the main criterion is the behavior of the child.
It is also important to understand the balance of nighttime and daytime sleep. Children under a certain age do not yet know how to compensate for one dream at the expense of another. But after 2 years they can do it. If babies sleep a lot over the course of several days, you will soon notice that it is difficult to fit into a night's sleep and its duration is reduced. And if the baby sleeps a lot at night, and at the same time - a little in the daytime, then you just need to adjust the regime. Your baby does not want to fall asleep for a nap because he slept at night. But in this case, the waking time will be unevenly distributed, and during a short sleep the child will not have time to regain strength until the next sleep. So there should be a measure in everything.
Short daytime dreams
If the baby sleeps little during daytime dreams, perhaps this is also about the fact that he cannot link sleep cycles And then it is important to help prolong sleep and gradually teach if the baby is already more than 6 months old. Up to 6 months, the baby still needs the help of the mother to fall asleep and move from one sleep cycle to another. But here, too, it is important to gradually give variety in the methods of calming down. Otherwise, latching on to the chest and motion sickness can become a strong association with sleep.
Therefore, if the child slept well during the daytime sleep, then the night's sleep will be better.
Daytime sleep also depends on how the waking time was spent, because sleep is a reflection of how the day went: impressions, overexcitation, physical activity. Analyze your situation to understand the causes of short daytime dreams and the child's moody state:
- Is there enough physical activity and walking?
- Does your stalwart have too much sleep at night?
- Doesn't he often sleep during the day, but short at the same time?
- Are there dreams in the stroller?
- Isn't he overtired?
- Does the baby cry often?
- Is it too long or, on the contrary, a short waking time before naps?
Overwork and lack of sleep
If the child sleeps less than normal, and during the day or looks tired, this is a sign
The baby's body begins to produce and accumulate the stress hormone cortisol. This hormone helps the child to stay asleep, but then interferes with complete relaxation, which makes sleep restless: it is difficult to sleep, or he often wakes up at night and "walks" for an hour, or he wakes up early in the morning before 6.00.
When this lasts for several days, this can speak of. But do not confuse it with the case when the day before there was a stressful situation, overexcitation or illness of the baby, which can also affect the quality of sleep. The stress hormone, accumulating in the body, prevents the child from relaxing, the nervous system cannot calm down, and it is already imperfect. Therefore, the child does not plunge into deep sleep, does not completely relax, therefore does not get enough sleep again, and in a circle - he rests a little during daytime sleep and is capricious.
Let's take a closer look at how it works? Getting up too early in the morning (before 6 in the morning) indicates a lack of sleep in the baby and affects the daytime sleep - it shifts in time and becomes of poor quality due to cortisol, which caused the child to fatigue on the eve of a night's sleep. As a result, after such a daytime sleep, the child does not feel completely rested and by the evening fatigue and lack of sleep accumulate. This leads to overwork, and it is already very difficult to put a little fidget in the evening quickly and without tears and tantrums. Such conditions and state of the child again lead to poor quality sleep at night: frequent night awakenings, long "walks" in the middle of the night, and again to early awakenings.
Until the mother sleeps the child, the lack of sleep will drag on and negatively affect the baby's sleep and behavior.
How to compensate for lack of sleep?
Here are some simple tips to help compensate for your baby's lack of sleep:
- Laying even on extra daytime sleep... Even a few days with extra sleep will give the child a chance to feel better.
- Early morning awakenings before 6.00 are important to extend in all possible ways. In such a situation, a theatrical awakening can help: show that the morning does not begin when the baby wakes up, but when the curtains open, the lights turn on, the mother comes up and kisses, tells the nursery rhyme for awakening, does gymnastics. Introduce a wake-up ritual and use it each time to help your baby separate short-term awakenings from wake-up times.
- Important prolong short daytime dreams... Remember, if you neglect this rule, the baby will get used to sleeping shortly, and, accordingly, staying awake for a short time. By extending the daytime sleep, you teach your baby to associate sleep cycles and get quality rest.
- Look for signs of fatigue when laying your baby down, but distinguish them from signs of overwork. And remember, if the baby slept a daytime sleep for less than an hour (we do not take into account the 3rd dream, for which this is typical and normal), then he will want to fall asleep earlier and will not be able to withstand a long time of wakefulness.
- Find the optimal bed time for the night. Observe the baby from 6 pm to 9 pm for several days and look for a comfortable time to go to bed - it is during these 20 minutes of the golden "sleep window" that the baby will fall asleep most easily.
- Take time to prepare for bed.: Dedicate 30-40 minutes before bedtime for rituals and relaxation activities. Remember not only for a night's sleep, but also for falling asleep before bedtime. Such calm actions help the baby to switch from wakefulness and tune in to sleep.
- Track your waking time so that the child does not walk more than the maximum time to be active at his age. Otherwise, you may encounter overwork and overwork.
- Pay attention to stable sleep conditions... It is important for a child to fall asleep and wake up in familiar and comfortable sleeping conditions. If daytime dreams were always on the street, then the child could get used to sleep only when.In order to prevent such strong undesirable sleeping habits, organize daytime dreams at home (an exception may be for the 3rd sleep). But remember, at the moment of accustoming to daytime dreams at home, and not on the street, you may encounter a child's protest, he is accustomed to sleep in other conditions, so it takes time to get used to sleep at home, in better conditions for sleep and rest ... And the time of wakefulness is better used for activity and learning new things, for development and communication.
If necessary, you can contact our specialists in order to understand the causes of difficulties with children's sleep together with them and find solutions that are comfortable for you.
The birth of the first child in the family is a great joy that brings new troubles. Sometimes the behavior of the baby causes bewilderment among the parents.
They cannot understand why a newborn baby cries during the day, does not sleep at night, and what to do in such cases. Several versions of the reason for the scream arise in my head. In fact, it is not difficult to find out what the baby is unhappy with.
Over time, you will learn to distinguish the characteristic signs by which you can determine what caused the child's dissatisfaction. But, the most interesting thing is that before the age of three months, many babies cry for no reason.
This phenomenon can be explained by the imperfection of the digestive and nervous systems at this age. By the age of three months, the problem of constant unmotivated screaming most often disappears. For some children, whims can last up to six months all day.
In this article, you will learn
Fatigue is the cause of the cry
It's already 10 o'clock in the evening, and the baby cannot fall asleep. During the day he fell asleep calmly, and towards evening he became capricious. Crying cannot be caused by hunger because the baby has recently eaten. His tummy is soft, he does not push, therefore, an excess of gas in the abdomen and colic cannot cause a cry.
A newborn baby may show unmotivated anxiety when overexcited. Too much information constantly enters his mind during the day. Sometimes this behavior can be observed after a walk or visiting guests. People say in such cases that the child is capricious because he was jinxed.
Infants under three months of age may experience fatigue with prolonged crying. Nothing wrong with that. He calms down so much. Having shouted, the newborn sleeps safely, and mom and dad go to drink valerian.
If, after feeding in the evening or in the afternoon, the baby begins to yell, he does not push, he has a soft stomach, normal appetite and a completely healthy appearance, fatigue may well be the cause of the cry.
Conversations, persuasions, games, as a rule, only exacerbate the situation. How can you help your child in this case? Some children, after screaming for 10-20 minutes, fall asleep on their own if left alone. Some people are helped to fall asleep by rhythmic motion sickness in the arms or in a wheelchair.
If hunger has caused whims
Some parents worry that the child began to cry from hunger. In the first two weeks after the hospital, the newborn sleeps more. Mom feeds him every day on a schedule or on demand.
The kid gets used to a certain rhythm. Mom, too, begins to understand when the baby's appetite is increased, and when he can sleep calmly, eating only half of his assigned portion.
When breastfeeding, the more milk the baby needs per day, the more milk the mother produces. Take your time to teach your baby to artificial feeding, thinking to combine breastfeeding and artificial feeding.
If the breast does not empty properly, milk production may decrease and soon cease altogether. Although the cause of a decrease in lactation can also be a woman's overwork or a strong experience.
How to determine why a child is really crying - from hunger or for another reason? You can easily understand this by his behavior. At first, he sleeps less than the prescribed time during the day, and greedily accepts the food offered to him. Then, in case of malnutrition, he will begin to raise a cry immediately after feeding, signaling to the mother about his dissatisfaction.
If the baby has eaten only half of the serving offered to him, then his crying two hours after feeding may mean that he is hungry. But if the child is awake, naughty and pushing an hour after a hearty meal, most likely he has colic. A cry three hours after eating may well mean hunger and a call to feed.
If the child is crying without stopping for 10 minutes after two hours of sleep, try to attach him to the breast, in that he eats ahead of time, there will be no harm. If less than two hours have passed since the last feeding, let the baby cry for 10-15 minutes, you can give him a dummy to calm him down. Observe if he is pushing while screaming.
Other reasons
There are 10 reasons why your baby can cry all day. Your task is to establish the truth and help. Among other things, crying can be caused by the fact that the child is sick. Then other signs of the disease should appear.
Skin rash, fever, discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes, cough, unusual color and odor of stool. A sick baby is a reason to immediately call a local doctor. In no case should you self-medicate.
Can wet films cause crying? In rare cases. Only if there are traces of irritation on the skin, which intensifies upon contact with moisture. But there will be no harm if you change the diaper again.
Could spoilage cause crying before 10 weeks of age? No, the baby still does not know how to manipulate others and quite sincerely expresses his feelings.
If he is crying, then he really is in discomfort. Why is it necessary to calm down and help. But don't panic. Most often, a child who is constantly naughty becomes calmer after three months.
Excited baby
It is quite easy to distinguish increased excitability. Another thing is that you cannot neglect it, and rebuild the child for yourself. Excited baby for the first 10 weeks of life shudders from a sharp sound, he is tense, it is difficult for him to relax. In the first few months, it will be difficult to get him to bathe in the tub. These children often suffer from colic.
The doctor may prescribe a sedative and recommend a gentle regimen. Fewer visitors and new impressions during the day, quiet sounds and conversations, tight swaddling.
Colic in a newborn
With colic, the newborn screams from pain that occurs in the intestines due to gases accumulating there. The kid pushes, jerks his legs, blushes. He cries because the pain is very unpleasant and sharp. This phenomenon occurs at the end of the first month of life.
During the day, the child sleeps peacefully and suddenly a crying attack begins. The child cries, pushes, blushes. Very often, the mother who breastfeeds the baby is blamed for the occurrence of colic. Indeed, some foods can cause increased gas formation and a mother should familiarize herself with the diet during pregnancy.
For example, eating some vegetables raw is not recommended for women during the first months of breastfeeding. You will need to give up sauerkraut and various preservation.
Peas and other legumes are banned. The diet of a nursing woman is somewhat reminiscent of Pevzner's table number 5, which is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. You can not drink coffee, alcohol, chocolate.
Drinking tea during the day is preferably green or, if you are lucky enough to get it, white. At night, tea should be discarded. There is nothing particularly complicated in such a diet.
How to help with colic
Parents do not need to panic when their baby has colic. It must be remembered that this is a fairly common problem associated with the formation of the digestive tract. If a child cries, does not sleep during the day and is pushing, you need to try his tummy. With colic, it will be hard and tense.
You can give your baby Espumisan or dill water. Pour a heating pad with warm water and wrap in a diaper, put the baby on it with his stomach. The water should not be very hot.
When touching the wrist, the heating pad should not burn. If the baby does not sleep during the day due to colic, calm him down, pick him up. Don't be afraid to spoil. After three months, the colic problem will go away on its own.
If your toddler is excitable, he may be more likely to suffer from colic during the first ten weeks of life. Talk to your doctor about the right medication for him.
Avoid walking in crowded places and home visitors. When the baby is awake during the day, you can give a pacifier to make him feel calmer.
Let your baby grow faster and be less capricious!
It is not too correct to say that the baby is naughty. A whim, according to Ushakov's dictionary, is a whim, an unmotivated desire. Whereas the baby cries exclusively if he is uncomfortable and needs something. What exactly does a crying baby need - it is necessary for its mother to determine it. In fact, there are not so many reasons for crying. Not all of them, however, are easily removable.Desire for comfort
There can be several reasons for a crying baby. Among them, the simplest and most common is a wet diaper. Intuitively, the baby wants to be warm and dry. As soon as he feels that he is uncomfortable, he will call mom. Moreover, if this sensation prevents him from sleeping. The only way to call mom for is crying. Therefore, the first action of the mother to calm down is to change the diaper.Hunger
If the baby is hungry, then he will definitely inform his mother about it by crying. In the first month of his life, a child most often wakes up from hunger. In fact, in order to eat, he wakes up. After all, urination, for example, occurs in a dream. Therefore, after changing the diaper, the baby needs to be fed.Pain
Pain is also a feeling of discomfort that the child needs to be helped to cope with. The causes of pain can be different. It can be intestinal colic or cutting teeth. If the baby has a diaper changed, fed him, and he does not stop crying and cannot sleep, then most likely the reason is pain. If the baby's age is 1-3 months, then painful sensations are more likely associated with colic. In this case, you should apply a warm diaper or heating pad on the baby's abdomen, massage the abdomen clockwise and give drugs for childhood colic.Crying from toothache is more likely to occur when toddler is older than 5 months. In this case, pain relievers will help.
The breastfeeding itself for the infant is slowly becoming more than just a way to remove hunger. It is also a natural pain reliever. Therefore, a slightly grown baby can ask for a breast not only from hunger, but also to calm down and reduce pain, including toothache.
Desire to communicate
The desire for physical contact, touch is not just a whim of a baby, but his vital need. Therefore, the baby can be well-fed, dry, he has no pain, but he continues to cry. This is because he wants attention and communication. In this matter, it is necessary to find a "golden mean". For the baby, it is ideally in the arms of the mother around the clock. But it is quite understandable that this is impossible. Therefore, the mother must find the necessary balance so that the baby has the opportunity to be in her arms, and she herself can do the necessary things. As a bias towards constant hyper-care for the baby (the mother drops everything and always immediately runs up to the child at the slightest cry), so ignoring the baby's need for communication leads to the formation of a capricious child.In any case, you first need to eliminate the simplest reasons for the possible crying and whims of the baby - a wet diaper and hunger. If the suspected cause is pain, no immediate effect should be expected from the measures taken to alleviate it. It can be difficult and time-consuming to reduce it. Sometimes you just need the time and care of your beloved mother for the baby to calm down.
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