Newborns can't work and rest on time, which often affects children's sleep, and sleep is a necessary element for human body to restore energy and physical strength, and an organic part of human life activities. For Xiao Xiaobao, not sleeping regularly will even affect the secretion of growth hormone, which is extremely harmful to children's health and growth.
Parents must remember that the newborn's sleep cycle is very short, usually 40 minutes, which is easily disturbed by the outside world and cannot automatically receive sleep. Excessive interference leads to irregular sleep, which will affect children's cardiovascular health, brain, learning and behavior patterns. Long-term lack of sleep often leads to fidgeting, crying, timidity, inconvenient movement and weak willpower, and also makes children grow short and even precocious.
Many mothers complain that the newborn's physiological conditions are immature, unfamiliar with the outside world, insecure and difficult to sleep by themselves. They often put them in bed for a long time and sleep very restlessly. Then what should I do? Good sleep habits of newborns will not be developed automatically, and they must be developed by adults.
How long does it take a newborn to sleep? Let's look at the table below.
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Regular work and rest is so important that parents should avoid these five misunderstandings when guiding newborns to develop good sleep habits:
Myth 1: the baby won't sleep, just grow up.
Many parents have the idea that newborns have not learned to sleep by themselves, but will learn it when they grow up, without special training and study. In fact, experts say that newborns will begin to alternate between light sleep and deep sleep at 8- 16 weeks after birth. It is ideal if you can start to adjust your baby's schedule before this, and there will be few crying situations.
Therefore, parents can train their babies to work and rest regularly from two months, and it is ideal to adjust their work and rest.
Myth 2: If the baby doesn't sleep, he is definitely not full.
There is a word called "baby sleeps". Every day, mom and dad fantasize that their baby can sleep quietly and steadily like a little angel. However, in the process of sleep, newborns often wake up at night and cry. Crying at night is not a disease, we need to face up to this fact.
As soon as the baby cried, the whole family lost proper limit. Many times, you can only rely on breastfeeding to appease your baby and stop crying. In fact, feeding or adding formula milk powder at will can lead to flatulence, colic and even serious digestive tract diseases in newborns.
Therefore, we must be clear that the baby's crying is that he is expressing his needs. Not necessarily full. When the baby wakes up crying in the middle of the night, parents can first rule out the factors of cold and heat, wet urine and drowsiness, and then consider whether the baby is hungry. At the same time, judge the baby's hunger degree from the baby's body signals, and take different measures to deal with the baby's reaction to you, so that you can gradually understand the baby's various behavior languages, instead of feeding at will, resulting in overfeeding.
Myth 3: Sleep less during the day and sleep soundly at night.
The concept of the older generation is that children who can't sleep at night sleep too much during the day. Many grandparents often disturb or interrupt their children's rest when they sleep during the day.
Healthy sleep needs to last, whether at night or during the day. Newborns sleep almost all day; Babies of two or three months sleep 16- 18 hours a day; Four or five-month-old babies spend 15- 16 hours a day; Babies over six months need 14- 15 hours of sleep every day.
If the baby wakes up many times at night, he needs to continue to feed, pick up and comfort, plug the nipple, etc. to fall asleep again. This fragmented sleep is harmful to the baby. The quality of the baby's nap during the day will obviously affect the quality of sleep at night. If he doesn't sleep well during the day, his nerves will be too nervous to relax, and he will wake up frequently at night and sleep worse. Therefore, when the baby is taking a nap during the day, parents must not bother!
Myth 4: You have to hold your arms to sleep well.
Hugging means holding the baby by your side, shaking it to sleep, and holding it all the time while sleeping. Parents cuddle out of love for their children and in order to ensure the baby's sleep time. Over time, it has caused children not to sleep for a long time.
Although the baby's body and level are angled when sleeping, it is far more comfortable than lying flat and makes the baby feel more relaxed.
But cuddling will greatly reduce the baby's sleep quality, and the baby often looks listless after waking up. Moreover, because Ma Bao's arms are too small, the baby can't stretch and his muscles can't rest, so his physical development will be limited.
Therefore, the baby sleeping alone is conducive to physical development and can also enhance its own resistance.
Usually, try not to sleep with your baby in your arms, but let your baby sleep alone, which is not only good for your baby's health, but also can exercise your baby's independence. If parents are really worried that their babies can't sleep without their arms, they can actually wrap their babies in sleeping bags, swaddling clothes and scarves. This is consistent with the principle of cuddling, that is, by imitating the baby's feeling in the womb, the baby can sleep more stably.
Myth 5: Baby-centered theory, our company is 24 hours.
Newborns sleep for more than ten hours a day and spend most of the day in sleep. Does the baby need an adult to accompany him to sleep? Many parents believe that even if the baby is asleep, he should stay with him. The baby must be looked after 24 hours a day.
In fact, such views are all derived from parents' love for their babies. This is also a view of the baby-centered theory. It is believed that the birth of a baby is the core of the whole family, and the whole family should put aside what they are doing and focus on the baby. Parents, grandparents, grandparents-six adults who love the family must always accompany the baby and sacrifice their personal time.
In fact, this is a wrong view, which is also unfavorable to the baby's psychological development. Over time, the baby will form a "self-centered" thought, grow up with a circle of friends, or tend to be "selfish" after school. Even the babies cultivated in this family will be agitated, and they will be entangled if they are not satisfied.
The baby within 3 months has not experienced the great development period of sports, and will not turn over and crawl. Most babies find it difficult to wake up once they fall asleep. Of course, it also excludes babies who sleep very lightly. Once the newborn falls asleep, parents can put it in the crib, sit there, or even leave the room to do their own thing. When the baby wakes up or hears crying, check and comfort him. While becoming parents, we can be ourselves, take care of the baby's leisure time and have our own life.
Irregular work and rest is an overdraft for life. Newborns are immature and have no self-control ability, so they need correct guidance and training from their parents to help them develop good sleep habits. Avoid five misunderstandings, the baby sleeps soundly, and the mother worries less!