Contents:
- Medical Video: What are Infant Distress Warning Signs?
- Causes of difficulty sleeping at night
- 1. Baby's cyclic rhythm is not yet stable
- 2. Your baby is hungry
- 3. Invite baby to play just before bedtime
- 4. Your baby is too tired or vice versa
Medical Video: What are Infant Distress Warning Signs?
A common problem experienced by new mothers after childbirth is that babies have difficulty sleeping, especially at night. Actually, there are several causes that can make the baby difficult to sleep, especially at night. Don't worry too much, here are the causes of babies having trouble sleeping at night.
Causes of difficulty sleeping at night
1. Baby's cyclic rhythm is not yet stable
Most babies do not have the correct cyclic rhythm or biological clock, because their bodily functions are still developing. Most babies have the correct biological clock when they are 12 weeks old, but some babies may take longer than that.
Although this is related to the development of body functions, you can still help your child adapt and familiarize himself with good sleep. Help the baby to wake up and sleep at the same time every day. This will help your child adapt and find his or her own biological clock.
Also avoid installing very bright lights in the room when nighttime sleep comes. Because the light that is too bright can prevent the body from producing the hormone melatonin, which is a hormone that stimulates drowsiness.
2. Your baby is hungry
Hungry babies are the most common reason babies have trouble sleeping or waking up at night. Newborns need food more often.
Generally babies up to the age of 18 months, are fed every four hours or as requested by the child and do not rule out the possibility of feeling hungry at night or just before he sleeps.
Especially if the growth and development of the body is quite rapid, he will feel more hungry than usual. Therefore, you should prepare breast milk for your child to meet their needs. You may need to breastfeed every 2-3 hours.
3. Invite baby to play just before bedtime
You can also be the cause of your baby's difficulty sleeping at night, by asking him to play or make things that he likes, making the little one dissolve in excitement so it is difficult to want to sleep.
Babies are good and very young observers distracted by sounds or movements that attract their attention. So if you want your baby to sleep at the right time or go back to sleep after waking up, avoid inviting him to play just before he sleeps.
In addition to your own cause of difficulty sleeping, mobile phones (HP) can also stimulate the baby to continue to wake up. A survey of 715 parents in western countries concluded that babies who were given games on cellphones would find it harder to sleep at night. This is allegedly because the cellphone emits blue light which can interfere with the production of the hormone melatonin.
If your baby wakes up at night, you should not calm her too quickly. This will actually make your child more difficult to sleep, because you like disturbing a sleepy baby will fall asleep. To avoid it, do not move immediately or take action on the first signs of movement and sound from your child while sleeping.
4. Your baby is too tired or vice versa
When your baby is exhausted, the baby will experience insomnia or make him sleep deprived. In addition, babies will wake up more often and become fussy.
The environment around a baby that is too noisy can also make it difficult for the baby to sleep or calm down. This is why babies should avoid noise before bedtime. Try to create a calm environment so that the baby sleeps easily.
