Baby's sleep characteristics

Babies sleep for a long time, which is necessary for a long body. Let’s talk about the baby’s sleep characteristics. Sleepworms Adequate sleep is one of the prerequisites to ensure the health of newborns and infants. The younger the age, the longer the sleep time. The baby can sleep for about 20 hours a day within a few days after birth, that is, except for feeding, crying, and defecation, the baby is basically in a sleep state. At first, it is normal for a baby to wake up three or four times at night. As the baby develops, the number of waking up at night will decrease. Some babies start to enter adult sleep mode at 6 months, that is, most of their sleeping time is at night, and they will nap twice during the day, but many babies do not. Various actions during sleep. The baby has various actions during light sleep, such as opening eyes, sucking, turning over, frowning, crying, moving the eyeballs under the eyelids, and sometimes moving the limbs, and sometimes looking up, but most of these actions Is meaningless. Don't think that the baby is awake at this time. This is because his body is asleep and his brain is still awake. These actions have not passed the instructions of the cerebral cortex. It is due to the central activity under the cerebral cortex, which is normal. Startle in sleep. Babies within 3 months have physiological startle. This is a normal phenomenon caused by immature brain development and does not need to be dealt with. Therefore, parents should not give too much care or care because of a little movement. They can wait quietly for more than 5 minutes before responding. Sometimes too much care will disturb the baby’s normal sleep, which is not conducive to the baby’s normal physiology. development. Previous: The characteristics of baby skin and the choice of diapers Next: Causes and symptoms of diaper rash