The newborn does not sleep all day. Painful causes of sleep and crying disorders. What reasons do not give a child to fall asleep
From the moment of birth, the most key signal for a child, until he learns to speak and speak normally, is crying. At an early age, he belongs to the universal mechanism of communication, the crumb expresses to them a whole palette of his feelings and emotions, demonstrates his desires and emotions. Often there is such a situation that the newborn often screams and cries, not giving rest to himself and his parents. What can be the problems of sleep and its screams? How to recognize the signals of the child and timely eliminate their causes?
Table of contents:The development of crying and sleep problems
For a newborn baby, crying is a way to give signals of any unpleasant, uncomfortable or painful sensations.
When a newborn is healthy and well fed, nothing bothers him, he spends most of his time in the first weeks of his life in a dream. Therefore, for the most part, due to the crying, the child expresses his emotions, complains of feeling unwell, and parents should not ignore such signals.
But young parents often wonder why a child is crying, crying inconsolably and cannot fall asleep. Gradually, as time progresses, they already distinguish the source of the problems based on intonation and the strength of the cry, its tone and the behavior of the crumbs. There are relatively simple and easily removable reasons for lack of sleep and crying, although more serious, painful and dangerous conditions are possible.
The main causes of crying in newborns
There are quite physiological and obvious reasons for crying in children, because of which he cannot fall asleep. These include:
When attached to the chest or when the baby is given a bottle of the mixture, it calms down and calms down. Infants can also quench their thirst by attaching to their breasts, and for this, it is necessary for the artificialists to give some water in a bottle. At first, until the approximate rhythm of feeding is established, the baby can often cry when he is hungry.
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It is important not to ignore the demands of the baby, waiting for feedings of a certain hour, otherwise crying will turn into a tantrum, during which it will be extremely difficult to calm and feed the raging baby. If the baby is immediately understood and fed in time, he usually falls asleep.
Crying and sleep problems when overexcited
Most often the child cannot fall asleep and screams, crying due to over-excitement. His nervous system is very vulnerable and immature, it often needs rest in order to restore its working capacity, control the work of all organs and systems, and develop.
The depletion of nerve processes comes the sooner, the smaller the crumbs
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If, at the same time with fatigue, the child has received too many new impressions and emotions, this will lead to even greater fatigue of his nervous system. As a result, the child cannot fall asleep, although he is very tired, because of what he cries, cries and cannot calm down. As a result, tantrums are formed with choking screams and weeping, which greatly frightens parents.
It is important to avoid overwork and hysterics., watching the state and well-being of the crumbs. This can be achieved by adhering to a strict daily regimen, where there will be enough time for sleep, all the necessary hygiene procedures and all the conditions for a comfortable stay and sleep. It is a cozy and clean room, well ventilated, with comfortable temperature and humidity. It is not necessary to create the crumbs of perfect silence from birth to sleep; it should sleep under the normal conditions of family life, this will help make the sleep not so sensitive and intermittent.
To prevent the child from being over-excited, doctors do not recommend his presence at noisy and public events, concerts and on long trips. It should be at least for the first time to protect him from a large number of guests and strangers. This will not only give the child peace of mind, but also protect you from unnecessary encounters with infections, which can also disrupt sleep and lead to crying.
If the child is tired after visiting the guests, did not sleep for a long time and screamed, you need to take him in your arms, attach it to your chest, swing on your arms and soothe. Some children are helped by a swaddling or wrapping in a blanket, others by a warm bath, relaxing and soothing baby.
Sleep problems and crying for natural delivery disorders
Often the child cannot fall asleep and constantly cries when there are problems with natural needs - defecation or urination. Many children may cry or whine before emptying the bladder, even if there are no problems in their health, simply not understanding what is happening to them, and being afraid of this fact. There is no need to worry in this case, usually it is a slight whimpering followed by wetting the diaper. However, sleep disturbances and constant crying, leg training and screaming when urinating or intense straining before wetting the pants are a warning sign. This may be a sign of abnormalities in the structure of the urinary tract, inflammation in the area of the bladder walls, and in boys - problems with the penis and its structure.
If the child is constantly restless, the process of urine excretion leads to screams, while the temperature of the body also increases, you should immediately consult a doctor and get tested (at least common - and).
Often problems with bowel movements also lead to sleep disorders and crying with screams. Especially against the background of artificial feeding, resulting in the wrong selection of the mixture, its inaccurate dilution or lack of fluid in the body to. Particularly unpleasant defecation in the presence of cracks in the anus, due to straining and tight stools. In this case, the baby will turn and grunt, grovel and scream strongly, especially against the background of a long absence of chair. From screams and constant fruitless attempts, the baby does not sleep well, his tummy is swollen, and it is important to consult a doctor to identify and eliminate the causes of constipation.
Bad sleep and crying in the background of colic
In the period from about three weeks to three months, when the intestinal wall gradually matures and microflora becomes formed, many children suffer from, which literally harass some children and deprive them of rest and sleep. Colic is not a disease, it is a temporary and transient phenomenon associated with the accumulation of gas in the intestines. They stretch the bowel loops and irritate the pain receptors, which creates spasm and discomfort, especially in the evening, when the nervous system is already tired and irritated. Against the background of colic, the child often sleeps poorly, wakes up with crying and screams, in the evening the periods of crying can last up to several hours, until the spasms and pain recede.
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Signs of colic will be a sharp cry and screams with pushing the legs and straining, flushing of the face, protrusion of the spring, sometimes with transitions into hysterics. The cry is sharp and loud, painful, with arching on the arms, tension of the tummy.
It is important that parents are able to provide crumbs to alleviate his condition. It is necessary to massage the tummy, bend the legs, helping the discharge of gases, carry it on the hands with the tummy down, rock it and calm it down. If the colic has become daily and strong, sometimes it can be helped by medications that the doctor can advise, they are selected individually, they do not always help and not all children.
Temperature disorders as the cause of crying
If adults, having an accomplished system of thermoregulation and the ability to dress or undress due to the weather, do not suffer much from temperature fluctuations, then for newborns this is a serious problem. They are extremely uncomfortable, both in conditions of freezing and overheating, but they cannot warm up or dress themselves warmer, and therefore sleep badly and cry. Hypothermia is dangerous at an early age, if it is strong and long lasting, and for this it is necessary that the naked baby be at least half an hour in an extremely cool room, and even in the cold. In other cases, with a slight freezing, children wake up, scream and cry, active movements of the legs and arms, against the background of this, stimulate the metabolism and warm up. This is a defense mechanism. After they have calmed down and warmed up, sleep normalizes.
But overheating for a child is much more dangerous than light frosting, since in this case the protective mechanisms do not work, especially in the presence of dense swaddling or a large amount of clothing carefully put on the crumbs of moms and grandmothers.
Overheating leads to inhibition of metabolic processes, suppression of immunity and impaired brain development.
In the neonatal period and the first about six months, the mechanisms of sweating are imperfect; the baby cannot fully cool the body. Then the dream suffers, the crumb cannot fall asleep and cries, cries, reddens. In the area of skin folds on the background of overheating there can be diaper rash and prickly heat on the body, which only increases the discomfort and suffering of the crumbs. Itching and pain of the skin, redness and the risk of infection further disturb sleep and constantly provoke crying. In this case, it will be constant and monotonous, on one note, with the transition to whines, or flow into a tantrum.
Restless sleep and cry
Many parents are extremely worried about the bad sleep of children with constant waking up and crying in their sleep, after which they are difficult to re-bed. This is due to several reasons, usually easily removable and not dangerous, but requiring the attention of mom and dad. It:
You should not wait for a complete awakening and cries of the crumbs, you need to immediately respond to its signals, taking it on your hands and soothing, putting it to your chest or giving a bottle, a pacifier. This will help not to go into hysteria and calm down, calmly sleeping.
External causes, discomfort and crying
If the crumb is not hungry and not tired, while he cries and does not want to sleep, the reasons for this may be quite commonplace inconvenience from wet diapers, leaked or overflowing diaper, rubbing the seams of clothing. It is important to select diapers in time, so that they do not press and rub soft skin, and also change them in a timely manner so that the stool and urine do not irritate the perineum and do not lead to painful sensations.
Painful causes of sleep and crying disorders
Can cause poor restless sleep or difficulty falling asleep, as well as causes of hysterics and crying, the presence of skin diseases, or. So, against the background of skin pathologies and allergic rashes, usually there is a strong itching of the skin, which simply does not allow to fall asleep, the child screams, rubs against the bed, worries, you can relieve his condition by consulting a doctor and determining the cause of the skin lesion, systemic drugs against inflammation and itching, allergies.
When the baby is sleeping, the mother is resting or doing housework. Some newborns spend half a day in the cradle, others have less desire to sleep - the need for daytime sleep depends on the individual characteristics of the organism. If a child is full of energy, joyfully smiles and does not naughty - it means getting enough sleep! And what if he doesn’t sleep all day? Do I need to worry?
How important is daytime sleep?
Often, newborns sleep 3-4 hours in the afternoon and wake up when they begin to experience hunger. This mode lasts up to 1.5-2 months of age, then the amount of time the baby needs for sleeping is reduced.
However, in recent years, an increasing number of mothers are faced with a situation where a child has hardly slept since daytime since birth! At best, such moms get 40-50 minutes of silence 2-3 times a day. This sleep pattern is disturbing, but before you panic, you should find out: “Why does your baby sleep little during the day?”
Causes of wakefulness baby
- Sleep disorder caused by physical or psychological reasons.
- Individual features of the body of the newborn.
Infants who have enough daytime sleep are distinguished by active behavior, smiling, a pronounced desire to learn the world. Best of all they sleep in a stroller while walking in the fresh air. At the same time, the rocking of the mother at home or holding at the breast does not have any effect. It is important to calculate how much a child sleeps during the whole day. If the total amount of sleep exceeds 15 hours, then there is no reason for alarm. 
When can we talk about sleep disorder?
In cases of apparent sleep disorder, the newborn may not sleep for 5 hours, not for a second without falling asleep! And when it still falls asleep, it can wake up every 7-10 minutes. This means that the baby rests only in the phase of REM sleep and does not reach the deep sleep phase.
If a baby sleeps little during the day and shows signs of overexcitement (whims, tears, screams, aggressive behavior, anxiety), it is worth consulting with a pediatrician or a neurologist.
What reasons do not give a child to fall asleep?
The kid does not sleep well in the afternoon? The reasons may be many. The most common option is discomfort.
- Violations of health standards.
Often it is enough to change the temperature regime, to air the room more often and to do wet cleaning in order to significantly improve the quality of the baby’s sleep. The temperature norm for an infant in the first year of life is 20-22 degrees Celsius. Intensive brain development requires a sufficient amount of oxygen in the room, so it is important to often ventilate the room.
- Psychological discomfort.
The newborn quietly falls asleep to the background noise - music, washing machine, hair dryer, adult talk. But painfully reacts to sharp sounds and bright light. The room in which the baby falls asleep must be darkened with blackout curtains or blinds. He often doesn’t sleep during the day because of turmoil - a large number of guests, excessive activity of the mother.
The desire of a woman to feel useful during the decree is very commendable. But bad for the psychological atmosphere. If the desire to “wash, decorate, change everything” becomes a neurosis - it's time to calm down! Mom will relax - the child will relax and be able to sleep peacefully.
Often a newborn after birth experiences a strong loneliness - he does not hear his mother's heartbeat, he is not physically connected with it. In this case, the mother should more often take the baby in her arms, rock him, sing lullabies and fall asleep nearby. After a month or two after birth, the child realizes that he is loved and calm down. Daytime sleep gradually normalizes.
- Physiological causes.
Colic, gas accumulation causes pain in the child. He cannot yet “tell” about them, so he simply does not sleep because of pain. In this case, newborns are naughty, crying and looking tired. To improve the condition of the crumbs, you can use a warm heating pad, placed on the tummy and soothing massage.
Asymptomatic sleep disturbance may be a precursor of neurological diseases. Therefore, you should consult with a neurologist if the baby behaves restlessly.
And young parents, meanwhile, go crazy with fatigue and feelings, inventing every minute more and more new reasons, one worse than the other. In most cases, everything is much more trivial.
If the newborn did not know how to cry - he would not have survived. Therefore, for a child who has just given birth, crying is absolutely normal instinct. Rather, worry if the child is suspicious. silent, sluggish, drowsy…
The reasons why the newborn does not sleep and cry
But the crying of a baby is not causeless. There are three main reasons why a baby cries.The first reason. A newborn is not sleeping and crying because he is scared.
The human being, unlike the animal world, cannot survive on its own. Therefore, at the level of instinct in the child laid the function to give an alarm if he was alone. That is why it is so important to take him in your arms so that he feels his security and calm. A little later, it will be enough for him to see his mother close by, but only having been born, he is not capable of such an analysis - he needs tactile sensation.
The second reason. A newborn is not sleeping and crying because he is hungry.
While the child is a newborn, he eats quite a bit and therefore may want to eat much earlier than after 3 hours, as written in the books. For the development of lactation and the normal weight gain of the newborn can be kept at the breast, even 24 hours a day. When he learns to eat in large portions, when mom has a lot of milk, then you can start thinking about feeding regimens.
The third reason. The newborn is not sleeping and crying because he feels discomfort.
This can be attributed to internal discomfort - usually it is colic, or external - cold, wet diaper, something shakes and so on. It can be difficult to understand what the baby is worried about, but you shouldn’t be angry or annoyed with it, you need to try to understand it. And sometimes the child thus wants to simply speak out - after all, there is no other way yet.
