Typical causes of sleep problems at 4 months of age

How long should a child sleep?

Almost the entire time that the baby was in his mother’s belly, he slept. With birth, the child’s sleep structure begins to gradually change, but this does not happen immediately.

• In the first 2 months, the newborn does not distinguish between day and night, waking up from hunger at approximately equal intervals during the day. After eating, the baby stays awake for only a short time and then falls asleep again. In total, at this age the baby sleeps from 16 to 18 hours a day.
• The daily routine “grows up” starting at 3 months. The duration of uninterrupted sleep at night gradually increases, and during the day the child does not close his eyes longer after waking up. By six months, total sleep time decreases to 15–16 hours a day.
• The process of normalizing the sleep schedule continues and by the time the baby is one year old, he sleeps 9–11 hours at night, without causing any trouble to his parents. During the day he falls asleep only a couple of times, and the rest of the time he stays awake and explores the world. At the age of one year, the total duration of daytime and night sleep is approximately 13–14 hours.

It is important to understand: the figures we have given are averages. Don't assume your baby is sleeping poorly if their sleep schedule is different. Each child has its own individual characteristics, and the key criterion for good sleep is the baby’s well-being. If the newborn is healthy and alert, everything is fine. If your baby often wakes up, groans and tosses and turns in the crib, is capricious and cries, this is a reason to talk to a specialist and discuss the problem.

Normal daytime sleep schedule for a child under four years of age

A different part of the brain is responsible for daytime sleep than nighttime sleep. Therefore, predictable daytime sleep rhythms appear in a child later, and not from birth.

How long should a child sleep during the day?

Newborns from 0 to 2 months

They sleep on average 8-9 hours during the day with many intervals. Sleep periods will vary from 10-15 minutes to 3-4 hours.

There is no need to worry about short and unscheduled sleeps now. Instead, focus on the overall rhythm of feedings and sleep so that a predictable routine develops over time.

2-4 months

At this age, children sleep 4-5 hours a day up to 3-5 times. Watch out for sleep regression around 4 months - it can worsen daytime dreams even if you had no problems sleeping during the day before.

4-6 months

A relatively predictable routine is already emerging with 3 daily naps with a total duration of 4-5 hours. After 4 months, the minimum nap should be at least 75 minutes.

7-8 months

The baby does not sleep well during the day if at this age another sleep regression occurs and a transition from 3 to 2 sleeps occurs. Evening sleep disappears. The baby sleeps 2.5-4 hours during the day. One nap should be at least 60 minutes long.

9-12 months

By this age, the baby sleeps predictably. A schedule is formed by the hour with two daytime naps of 1.5-2 hours each.

12-18 months

The child sleeps 1-2 times a day for 2-3 hours. In the period from 15-18 months there is a transition to one dream. At first it will be short, but gradually its duration will increase.

2-4 years

The child still needs one daytime nap lasting at least 1 hour or a “quiet hour” so that there is no overwork in the evening.

Between 3 and 6 years of age, children usually stop sleeping during the day.

The benefits of naps for a child

Daytime rest is the key to a baby’s healthy physical development and good mood. If your child doesn't sleep well during the day, it will affect sleep at night.

• Research shows that napping helps children develop their memory and mental abilities. Even short naps in babies.
• Maintains a healthy baby weight and regulates appetite.
• Prevents the accumulation of fatigue and improves the quality of night sleep. Children who get enough sleep during the day find it easier to go to bed at night and wake up less often in the middle of the night.
• Reduces the number of accidents - a well-rested baby has better control of his body and movements.
• Gives mom a break.

Short naps

Many mothers struggle with short naps. Such dreams last no more than 45 minutes. Typically, a child sleeps through one sleep phase and then wakes up. Then he does not fall asleep, or the mother has to make an effort to get the baby to fall asleep again.

Until 5-6 months, short sleeps are natural for a child. But from 6 months, daytime dreams are already consolidated, they become predictable and regular.

If after six months the baby still sleeps no more than 20-30 minutes during the day, it is necessary to work on sleep, because short sleep does not restore the body. The child wakes up sleep-deprived, capricious, and overtired.

If the child sleeps short, the number of daytime naps will exceed the recommended norms. It is difficult for mom to stick to a predictable routine and find the right time to wake up.

Morning dream

It is the first to form in babies around 3-4 months. By 5-6 months, the optimal time to start morning sleep is between 8.00-10.00. This way you can organize the rest of your sleep patterns during the day.

The function of the first dream is to help the child remember new skills and words. Morning sleep makes it possible to process the huge flow of information that babies receive every day in the first year and a half of life.

Morning sleep in children occurs mainly in the phase of rapid, superficial sleep - a sign that it is a continuation of night sleep. This explains why the time of wakefulness between morning and night sleep is shorter than between other dream periods.

The morning nap goes away at the age of 15-18 months and the afternoon nap remains, which the baby needs so as not to become overtired in the evening.

Switching to "quiet hour"

After 2 years, many children give up daytime naps. But it’s rare that a child under 4 years old is able to withstand being awake all day without consequences. Children at this age still get very tired during the day, which affects their sleep at night.

Therefore, we recommend at least spending a “quiet hour” if the baby does not want to sleep during the day. Quiet time allows your child to slow down and rest in the middle of the day.

How to enter “quiet hour”:

1. Set a rule and discuss it with your child - you can stay up, but stay in your room, play quiet games and speak in a quiet voice.
2. It is unlikely that your baby will be able to play quietly for an hour alone. Start with 15-20 minutes and gradually increase this period of time to an hour.
3. Buy a children's alarm clock that will tell your child how much time is left until the end of the “quiet hour”.
4. Keep the room quiet and curtain the windows.
5. Prepare in advance games that the baby can play at this time: books, puzzles, games with soft toys, audio fairy tales - activities that are calm and familiar to the baby. Save new entertainment for your waking hours.

We recommend switching to “quiet hour” when:

• The child gets enough sleep at night
• The baby is able to withstand the whole day without sleep and at the same time calmly falls asleep in the evening
• Able to endure a day without sleep without accumulating fatigue in the evening
• The quality of night sleep does not suffer on days when there is no sleep during the day
• If there is no daytime sleep, you moved your bedtime to an earlier time

How to put your baby to sleep correctly?

Teach your baby to a certain daily routine. Each child’s evening should end the same way, according to a clear ritual. For example, if the baby gets used to being bathed at the same time, then given a massage, then read a fairy tale and immediately put to bed, this sequence of actions in itself will set him up for a sound sleep.

If a newborn does not sleep well, mothers often resort to rocking. Rhythmic movements and the quiet voice of the person closest to you in the world are great for falling asleep, but in the future this can become a problem. The day is not far off when you will have to stay late at work, go on a business trip, or go to visit relatives in another city. Even if you are one hundred percent sure that nothing like this will happen, in just a few months it will become physically difficult for you to carry a grown child in your arms for a long time.

Try not to form habits in your baby that will affect the quality of his sleep. If a child, falling asleep, sucks on his mother's breast or pacifier, then waking up for a moment during the REM sleep phase, he will not be able to fall asleep without it.

What should you do to wean your baby from this habit - just put him in bed without nightly rocking? Not an option: a baby, deprived of an important part of the bedtime ritual, will be capricious and refuse to close his eyes. Usually in such a situation the baby cries for a long time and then sleeps poorly, tosses and turns in his sleep, and often wakes up.

There is only one way out - the ritual of motion sickness must be replaced by another, and a special soft toy can best cope with this. Buy your baby a bunny, bear or other soft friend and do not use it for play during the day. The child must understand that this talisman always comes only at night, and gradually learns to quickly fall asleep by placing a hand on his fluffy side.

Most likely, on the first day of falling asleep according to the new rules, everything will not go as smoothly as we would like. You put a sleep toy in the crib, talk to the baby, pat him on the head, leave the room - and almost instantly hear the baby crying. Don't come back right away, wait one minute and only then come back. When the baby calms down, leave the room again. If the crying repeats a second and third time, wait longer - three minutes; for the fourth and subsequent returns, increase the wait to five minutes.

On the second day, instead of 1, 3 and 5 minutes, the return intervals should be increased to 3, 5 and 7 minutes, on the third and further - to 5, 7 and 9 minutes. In a few days, the child will forget about motion sickness and learn to fall asleep with his new night friend. By the way, don’t forget to come up with a nice name for him.

What to do if your child has trouble sleeping during the day?

If the baby does not sleep during the day

-When the baby does not distinguish between day and night, spend waking hours in daylight, and in the evening dim the lights and use a minimum of light at night.

-Watch your baby for signs of fatigue and put him to bed on time. This will prevent you from becoming overtired.

-To prevent your baby from waking up from hunger, feed him before bed.

-Swaddle your baby to sleep, start darkening the room from 2.5-3 months.

-Turn on white noise while your baby is resting.

-From 2-3 months, introduce a short ritual before bed and carry it out even during the day before going to bed.

-Calm your baby and prolong very short sleeps in any way.

Remember that newborns sleep mostly lightly, during which they may twitch their limbs, open their eyelids, smile and sleep restlessly. You might be mistaken and think that the baby wakes up and wants to eat. Instead of approaching the baby right away, wait a couple of minutes; the baby may fall back to sleep.

4-12 months

Around 4 months, the child’s biological rhythms are finally formed and sleep may deteriorate. For example, the baby will stop sleeping during the day. Now is the time to start organizing a physiological sleep and wakefulness regime

Therefore, we recommend organizing daytime naps during temporary “windows” when sleep is easier for the baby and rest is more restorative:

1. Start your morning sleep between 8.00-10.00
2. Lunch nap - from 12.00 to 14.00
3. And departure at night from 18.00 and no later than 20.00.

The younger the baby, the closer bedtime will be to the beginning of this interval, due to the child’s ability to stay awake less.

Keep track of your wake-up time - if it is always at a different time, then your naps will start at different times. This will complicate the baby’s body’s adaptation to a certain rhythm of the day. It is physiological for children to wake up at 6-7 am.

The main thing now is to avoid overtiring the baby. From 4-6 months until your baby transitions to two naps at 8-9 months, focus on the recommended wake time and less on signs of fatigue. Babies already show great interest in the world around them and can suppress signs of fatigue.

Check your sleeping conditions. Darken the room during sleep so that the baby is not distracted while falling asleep and is not disturbed by the light. Use special blackout curtains. White noise will help combat everyday sounds from the next room.

Maintain a pre-nap routine. It will help separate active wakefulness and sleep. It will also give everyone the opportunity to slow down and relax.

Always arrange for your child to sleep in one place so that he associates it with rest and understands what is required of him now. The best place to sleep is the baby's crib in the parents' room.

Do not switch your child to a schedule with fewer naps ahead of time.

Most children are ready for a 2-nap schedule no earlier than 8-9 months.

To one nap during the day - only after 15-18 months.

How can you tell if you can reduce the number of daytime naps?

• Monitor your child's behavior. He may refuse one of his dreams or not fall asleep after going to bed.
• The baby began to sleep longer at night and wake up less.
• The time of leaving at night has been shifted due to the fact that after a nap the baby is not yet tired.
• The child sleeps too much during the day and sleeps restlessly at night

If your baby wakes up after 30-40 minutes, prolong sleep in the same way he fell asleep. If this does not work, it is most likely worth teaching your child the skill of falling asleep independently.

We suggest taking a course on teaching your child SZ - in just a month you will solve the problem of not only daytime naps, but also begin to get enough sleep as a whole family.

After a year

After 12 months, follow the same rules that are important for younger children.

Now it is important to organize your daytime sleep schedule by the hour: with two naps, the optimal start time for dreams is 9.00-9.30 and 13.00-13.30 when getting up between 6-7 am.

In a regime with one nap during the day, take a rest at 13.00-13.30.

If a child refuses to sleep during the day, read what to do in the article “When and why daytime sleep disappears in children over two years old.”

If your baby doesn't sleep well and cries constantly, is it colic?

Quite possibly. Colic is one of the common reasons why a newborn does not sleep well - up to 40% of babies worldwide suffer from it. Infant colic begins at a very early age - at 2-3 weeks of a baby’s life. At about 6 weeks they reach a maximum level, then begin to slowly decline and usually stop completely at 4-5 months.

It is almost impossible to miss or not understand that a child has colic. Symptoms of this condition in a healthy baby include bouts of crying lasting more than three hours, repeated more than three days a week. At the same time, the baby’s tummy becomes tense, he draws in his legs and starts screaming, from which his heart bleeds. Colic usually begins in the evening and, of course, you can’t count on a newborn’s quiet sleep on such evenings.

What should parents do in such a situation? There is no clear answer to this question. The fact is that medicine does not yet fully understand why colic occurs, and therefore cannot offer one hundred percent working methods to combat it. If your baby is constantly crying, pediatricians recommend trying to calm him down in the following ways:

• Motion sickness

  Take the baby in your arms, walk and rock him. This helps some babies - after a while they relax and fall asleep.

• Massage

  If your baby has a colic attack and is crying, gently massage his tummy and back.

• Quiet, rhythmic sounds

  Relaxing music, the gentle sound of the surf, the calm beating of a mother’s heart - in some cases, sound therapy can be the answer to the question of how to put your baby to sleep.

• Mom's warmth and care

  The following exercise can help calm your child. Dim the lights in the room, then lie on your back, hold your baby to your chest and talk quietly to him, rocking slightly from side to side.

• Vibration

  You may have come across cradles, chaise lounges and swings with a vibration mode on sale. If your baby is having trouble sleeping, these devices can help. Also, some parents note that the child quickly falls asleep in the car - all because of the same vibration.

• Proper diet

  With mother's milk, some undesirable substances can enter the baby's body, aggravating the course of colic. It is advisable for a nursing woman to avoid coffee, chocolate, onions, garlic and other spicy foods.

Which of these methods will help in your case? It is unknown, so doctors recommend trying them all one by one and choosing the one that suits your baby.

Having learned that your child is crying due to colic, some friends may recommend folk remedies - various herbal teas and dill water. The effectiveness of these methods has not been proven, and before using them you should definitely consult a specialist.

What to do if your child has trouble sleeping during the day?

Keep a sleep diary for a week and note in it all periods of your child's sleep during the day, including even those intervals at what time the baby fell asleep and how long he slept, for example, for 10 minutes in the car or in the stroller on the way home from a walk.

Compare your results to the recommended sleep guidelines for your child's age.

If there is a lack of sleep, find the cause of poor sleep and correct the situation: create suitable sleep conditions, adjust the routine, prevent the baby from overtiring, prolong sleep, teach him to fall asleep independently.

What should you do if your newborn sleeps poorly at night but does well during the day?

For some mothers, the child continues to seem small, even after he has already had his own children and built a successful career. For the same reason, they consider the baby to be a newborn up to a year or more. If you are now talking about a toddler who is crawling or even starting to walk and who has confused day with night, most likely the problem is related to insufficient physical activity or overstimulation.

Officially, a child is considered a newborn only 1 month of life, more precisely - 28 days from birth.

If your older baby is having trouble sleeping, try these methods. They can usually correct your sleep-wake schedule in just a few days.

• Help your baby get tired

  Play, walk, motivate your child to constantly move. Before you feed and quickly put your baby to bed, take him for a walk in the fresh air for half an hour.

• Adjust your diet

  Do not feed your baby rich food during the day, which makes him sleepy.

• Limit your nap time

  If your baby falls asleep during the day, let him take a nap for half an hour, and then wake him up. There is no need to experience mental suffering - now this is only for the benefit of the baby.

• Eliminate causes of overexcitement

  If the baby is not sleeping, perhaps something at home is helping to increase his tone. This could be a TV that is constantly on, adults communicating in a raised voice, long emotional conversations on the phone, loud music, etc. Because of these irritants, the child becomes too excited and then cannot fall asleep, tosses and turns in the crib and often wakes up.

In a truly newborn child, i.e. baby in the first month of life, there should be no differences in the structure of sleep during the day and night. If a newborn only sleeps poorly at night, the cause may be colic, which usually begins in the evening and prevents the baby from falling asleep. No colic? Then try to understand what goes differently at night than during the day. Maybe you turn on the heater and your baby gets hot? Maybe you're swaddling too tightly? Maybe the baby is afraid of the dark and needs to turn on the night light? Find out what's wrong and you can restore your baby's restful sleep by eliminating the causes of the problem.

If your newborn has trouble sleeping for several days and you cannot figure out why this is happening, contact a specialist.

How to understand that a child does not sleep well during the day?

Your child does not sleep well during the day if you observe the following symptoms:

1. A baby over 4 months of age sleeps during his first naps for no more than 30-40 minutes.
2. The child sleeps very lightly and wakes up from every rustle
3. Baby wakes up crying
4. It is impossible to prolong sleep even in the usual way for a baby
5. Shortly after sleep, the baby falls asleep while moving - while walking in a stroller or while driving a car.
6. The child stays awake between naps less than is recommended for children his age
7. By evening, the baby can barely make it, protests while going to bed for the night
8. Wakes up frequently at night
9. The baby constantly sleeps during the day in a stroller in motion

Are there other reasons for poor sleep?

Most of the reasons why a baby has difficulty falling asleep and often wakes up are associated with physical or psychological discomfort:

• Malaise

  In addition to colic, a child may also experience other unpleasant sensations, such as ear pain, skin irritation from diaper rash, or allergic itching. Usually it is not difficult to localize such problems: if the baby’s hands are free, he pulls them towards the sore spot.

• Reflexive shaking of the hands

  The baby does not yet have full control of his body. Sometimes at night his arms begin to move reflexively, and he wakes up. Loose swaddling (in no case tight) will help to slightly limit movements during sleep. In general, this is a temporary phenomenon - it will disappear on its own by 6-8 months.

• Overfilled diaper or wet diaper

  The child must be changed in a timely manner, otherwise he will be rightly indignant. Huggies Elite Soft diapers have a special moisture indicator, with which you will immediately understand whether it is time to change clothes or the problem is something else. In any case, change diapers at least every 3-4 hours.

• Is your baby hot or cold?

  Many mothers are always afraid that their baby will freeze, and they wrap him up very tightly. However, overheating causes even more discomfort for the child. If the baby's face turns red and sweat appears under her clothes, it means that you have overdone the insulation.

• Stress

  Did guests come to you, and everyone took the baby in their arms? Have you traveled somewhere with your baby? Are your neighbors doing renovations and making a lot of noise? It is not surprising that the baby tosses and turns and often wakes up. This will pass, but you may need to get up and comfort your baby more often tonight.

If your newborn begins to sleep poorly, look for the cause and eliminate it. If this does not work, consult your pediatrician. In the vast majority of cases, sleep problems are easily resolved or disappear as you grow older, and you will soon forget about them forever. In the meantime, we wish good night and sweet dreams to you and your child!

What does it mean to have trouble sleeping?

Often young parents ask themselves the question: is it their newborn who sleeps poorly, or is it that all babies sleep like this at this age, and is this normal?

Pediatricians talk about sleep problems if:

• The newborn wakes up at night every 3 hours or more, and during the day more often than every 30 minutes;
• Cries a lot;
• Doesn't calm down after eating.

If the baby wakes up every three hours to eat and then immediately falls asleep, this situation is normal and may not require correction.

Memo for moms and dads: how to help your baby

Many babies experience sleep problems in the fourth month. It is difficult to avoid them, but it is possible to shorten the duration of the period and get rid of frequent awakenings faster; this is a feasible task for parents.

The main thing is to understand that the child is growing and developing, which means that things will no longer be the same as they were in the previous three months. It is necessary to study the new biorhythms of the baby and its needs. This will help you quickly adapt to the new regime and avoid whims and hysterics.

Normalizing daytime sleep

The need for rest during the day is realized by sleeping 4 times a day. Periods of wakefulness reach two hours. In order to put your child to bed faster, you need to observe his behavior. You should pay attention to the following signs:

• baby rubs his eyes;
• yawns;
• becomes less mobile;
• loses interest in toys.

This picture indicates that the baby is ready to fall asleep. If you put him down at this very moment, sleep will come quickly and without resistance. Curtains need to be drawn; darkness promotes the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. The first 30 minutes must be kept quiet until the baby enters the deep sleep phase. Some babies find swaddling helps as it prevents them from flapping their arms and waking themselves up.

Improving your night's rest

A four-month-old baby's nighttime sleep lasts about 10 hours. From the first days of life, it must be preceded by certain rituals. This will teach the baby to tune in to a calm, serene sleep. Here is a sample list of actions that should be done every evening:

• walk outside in the evening;
• quiet, calm game;
• bathing;
• relaxing massage;
• feeding.

The baby will get used to the fact that after these procedures he needs to go to bed, and will fidget less, turn his head, kick his legs, and fall asleep quickly and soundly.

A comfortable sleeping place plays an important role. The cradle should be comfortable, bedding made from natural materials. It should be placed away from windows and heating appliances.

Thick curtains are preferred on windows. The optimal air temperature is 18-20 degrees. The room should be ventilated; if the weather permits, you can leave the window slightly open.

Four-month-old baby has difficulty sleeping

A one-month-old baby sleeps up to 20 hours a day; he is subject only to the feeling of hunger, for which he wakes up.

Next, rest begins to give way to short periods of wakefulness, when the baby explores the world around him. A daily routine is gradually developed to which all family members adapt.

But suddenly a glitch occurs. Parents need to understand why a 4-month-old child does not sleep well at night in order to eliminate possible causes and timely identify various diseases.

It is important to know! The problem most often lies not in health, but in the restructuring of the body, the growing up of the baby, and changes in its individual biorhythms.

Indicators of normal sleep duration in the 1st half of the year

The newborn sleeps almost all the time, waking up only to eat. At the age of 2-3 months, the baby establishes a routine: at night he sleeps 10 hours, daytime rest is a period of 7-8 hours, divided into 4-5 intervals.

The first third of the year is marked by a reduction in the total number of rest breaks during daylight hours to three times. Six-month-old babies sleep even less during the day, up to 5 hours at a time. These standards are approximate; they may vary depending on the individual characteristics of the baby, his state of health, and external factors.

Restless child behavior: signs

Certain symptoms indicate sleep problems when a four-month-old baby has difficulty sleeping at night. They differ from child to child, but there are common signs for all children:

• changes in appetite;
• tearfulness;
• mood changes;
• reduction in sleep duration;
• frequent awakenings.

A baby may not necessarily eat poorly, but increased food consumption occurs. Laughter and fun are instantly replaced by tears and whims. A tired baby who shows obvious signs of fatigue is very difficult to lull to sleep.

Possible interference with rest

When a 4-month-old baby does not sleep well during the day or at night, parents should monitor him. It may be possible to identify the reason for this behavior and understand what is bothering the baby.

Unusual conditions, lack of comfort, illness, thirst, and hunger can prevent the baby from sleeping. He may be hot or cold, sharp sounds or bright lights can wake him up. Painful sensations and elevated body temperature also interfere with the ability to sleep peacefully.

Bad feeling

Malaise leads to problems with rest in infants. The child cannot explain his anxiety, show where it hurts. Abdominal colic usually stops by this age, but some children may still suffer from it. Discomfort can be caused by a stuffy nose, a crust in it that interferes with the free passage of air.

Attention! Be sure to measure your child's temperature. In infants, it can increase rapidly, leading to seizures and other serious consequences. Due to the anatomical characteristics of babies, otitis media is also a very common problem of anxiety.

You can check the soreness of the ears by simply lightly pressing them with your finger. Such pain is quite painful not only for children, but for adults; if not treated in time, the disease can cause serious complications.

Parents are to blame

If a 4-month-old baby has trouble falling asleep at night, the parent's behavior may be to blame. Often, by this age of the baby, he has already gained weight and it becomes difficult for the mother to pump him. She decides to teach the child to fall asleep on his own. The baby strongly resists this. It will take persistence and patience to change your habit.

The need for daytime sleep changes from four times to three, this transition is not easy, the baby is capricious and has difficulty falling asleep. The baby is very attached to his mother; previously he perceived her as a single whole with himself. Now he begins to understand when she leaves. This causes concern, anxiety, he wants the constant presence of his loved one.

The child studies the world around him, gets used to objects and people. If you try to put him to rest in a different, unusual environment, even if it is the next room, you may encounter a protest.

Age-related sleep regression

There are periods in an infant when the baby, who has already slept well, begins to wake up many times during the night, and it is difficult to lull him to sleep. This is the so-called sleep regression, which occurs at a certain age. It may be one of the reasons why a 4-month-old baby does not sleep well. It is difficult to install and the process becomes lengthy. The baby categorically refuses to fall asleep on his own, demands the breast, and has to be rocked to sleep.

At night he can wake up more than 10 times. There is a big leap in physical and emotional development. The child already knows how to roll over and is actively interested in the world around him. This gives a lot of impressions, the nervous system is overly excited, and the baby is not able to calm down on his own, and he uses the mother for this.

It is important to know! Changes occur in the structure of sleep, the phases become more similar to adults. But being in a period of superficial rest, the baby does not know how to fall asleep on its own again when waking up.

At the same time, for the first quarter of an hour the baby only dozes; the slightest noise or movement can disturb his peace. This problem lasts for 2 to 6 weeks.

Consequences of sleep disorders for the baby and his loved ones

Every child encounters various types of sleep disorders. They can be physiological and do not cause diseases. Such phenomena usually go away with age. These include:

• bruxism;
• flinching;
• sleepwalking;
• nightmares.

Pathological problems with rest arise from birth trauma, epileptic diseases, increased intracranial pressure, and congenital anomalies. You definitely need to show your baby to a doctor. In the absence of diseases, there is no threat to the further development of the baby. You just need to eliminate the cause of his anxiety and create comfortable conditions for relaxation.

Advice! Short sleep duration and frequent awakenings interfere with the full restoration of the baby’s body, development, and improvement of the nervous system. The child wakes up in a bad mood; games and entertainment do not bring him pleasure.

Other family members also suffer. They cannot build their daily routine, they get little sleep, parents and other relatives wake up unrested and broken. Constant lack of sleep leads to decreased productivity and neuroses.

Why does the child not sleep at all during the day and cry?

He cannot fall asleep in the conditions in which sleep is organized.

The baby is uncomfortable sleeping. For example, some children may stop sleeping in the stroller at some point and will not fall asleep.

The child does not understand that it is time to sleep. This happens if there is no clear routine and you organize daytime dreams around activities during the day. And not the other way around - activities around dreams.

The baby has accumulated fatigue.

The child experiences physical discomfort or becomes ill.

The baby's nervous system is overexcited due to excessive stimulation while awake: after visiting a shopping center, playing too actively during the entire waking time, meeting new people, watching cartoons.