Why is the baby so good in the first month of birth? In addition to love to sleep, there are these 'little secrets'
My friend Xiaowen just gave birth. Before giving birth, she was a little anxious. She was afraid that the baby would cry a lot during the confinement period and she would not be able to take care of her by herself. In the first month after the baby was born, I went to her house to see her. Xiaowen said: "This child is really easy to raise. Apart from wanting to eat, urinating, peeing, and crying, he is basically sleeping. I am worried that I will not be able to take care of him during the confinement period." After confinement, the confinement wife also left. Within a few days, Xiaowen began to complain to me, "Why is the child crying more and more? Could it be that my care is not as good as the confinement wife?"
Many mothers have found an interesting problem. The baby is very well-behaved in the first month after birth. Except for eating, drinking and lassing, the rest of the time is basically sleeping, so mothers are given enough time to rest and recuperate. Sitting is not too tiring, why is the newborn baby so good? Not only love to sleep, but also some little secrets.
Newborn babies need a lot of time to sleep and have no time to cry
Babies in confinement sleep most of the time. At first, I need to sleep 22 hours a day, and gradually it will become about 18 hours. Newborn babies have no distinction between day and night. They are in a chaotic state. The sleep cycle is generally 45 minutes. Half of a sleep cycle is in light sleep and the other half is in deep sleep. When deep and light sleep alternate, he will wake up Once, the waking time is very short, about 30-60 minutes, and then go to sleep again, so the newborn baby, like a small animal that needs to hibernate, is basically very quiet, as long as the body is comfortable, eats, drinks, and eats properly. I don't cry much.
Newborns will not be awakened by external sounds, and their hearing is not sensitive
Newborn babies have a slow development of vision and hearing, so newborns need to undergo a hearing test, but normal hearing does not mean they are sensitive to sound. Someone did an experiment, let the baby listen to the ringtone of the phone before the full moon , found that he is not sensitive to this sound, and hardly responds, but after the full moon, the baby begins to feel the sound close to him, he will turn his head to look at the source of the sound, and slowly, he will connect the sound with the face of the person stand up.
Of course, there is another reason. When the baby is in the mother's womb, the surrounding environment is not silent. He will hear the mother's heartbeat every day, as well as the sound of amniotic fluid, and at the same time, there are external sounds in the womb. Echo, so he himself is in a noisy environment, so after birth, even if someone outside is talking loudly, it will not affect him, and he will sleep well.
After the newborn is born, there will be a "fourth season"
The baby is called a fetus in the mother's womb, and it is a baby after birth. But to be precise, the baby is called a "fetus" in the first three months after birth. Babies at this stage continue to live in the womb. He also misses the environment in the womb very much. For example, he likes to sleep wrapped up and experience the feeling of being surrounded by amniotic fluid in the womb. When he is crying, if there is the sound of water flowing, he will stop crying. This is because the sound in the womb is also a natural biological reflection, and it is also one of the differences between humans and animals. Animals will stand on their own within one hour of birth. The advantage of natural selection, but human beings only need to stay in the womb for ten months before they come out. He has not yet fully developed, and his brain is still developing, so the first month after birth is the most intense time for him to miss the womb After a period of time, his work and rest will be very similar to that in the womb, which is one of the reasons why he is so good.
Newborns love being swaddled and sleeping on their side
Professor Karp, an American parenting expert with more than 30 years of parenting experience, has helped more than 200 parents of newborn families to successfully turn their babies from crying to sleeping. They sleep on their side, usually accompanied by slight shaking, and the babies quickly fall asleep. This is to imitate the environment of the baby in the womb. When the baby is in the womb, it is always in a moving position. The mother turns over, or Going up the stairs, the baby is wrapped in the amniotic fluid and the womb, he feels safe, while in the outside world, his body is stretched, which is not what he wants, he feels scared, and the swaddle (not the candle pack) just takes over the womb , his emotions will be soothed instantly, so the baby will fall asleep obediently.
Why is the baby still crying after the full moon?
After a month of development, the baby gradually adapts to the external environment, gradually reduces sleep, and begins to slowly contact and integrate with the outside world, so the baby will also show multiple levels of emotion, such as crying. Usually, these babies are more Prone to crying:
Babies who are held too much are prone to crying, because the family always holds the baby to sleep during the confinement period. After the full moon, the baby gets used to it. Once the baby is not held to sleep, the baby will cry. Even if the baby falls asleep and puts him down, he will wake up and cry immediately.
Babies are uncomfortable to wear and cry easily. Without the guidance of professionals, mothers or the older generation are used to dressing their babies according to their own dressing habits, and it is easy to wear too thick and uncomfortable.
Improper feeding is easy to cry. During the breastfeeding process, if the mother feeds too little or too much, the baby will cry easily. In addition, mothers who have confinement are not so fussy about diet, too cold, too spicy, etc. will also affect the child's gastrointestinal condition.
The baby's hearing and vision are gradually developing, and some high-demand babies will cry because of the noisy indoor environment and the light in the room.
Causes of colic. Babies at this time are prone to symptoms of colic. Will cry at a fixed time every day. Mothers should pay attention to observation, this disease can only be relieved by the baby himself, and mothers should accompany patiently.
In addition, some babies do not like to cry after birth, and some babies cry easily. The former belongs to the easy-to-raise baby, while the latter belongs to the high-demand and difficult-to-raise baby. But no matter what kind of baby they are, they will go through the necessary growth stages , There is a reason for a baby to be good, and there are reasons for crying. Find the root cause and solve them one by one. Raising a baby is not that difficult.