Most 2-year-old babies have already quit night nursing, and their sleep quality will also improve, which is a good thing for mothers who suffer from long-term sleep deprivation! But some 2-year-old babies always wake up at night, which can affect their physical and mental health and physical development in the long run. So, what's the reason why a 2-year-old baby always wakes up at night?
1. Anxiety
Babies may feel lonely and anxious when they wake up in the middle of the night. If the baby sleeps on the baby bed in the parents' room, the mother can turn on a small light, gently pat him on the body, and softly say to him, 'Mom is by your side, sleep peacefully,' until the baby falls asleep, then stop patting his body. If this situation occurs again the next day, you can continue to take this small measure of comfort, but gradually reduce the gentle tapping of your hands and focus on language comfort, until finally you don't use language and let the baby sleep and fall asleep on their own. Using this method to deal with a baby waking up at night takes a long time to take effect, and parents need to be patient.
2. I want to continue playing
When the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, he cries and asks his parents to carry him away or play with him like during the day, so that his parents cannot rest at night. If his parents pretend to be asleep and ignore him, he will get angry, cry harder, scream louder, and even grab his parents' hair or face with his hands. In response to this situation, parents' approach should first focus on soothing the baby. They can hug and coax the baby first, then place them on the bed and gently pat their body to help them fall asleep.
3. Lack of vitamin D or vitamin B1
Babies with rickets often wake up easily at night. Nowadays, parents attach great importance to preventing nutritional vitamin D deficiency. When encountering these babies who are prone to waking up at night in daily child health clinics, they are taking vitamin D and calcium supplements. Causing babies to wake up easily at night may also be due to a lack of vitamin B1. The main reason for a baby's vitamin B1 deficiency is that breastfeeding mothers eat too fine and insufficient amounts of food every day, resulting in low concentrations of vitamin B1 in breast milk, or it is related to the baby's diet containing too fine grains.
