For two month old babies, they have already spent two months adapting to the environment outside the uterus and are quite familiar with this new environment. Generally, they will not wake up frequently from sleep due to a lack of security. But babies at this stage will be curious about this colorful world and may not want to sleep even if it's late. Below, the editor will tell you how to help February babies fall asleep quickly.
How to help a 2-month-old baby fall asleep quickly
1. Wash your baby's hands, face, feet, and buttocks at a fixed time every night.
2. Take the baby to the bedroom, preferably around 8 pm, no later than 9 pm, and change the baby into comfortable pajamas.
3. Turn off the lights, keep the bedroom dark, and try not to turn on the night light for now. Tell the baby it's getting dark and it's time to go to bed. Maintain a relatively quiet environment around.
4. If the baby is not sleepy yet, you can start playing some prenatal music or doing touch exercises for the baby.
Reasons for Difficulty Sleeping in February Babies
1. Improper diet: overeating before bedtime, frequent breastfeeding at night, discomfort with recently added complementary foods, indigestion, etc.
2. Physiological reasons: teething period, weaning period, after vaccination.
3. Baby fatigue: playing too long before bedtime, excessive excitement; Or during the day, one may be frightened, fearful, or anxious, which can prevent their mental state from being well suppressed, leading to difficulty falling asleep, commonly known as "oversleeping", or quickly waking up after entering the light sleep stage, making it difficult to enter the deep sleep stage.
4. Sleep problems: Long term lack of sleep, unreasonable or irregular scheduling of sleep, diet, and bowel movements leading to sleep disorders; Changing sleep time arbitrarily, parents lack awareness of cultivating and establishing their children's sleep circadian rhythm.
5. Sleep environment: such as polluted air, excessively high or low room temperature, and excessively dry; The bedding is too thick, wearing cotton clothes to sleep, etc.
6. Sickness: constipation, diarrhea, eczema, infectious diseases such as otitis media, sinusitis, rickets in the early stage, pinworm infection; Children may experience discomfort such as fever, nasal congestion, bloating, pain, diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, itching, and other symptoms.
After the explanation in the previous text, I believe everyone has gained an understanding and mastery of the methods for coaxing babies to sleep. If many methods fail to help the baby fall asleep on time, it is necessary to pay attention to the baby's health issues. Because some diseases can manifest as difficulty for babies to fall asleep in clinical practice, it is also necessary to take babies to the hospital for detailed examinations in a timely manner.
