Under normal circumstances, babies sleep soundly and do not cry. They sleep until they wake up naturally. However, some babies may experience difficulty sleeping due to various factors, and some may even cry while sleeping frequently. So, what's going on with a two-year-old baby who cries while sleeping?
What's wrong with a two-year-old baby sleeping and crying?
During light sleep, children often exhibit behaviors such as flipping, turning, twisting, and making sounds back and forth. Therefore, it is mostly normal for children to have movements or make sounds during sleep. In addition, it may be due to teething, changes in the environment during the day, or excitement before bedtime, which can cause problems such as crying and waking up at night. Regardless of pathological conditions, if there are no other abnormalities, they can be observed.
What causes babies to cry while sleeping?
1. Physiological crying: Babies may feel uncomfortable and cry when their diapers are wet or wrapped too tightly, when they are hungry, thirsty, when the indoor temperature is not appropriate, or when the bedding is too thick. For this situation, parents only need to eliminate negative stimuli in a timely manner and let the baby fall asleep comfortably.
2. Environmental discomfort: Some babies are not adapted to the natural environment, with night and day reversed. If you pick up and play with the baby, the crying will stop. Slowly adjust the baby's sleeping pattern of black and white inversion, and if necessary, seek guidance from a child health doctor.
3. Lack of daytime exercise: Some babies lack exercise during the day, refuse to fall asleep at night, and cry incessantly. These babies should increase their activity during the day. When they are tired, they can fall asleep quietly at night.
4. Improper arrangement of nap time: Some babies cannot get up in the morning and only take a nap at 2-3 pm in the afternoon, or take a nap too early, resulting in falling asleep early at night and waking up in the middle of the night without anyone to play with and crying. These babies can wake up earlier in the morning and adjust their nap time appropriately, so that they feel sleepy at night and can sleep peacefully until dawn.
5. Disease impact: Some diseases can also affect babies' nighttime sleep, so it is necessary to start with the primary disease and actively prevent and treat it.
Now parents know what's wrong with a two-year-old baby who keeps humming and crying while sleeping. If the baby doesn't sleep soundly and always cries, parents should also pay attention to helping the baby find the cause after calming them down. Only then can targeted measures be taken to help the baby get rid of troubles or diseases and sleep well from then on.
