Why does not the newborn sleep?

The first problem that young parents face is that their newborn does not sleep as long as they would like. Not that the kid does not close his eyes at all, he sleeps a little, but wakes up too often. Especially, of course, Mom worries about why a newborn does not sleep at night for at least 5-6 hours in a row.

The fact is that the sleep of a baby depends entirely on its emotionality, temperament, well-being and the duration of daytime wakefulness. It is normal if the total child, before reaching the age of three weeks, sleeps about 18 hours a day, and then, until the age of three months - about 15 hours.

It creates inconvenience the fact that the child practically does not distinguish between day and night. Therefore, if a kid wakes up every night for 3 to 4 hours to be fed and changed clothes, this should not worry parents at all. But you should gradually accustom a baby to the fact that at night he does not need to stay awake for a long time. In this regard, do not need to turn on the big lights at night, talk with the child, play. Parents should try to reduce night communication with the kid to a minimum - only necessary procedures.

Worse, if a newborn does not sleep even for 3 hours in a row. This is already a "bell" for Mom: maybe a kid is sick, or he does not have enough food! It should be checked whether the baby is eating enough during feeding. For this, the child must be weighed before feeding, and then after. Weight gain should correspond to the norm of food intake for a particular age of the baby.

If the child receives a full meal, as evidenced by weight measurements, and the newborn does not sleep, nevertheless, for 3 hours in a row, it is necessary to pay attention to this to the visiting doctor or the attending physician. Most likely, that the baby is tortured by colic.

Most often, this happens in children on artificial feeding or during the inclusion in its diet of lures. If mommy feeds the baby with a breast, then she should be extremely careful about her food. Cabbage and beets have the property of relaxing the intestines, carbonated water and grapes can cause fermentation in the digestive tract. Excessive use of apples can also be fraught with discomfort in the intestines of the baby.

Sometimes colic is so painful for a child that a newborn does not sleep during the day either. And my mother seems to adhere to the necessary diet, and does not get any baby, but still expresses anxiety all the same. This is often due to increased gas formation.

You should help the baby. To do this, pharmacies sell special products that contain herbal extracts. Powder is simply added to the water and is given to the baby. But you can make therapeutic drink yourself. An excellent remedy is dill seed, which is steamed with boiling water. This broth for a few drops and add to it in vodichku.

Also, special attention should be paid to the child's chair. The stool is considered to be the norm from one to six times a day. If the child does not recover at least once a day, this is a violation. It is possible that this fact is the root cause of the fact that the newborn does not sleep.

There are several ways to normalize this baby system. However, trivial enemas and pieces of soap, introduced into the anus, should not be carried away. These ways are addictive, as a result of which the child will never get used to doing it himself.

Of course, if the baby's chair is always hard, then you should consult a doctor so that he writes out special candles. But if the chair is soft, but the newborn can not go, many mothers use the "gas pipe" method. To do this, you need a pipette with a rubber band removed - that is, one glass tube. From the thick end, it should be smooth, without fragments. It is smeared with petroleum jelly or vegetable oil and, lifting the legs of the baby with the knees to the tummy, is injected very carefully into the anal opening for 1 - 1.5 cm. You should not drop the pipette inside, so adults should be extremely attentive at this moment.

Gases will begin to actively move away, and feces will appear inside the tube. Immediately it should be removed so that the baby, at last, got rid of the pain. If this does not happen, you can move a little leg with a tube, irritating the sphincter. Do this in the morning at the same time. Gradually the body will get used, and only adults will have time to untangle a crumb, as it will immediately fulfill its task independently. And if you prepare for this procedure in advance, for example, to spread paper towels, you can save yourself the need to wash the soiled diapers.

If the parents are very attentive to their child, they can easily guess what causes discomfort in the baby, and try to save the baby from these factors.