Children's cry in a dream: reasons
Motherhood is the best time in a woman's life. When the baby is nearby, time stops, you forget about everything, you just want to see his smile and hear a happy laugh. Any mother is happy when her child is happy. Many problems in childhood are solved simply by hugging mom. The topic of this article is crying babies in their sleep. Why do babies cry when they sleep, how to deal with it.
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Why does a child cry in a dream
Probably every child has ever screamed in a dream. Why is this happening? What scares a child while sleeping?
Everyone knows that babies under one year old have their own sleep patterns. And during the first year of life, this regime will change regularly. Getting smaller and smaller. Until the sleep pattern becomes stable, the child does not learn to distinguish between day and night, whimpering in a dream, without waking up, will be a constant night companion. But if the cry is loud, constant and without interruption from sleep, then this is a reason to pay attention to the health of the baby.
The main causes of crying at night in children:
- Physiological - wet diaper, leg numb, nose dry, I want to eat.
- Overexcitement, do not deliberately try to exhaust the child before bedtime, the nervous system is quickly excited, but calms down slowly. And instead of a tired child, you can get overexcited and a refusal to sleep at all.
- A lot of information. For example, during the day the kid visited a new place for him, saw a bunch of strangers, and at night his brain tries to sort the information received.
- Instincts. All children subconsciously want to be near their mother, to have close bodily contact. Even in a dream, they notice that mom is gone.
- Bad sleep. Yes, babies dream too.
- Malaise... A tummy or head hurts, diaper rash on the ass irritates, etc.
Be sure to consult with your pediatrician to rule out possible health problems for your baby.
The child wakes up and cries
If you suddenly wake up at night from a loud and prolonged cry of a child, you need to calm him down immediately. To do this, pick up, shake, kiss. Let him know that mom is there and there is nothing more to be afraid of. As a rule, children, having felt the mother's warmth, immediately calm down. Provided that there are no problems in the form of a sore tummy.
If the child does not calm down in any way, does not recognize the parents, arches and pushes away mother's hands, then perhaps the phenomenon of night horror takes place. This process is natural, associated with age-related changes in the child's brain. This is how the baby's consciousness matures. This will go away on its own as soon as the child's brain is strong enough.
The essence of this phenomenon is that the child experiences a sudden nocturnal awakening. The kid is not asleep already, but has not yet woken up. And a fragile brain reacts to such stress with emissions of negative emotions. A mixture of rage and panic.
At such times, older children can talk and even walk around the room. But there is no adequate response to parents or their words. And the best thing to do is do nothing. Oddly enough it sounds, but you cannot help here, but to scare more is easy.
As soon as the baby is able to coherently answer what scared him, or in the morning, help him cope with the fear. The words "it was just a dream" have no effect on him yet. You need to open the door and chase away what scared him so.
A child cries in a dream - what to do
- Carry out all the necessary examinations and make sure that the baby is not in pain.
- Set clear sleeping mode, lay and wake your baby at the same time.
- Be sure to do water treatments with relaxing agents before bed. For example, essential oil lavender.
- Provide a normal temperature regime in the child's bedroom. If the air is too dry and the temperature is too low or high, you yourself will not be comfortable sleeping there.
- An hour before bed, go to calm. games setting for sleep. Read a book, sing a song.
- Do not sort things out in the family in front of the baby. They all feel and suffer.
- Make sure your baby is full and not overfed.
- Children sleep best of all next to their mother. If it is not possible to put the baby with you, place the bed close to your sleeping place and remove the grate from 1 side.
- Try not dimming your bedroom lights completely. Leave a small, not bright night light.
The best that a mother can do for her child is to love him with endless motherly love. But remember that everything is good in moderation.
