The baby does not sleep during the day

Many mothers are concerned about the fact that their babies do not sleep during the day, or the duration of their sleep is very small. To begin with, it is necessary to find out how much a child needs to sleep a day, and only then make the appropriate conclusions.

How many hours must a crumb of sleep per day?

The length of sleep of a small child depends on many factors, the main one of which is the psycho-emotional state. As a rule, all newborn babies sleep very much during the day. So, on average, the duration of their sleep at the age of up to 3 weeks, reaches 18 hours per day. By 3 months, this figure is reduced to 15 hours a day, which is also quite a lot. Gradually, with each subsequent month, the baby sleeps less and less, and by 1 year, normally, sleep takes 12-13 hours. However, these values ​​are strictly individual for each baby.

What are the causes of sleep disorders in newborns?

Mothers, faced with such a problem, often think about why the baby does not sleep during the day. There can be many reasons for this. The most common of these are:

1. Quite often the newborn does not sleep during the day because of disruption of the digestive tract. On the average, by the 14th day of life colon colonization begins with a useful microflora, which is accompanied by a swelling. This period is quite painful for the baby. He is always whimsical, crying. It happens that the child falls asleep, but wakes up literally in 20-30 minutes from pain or flatulence .
2. Children at this age have not yet established a regime of sleep and wakefulness. It is this baby who often does not sleep during the day. In order to help him, my mother must observe him and establish a certain regime. Most often, babies want to sleep right after eating. Knowing this fact, the mother can take advantage of the situation, and try to put the child to sleep, singing a song to him.
3. In some cases, a newborn child does not sleep during the day because of illness. Determine its presence is helped by symptoms, such as fever, anxiety, tearfulness. In this situation, the mother should show the baby to the doctor.
4. In rare cases, mothers complain that their newborn does not sleep the whole day. The reason for this, most likely, may be a malfunction of the nervous system. Such children are very moody, whiny and irritable. Sometimes a mother may get the impression that the baby does not give something to sleep, although he is trying to do it. If the baby does not sleep all day, then the mother must necessarily consult with a neuropathologist about this, he will establish the reason for the absence of sleep.