The baby cries as he sleeps
It is known that the child usually cry, crying to express himself and his needs, and crying as well as a reaction to something that refuses or intimidates, and can take the crying of the child other forms, such as crying when asleep, and this causes a lot of concern by parents over their child and more Of their bewilderment and ask them why and how it relates to the health and impact of the child.
The intensity of the child’s crying varies with the condition and the cause of the crying, and may be crying in the form of frequent attacks, accompanied by nervous alertness, and accelerated heartbeat, and increased breathing and sweating, and may occur before the drowning in sleep, the child sits crying and crying without being aware of what And without responding to attempts to calm him, and often does not remember the child what happened to him during his sleep after waking up.
Causes of crying the baby while he is sleeping
- The child’s feelings of preoccupation with him during the day, which causes him a sense of loneliness that generates fear and bad thoughts, the child needs to satisfy the emotional and social needs of the family.
- The child sleeps in a single room, making him afraid and imagining some unrealistic things, especially when he is not used to sleeping alone.
- See scenes that are scary and inappropriate for children during the day or before going to sleep.
- The absence of family stability, such as the existence of parental differences, will affect the child’s psychological state, and cause him many fears translated into the form of scary dreams during sleep.
- The child is tired and tired during the day.
- High temperature of the child during sleep, due to illness.
- The child is taking some medications that affect his nervous system.
- Non-regulation of the child’s sleep times.
- Infection of the child with colic and gases within the intestines, which leads to upset and crying, especially in infants and newborns.
- The child’s feeling of extreme heat as a result of wearing heavy clothes in the summer, or severe cold due to neglect of his warmth.
- When the child has wet his diaper while he is asleep, or wet his bed.
- The child’s feeling of hunger and the desire to breastfeed, which deprives him of his desire to sleep and resort to crying to meet his needs, the mother must feed him until he is satisfied and then return to sleep again.
Parents must avoid all things that disturb their child and cause them to feel fear or discomfort, and treat him in the event of illness, and must pay attention to the provision of love and affection and notice of security and stability.