Why do babies want to sleep but resist desperately? When is the best time for babies to sleep?

The baby clearly wants to sleep, but he/she resists desperately. This is probably a "super problem" that many parents have encountered when taking care of their children. In fact, this may be a phenomenon of the baby recognizing people. So what is the reason for this situation? Let's take a look at the specific article.

Why do babies resist sleeping?

Parents who have experience in raising children know that some babies actually begin to show the phenomenon of "recognizing people" at a very early age.

They want to be held, fed, and sleep with the person they have "determined". If they are replaced by someone else, they will cry and make a fuss, and resist hysterically to the end, refusing to eat, sleep, or have this "substitute".

This situation usually occurs in babies under one year old, and the probability of occurrence is particularly high, and the baby's emotional response is also very strong.

Kong Ma had a deep understanding of this back then. It was really hard because her baby had to sleep with her at night all the time.

So one night when the child was about four months old, Kong Ma felt that she could not cope any longer and discussed with her mother-in-law whether she could help take care of the child for one night. As a result, her mother-in-law started to coax the child from around 8 o'clock in the evening until almost midnight, but the child still did not want to sleep and made all kinds of noises. In the end, she had no choice but to bring the child back to be with his mother, and he fell asleep in a short while after being put on the bed.

When is the best time for your baby to sleep?

In fact, every baby will send out some signals before going to sleep, such as rubbing eyes, yawning, or blurry eyes, eyelids that seem to be drooping, etc. These are all signals sent by babies before going to sleep.

Experienced parents must respond promptly to these signals, because if you miss this golden time, it will be very difficult for your baby to fall asleep.

Just as the problem description says, although babies still want to sleep very much, their behavior will become very resistant to adults' coaxing to sleep, and they will cry and make a fuss loudly, and the more sleepy they are, the louder they will make a fuss.

Therefore, it is very important to seize the best time before the baby goes to bed.

The reason why babies are happier the more sleepy they are

Studies have shown that the more sleepy a child is, the more excited, irritable, and impatient they become, making it harder for them to fall asleep. This is because the chemicals in the body are fighting fatigue, and lack of sleep can cause the central nervous system to be highly awake. If children are often sleep deprived, they will always be excited and unable to relax.

The more sleepy adults are, the more tired they are; while the sleepier children are, the more excited they are. So children will show that they clearly want to sleep, but their brains are working at high speed and they cannot fall asleep, and the external manifestation is that they want to sleep.

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