Maternal and child health hospital: why do babies like to sleep on their stomach?

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I am the mother of a one year old baby. My baby from birth is like to sleep on the side, from May will turn over, and then like to sleep on the stomach. During the day, her grandmother is strict in management. It's OK for her to turn over when she lies down. At night, I can't manage so much. I just sleep on my stomach when I have no way. But after a while, she turns over by herself. Maybe it's comfortable to sleep like this. I heard that the baby sleeping on his stomach is smart, so I want to ask why he likes sleeping on his stomach?

Maternal and child health hospital: why do babies like to sleep on their stomach?

First: there are two situations of sleeping on the stomach. The first situation is the behavior habit. Some children are easy to be nervous. Sleeping on the stomach has a relaxing feeling of landing on all fours. She is very down-to-earth in her heart, which may be the natural state of children. This is allowed, but the parents of children on the stomach should pay special attention to it, and don't have soft pillows.

Second: lying down may also be the baby's gastrointestinal function digestion is not good, children usually sleep on their backs, suddenly lying down to sleep, but also accompanied by restlessness with sleep, that may be the problem of digestion, so before going to bed to use warm hands clockwise to knead the baby's stomach, hands with hot water bag and heating cover heat. You can also take some medicine to strengthen the spleen and stomach.

Third: there is also a situation that children with poor respiratory tract sleep on their stomach with their neck stretched forward all the time. This kind of baby will sweat all the time from sleep. In fact, the oxygen supply is insufficient. This kind of child often has some changes, such as hyperactivity and restlessness. If the problem of airway obstruction is solved, sleep will be improved.

matters needing attention

Special attention is that if you are suffering from congenital heart disease, congenital asthma, pneumonia, cold, cough, phlegm baby is not suitable for lying down to sleep. And because the baby's head is heavy, it is generally easy to do the movement of turning head and raising head.