Sleep is a very important part of a baby's growth. Newborn babies can sleep about 15 hours a day. They will have a sleep cycle, in which they will experience different levels of consciousness, from shallow sleep to dreaming, to deep sleep, and so on.
But this cycle can only last 50 to 60 minutes, so when the baby's brain completes this cycle, it will wake up subconsciously. Deep sleep can help the little guy recover his strength, repair his muscles and give blood to various organs.
The newborn's stomach is only the size of a walnut, and it may wake up every 2-3 hours to ask for milk, but as the stomach grows, the little guy's sleep cycle will gradually become longer. In fact, helping your baby to develop good sleep habits can be done through some hints, such as letting your baby take a hot bath and then let him enjoy a full-body massage. In addition, telling stories or singing lullabies and hugging him in a dark room can calm the little guy down.
First, don't sleep in a soft bed. After the baby is born, all organs of the body are growing rapidly, especially the bones grow faster. Infants and young children's spine is soft, the surrounding muscles and ligaments are weak, but their hips are heavy. If you sleep in a soft bed, your hips will press the bed, and your child's spine will be in an abnormal bending state, which will bend and deform the spine over time. At the same time it will hinder the normal development of internal organs.
Second, newborns should not turn on the lights at night. Many young parents like to keep the bedroom lights on all night in order to feed their babies and change diapers at night, which is not good for their babies. Turning on the lights all night is bound to change the natural laws that the human body adapts to. Newborns who are often exposed to light day and night often have problems sleeping and feeding. Moreover, studies have shown that if the lights are not turned off at night, the incidence of myopia in infants is relatively high.
To sum up, it is very common for newborn babies to sleep all the time. In fact, the baby's sleep is inseparable from a healthy and good living environment. Mom and dad should keep the room quiet and harmonious, and the air is well ventilated, so that the baby can sleep peacefully. When the baby can almost walk, you can take the baby to see the scenery outside.