With the advent of a new member of the family, the dream of a young mother immediately becomes very sensitive, because now she listens to every sound and movement of the baby. Often, excitement arises in her if a newborn baby shudders in a dream.
The recently born baby is quite often startled in a dream and in many cases this is quite normal. After all, the crumbs at this time only begin the adaptation period to a new life outside the mother’s tummy. He is now, although tiny, but an independent organism.
Let’s try to figure it out, dear readers, why does the newborn tremble in a dream, is it worth the mom to worry about what is happening; why such shudders may appear; Should parents pay attention to them and somehow eliminate such manifestations.
Sleeping like a baby
Many of us adults have repeatedly heard this expression. However, not everyone knows that the sleep of a newborn baby was not so strong and serene as it is customary to talk about. In the first weeks of life, the baby gets used to a new schedule for him and does not always fall asleep exactly when his mother and father want it. When a child grows up, problems of a different plan appear. The slightest manifestations of discomfort, such as air in the ventricle after the next feeding or sudden cramps, can instantly destroy all my mother’s efforts regarding attempts to put the baby to sleep. There are situations when the parents get the impression that their little one does not sleep at all, in extreme cases, the sleep lasts no more than a few minutes. In this case, adults can only be amazed at how their heir manages to get enough sleep.
Sleep, our baby, sleep, our sweetie ...
The dream of a newly born baby is radically different in its components from the sleep of its parents. We, adults, live most of the night time in the deep sleep phase, and in tiny babies during the rest, the phases of superficial sleep are subject to change. Each cycle in a baby has a duration of approximately 50 minutes, and in an adult, this time is from 90 to 150 minutes, that is, from one and a half to two and a half hours.
Surely many people know that after an adult falls asleep, he immediately goes into the phase of deep sleep. For babies, everything happens in a completely different way: for the first half hour they have a phase of superficial sleep, which is why it is very easy for a baby to wake up. In this regard, the advice to young mothers: immediately after the baby falls asleep, do not put it in the crib, it is better to shake it in your hands for several minutes (approximately 20-30). Otherwise, a situation may arise in which the newborn shudders in a dream. The baby can instantly wake up and open its eyes. Mom will have to start all over again.
At night, mother also should not, for special reasons, wake up her sun to feed or change the diaper. The baby will wake up right away. But how to put it quickly?
Good sleep!
The newborn shudders in a dream at the moment when it begins to fall asleep, or when the following phases of sleep alternate: slow and fast. The body of the little one is ready to shed all the emotional and psychological experiences of the baby that he could accumulate during the day. Thanks to this, the baby can quickly fall asleep and relax completely.
The children's nervous system is a rather complicated stepwise system of certain signals that can be responsible for each movement and action of the child, for his any emotion. An adult can coordinate his every movement without any difficulty or keep any emotions under control. But the baby develops not only while it is in the mother’s tummy, but also after it is born into this world. But at birth, he has at his disposal only a certain set of nerve cells. But their coordinated functioning and perfectly organized work begins at a time when the baby's body begins to grow and develop.
What is the importance of tranquility and serenity of a peanut in a dream?
The answer to this question is that the child's body grows intensively in a dream - just at this time, growth hormone is actively produced. Periodically, the newborn shudders in a dream, often wakes up and tears begin? A young mother should not immediately panic, because trembling and twitching during sleep is a completely normal physiological phenomenon (in medicine this is called myoclonia). And the explanation is very simple: baby sleep has its own characteristics.
When the surface phase lasts, the newborn often starts in a dream, his facial expressions undergo some changes. An adult is in the fast phase of sleep for an insignificant amount of time, as a result of which similar phenomena occur much less frequently in him than in a toddler, and they do not last long. It was Mother Nature who came up with this order of things, because during the quick phase of sleep, the brain matures. As a rule, these twitches continue until the child reaches the age of five. After that, he sleeps much calmer. So the newborn shudders in a dream because of its high emotionality and hyperactivity.
Differences between the sleep of the baby and his parents
Too many mothers notice that during sleep, her little one always or sometimes trembles. Since this behavior of the little ones is unconscious, each of them begins to involuntarily alert. But you do not need to worry right away, because such a condition can not always speak of some pathological changes in the baby's body. So why does the newborn startle in his sleep?
The first three months after the birth of every baby, it undergoes adaptation after a calm, quiet and warm intrauterine life in her mother’s tummy. His nervous system is now learning to perceive and analyze light, various aromas, touches, sounds. Everything that the baby learns in a day is gradually processed and fixed by his brain exactly when the child is sleeping. Just in the process of the baby’s transition to the deep phase of falling asleep due to involuntary muscle contractions, the newborn baby starts in a dream. Therefore, a variety of games and getting to know new toys is more correct to spend with the kids in the first half of the day.
Worrying Causes
It is impossible to know with absolute accuracy what exactly a newborn baby is dreaming of. But the fact that he knows how to dream is proved by experts. We can only assume that not all the dreams of a little child are associated with pleasant experiences for him.
During the first three to four months of life, many babies feel increased gas formation, and with it pain in the tummy. When the gases escape, it can cause the baby to worry or startle.
When the baby passes urine or feces at the moment when he is sleeping, then the temperature rises under the diaper, which periodically leads to trembling.
If the baby has a pathology of the nervous system, then its superhigh excitability is likely to manifest itself not only in a dream. Other symptoms may be noticeable. Mom should pay close attention, if during the crying the baby has a chin, he starts crying, turns blue.
A convincing reason for contacting a doctor is the fact that if the peanut, after a start, cries for a long time; if in a dream shudders over ten times; if there is an unreasonable cry, followed by a long sleep.
Anxiety pills
So that parents do not have to constantly answer the question of why the newborn shudders in a dream, you need to use some rules for a comfortable baby sleep:
- Do not overload the baby with physical exertion before bedtime (any positive emotions should be felt throughout the first half of the day, 60 minutes before daytime sleep);
- A great idea would be to read an interesting tale;
- in the room where the baby sleeps, there should always be fresh air;
- pajamas should not squeeze the crumb body, prevent it from turning in a dream and is made of natural materials;
- It is better to plan bath procedures not for a period of time immediately before putting the baby to bed, because it is known that vodka exerts excellent influence on the baby’s nervous system, and it falls asleep faster.
This is not so difficult, but the result is tangible. Be healthy and happy!