Why a month-old baby cries
Crying is a way of communicating a newborn with this world and with you.
A month-old baby cries when experiencing hunger or discomfort. Photo: Getty The reason for crying is:
- Hunger. Touch the corner of the baby's mouth with your finger. If he opens his mouth and tries to catch him with his lips, then he wants to eat. Crying, as a rule, is intermittent.
- Colic. With intestinal colic, the newborn strains the legs and squeezes the jaws, pulls them, tears out from the scream. Often the face turns red during the scream.
- Pain. Symptoms are similar, as with intestinal colic, but last more than 3 hours.
- Temperature. Touch the baby's wrists, as well as the neck. These places react quickly to rising and falling temperatures. When the baby is cold, he cries silently and intermittently. If he is hot, he makes a loud scream. The little face turns red at the same time.
- Fatigue. The baby whimpers, offensively screams and fits when tired and can not sleep on his own. Often these symptoms are observed in the evening.
- Diaper. The unpleasant sensations caused by the overcrowded diaper cause a mournful silent crying.
- Fear. If the child is alone for a long time, he starts screaming. Loneliness causes fear in the child.
These are the main causes that cause crying in a newborn.
What to do if a month old baby cries
Do not ignore the crying of the child. In turn, exclude all possible causes. Feed your baby when he wants, not on a schedule. Regularly change the diaper. Use the sling so that the baby can spend more time with you. If the baby wants to sleep, to calm him, he needs a mother's breast, parental hugs, smooth rocking. Offer the baby a pacifier. If the baby does not fall asleep alone in the crib, put the disk for lactation, which is saturated with mother's milk. This will give the child a sense of peace that my mother is around. With colic consult a pediatrician. As a rule, the following tools help:
- Special drops, dill water, tea with fennel. Give them with a spoon, using a bottle or a syringe without a needle.
- Gas outlet tube. To insert it, use vegetable oil.
- Light massage. When massaging the abdomen, move the palm clockwise.
- Vertical position. After feeding, hold the child in his arms vertically, until it spews up the air entrained with food.
- Warm sheets. Put her baby on her tummy.
- Horizontal position. Before feeding, put your baby's belly on his lap to facilitate the escape of gases.
Use several methods at once. This will help the newborn to quickly get rid of the pain. Do not worry if a month-old baby cries all the time. Very soon you will learn to understand the cause of his anxiety and quickly eliminate it. Also interesting:
