It’s New Year’s Day, and finally I can have a rest and the whole family is happy. But parents with little babies in the family are beginning to worry:
What if the baby wakes up with firecrackers? What should I do if I have trouble and work and rest on the way to the New Year? In a strange environment, no one knows anyone. What if the baby is afraid?
What challenges do parents face?
Step 1 Squat in your nest
Challenge: Home People + Firecrackers Dense
Step 2 Go back to your hometown
Challenges: more people + more firecrackers + hard work on the road + babies to adapt to the new environment
Reunion is of great significance to every Chinese. Even if they travel all the way, they usually have to go back.
However, if the baby is still young, it is not only inconvenient on the road, but also easy to get sick during long-distance travel. If it is not necessary to return, squatting in the nest is more realistic.
Challenge 1: Firecrackers Affect Baby’s Sleep
1. Will firecrackers affect the baby’s sleep?
It will have an impact. If the baby is awakened in his sleep, he will generally cry violently, and some will not sleep well for several days. Some babies will be scared to cry by sudden sounds when they are awake. If they are awakened in his sleep, the crying will be much more serious than when they are awake.
Being frightened to wake up in sleep is a very bad experience, especially in the first few months of life, the baby will be very sensitive to abrupt sounds due to the influence of frightened jump reflex.
Solution:
Please see uncles and uncles, for the sake of the baby, try not to set off firecrackers. It is really impossible to do so. Try not to set off firecrackers in the middle of the night or in the morning. Firecrackers may also affect the air, so it is best to prepare air purifiers if conditions permit.
2. How to appease the baby when he was woken up by firecrackers?
New Year’s Eve, especially at 12 o’clock at night and in the morning of the fifth day of the month to welcome the God of Wealth, is the time when firecrackers are most concentrated and are called by mothers [enemy gunfire starts to launch fierce attacks on our army].
Solution:
(1) nip in the bud
In order to prevent the baby from being awakened by firecrackers, you can wrap in swaddling clothes and play background music and lullabies when sleeping. It is best for someone to keep watch over the baby. If the baby is frightened, you should hug and appease him in time.
(2) Comfort the baby in time
If the baby has been frightened, it should be comforted in time. You can help the baby to continue sleeping by clapping and holding, crushing thoughts, etc.
If you can’t continue to sleep, you can explain and perform the sound of firecrackers to your baby through jokes, games and other ways. During the day, you can also try to show your baby the process of setting off firecrackers and see how the sound is generated. Knowing why can help reduce fear.
Finally, I would like to comfort you. The most destructive thing is a sudden explosion. When all the firecrackers are really set off, they will explode into one piece, which will have relatively little impact on the baby. The so-called debt is too much to worry about, and it will be white noise ~
Challenge 2: Be prepared before returning to your hometown,
STEP 1 Bring everything you need
Naturally, clothes, daily necessities, medicines, etc. should be prepared before departure. Here, I will mainly talk about sleep-related issues.
(1) Bring familiar comforting toys and pillow towels familiar with smell to help relieve anxiety.
(2) You can also prepare back towels, braces, breast-feeding towels, picture books, children’s songs CD, pacifiers, etc. for use on the road.
(3) The home room may not be well shaded, so you can consider bringing shading cloth to prevent the baby from waking up early.
2. Communicate well with your baby
Don’t think that children can’t understand because they can’t speak. Patiently explaining to them will help them ease their uneasiness.
Tell the baby in advance:
In a few days we will go back to our hometown together to see our grandparents.
My grandparents’ home is different from ours. Don’t be afraid. My parents will be with you.
We will take the bus back, you will sleep in the bus, and you will arrive when you wake up.
In my hometown, sleep habits may change, such as:
- The old man may coax the mother to sleep in different ways and hold the baby more. Some babies used to sleep in small beds, but there was no small bed in their hometown and they could only sleep in big beds with their parents.
Explain this change to your baby, otherwise it may be difficult for you to return to your original habits and even cry when you go home.
Challenge 3: Take various means of transportation on the way back to my hometown,
1. Aircraft
Order children’s meals in advance. When booking a flight, try to consider the baby’s sleeping time. For example, the baby usually takes a nap at 1 o’clock. If the flight is also around 1 o’clock, the road will be easier. Babies who are dry and prone to eczema on the plane should bring a small bottle of moisturizer.
2. Trains
You can take the cart. However, try to travel early and avoid the peak, because there are many people during the Spring Festival, so there may not be a place to put it with you.
3. Cars
Private cars must be equipped with safety seats. If the journey is long, it is recommended to travel at night, and the baby will cry less when sleeping at night. When crying, you can turn on the car stereo, and music can help stop crying.
4. Buses
Hard work! Catch up with the spring festival, and basically can only hold… … …
Challenge 4: Let the baby adapt to his hometown after arriving,
1. Introduce your baby to the new environment
The first thing after arriving is to introduce the baby to the new environment, room, bed and articles in the room. Then introduce your family, this is Grandpa, Grandpa is Dad’s father, this is Grandma, Grandma took care of you when she was a child, and so on.
Before getting familiar with it, don’t give the baby to the care of his family rashly, but give the baby some time to adapt.
2. What changes will take place in sleep?
The rule was broken, no sleep signal was seen, long sleep became short sleep, it was difficult to fall asleep, I cried soon after sleeping, I fell asleep while eating, and I got up in the middle of the night to play…
These are all possible.
I hope parents can know that these situations are caused by changing circumstances. Don’t guess too much. Don’t be too anxious and accept the fact calmly. You will sleep less than usual on holidays.
3. What if the sleep rule is broken?
It is best not to break (forgive me for saying nonsense), try to keep the original routine and don’t add too much extra comfort.
Solution:
- Long sleep during the day is affected, so take a short sleep at the usual time and do not force the baby to sleep for a long time. If you can’t sleep for three nights, you will get rid of the evening sleep. If you can’t sleep for two nights, you will temporarily change to only one sleep. Seek every opportunity, for example, take a back towel when visiting relatives, so that the baby can sleep in the back towel for a while; Don’t be discouraged if you don’t sleep well during the day. You can also try to go to bed early at night.
If there is really no improvement, accept it calmly and get up high! If you want to open up a little, the sky will not fall for a few days a year.
4. Where does the baby sleep when visiting relatives outside?
The baby can sleep in the back towel, the older one can sleep in the cart, and the safety seat, but someone must watch the baby.
If the baby has just fallen asleep when arriving at the destination, he may as well wait until he wakes up before moving him, otherwise he may wake up soon.
5. Will seeing so many strangers suddenly affect sleep?
Most babies will go through the stage of [stranger anxiety] after half a year old (some earlier), commonly known as [recognizing students] [recognizing people].
At this time, the baby will begin to treat strangers and their families differently. When meeting strangers, the baby will be nervous, cry and show special attachment to his mother. [Recognizing students] is really disappointing, but this is not that the baby does not understand and does not like elders, but a kind of self-protection instinct.
Hug and hug the baby at the beginning of the meeting, which may make the baby afraid or even cry loudly. Once the mood is affected, it may also affect sleep.
Solution:
Family members should try to be tolerant and understand, and give the babies enough time to get familiar with you. Slowly instead of suddenly approaching them, understanding, getting familiar with them, and finally willing to get close.
6. After the end of the year, how to adjust back to the previous state?
Generally speaking, when the baby returns to the familiar environment, his life and work and rest will slowly recover.
If sleep has deteriorated by this time and has not recovered on its own, then it may be necessary to start sleep guidance again (don’t cry when you see this sentence). After the end of the year, worry about things after the end of the year and enjoy the rare reunion.
